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Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
4.5
adventurous dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was so fun to read. I liked Soraya’s inner struggle between being “good” and then straight up wanting to murder people. 
Things I Liked:
The Persian Mythology, the fact that Soraya really struggled with wanting to be a good person but succumbing to her anger, lesbian moth demon.
Things I Didn’t Like:
Ramin
By 3/4ths into the book I was like, Ok Soraya stop flip flopping. Stick to a decision!! 


Moral of the story: if you let shame control you, it will fester and make you do stupid stuff. Everything in this book could have been resolved way faster if people stopped lying to each other and being ashamed of their choices!