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Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon
5.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

Giving 5 stars for having a ton of fun while reading. This is so much more than the Minotaur smut I expected (although expectations were also met in that department). 

I really enjoyed the setting and characters. The lore of the old ruins, the guilds, the politics, the artifacts, and the supernatural races were all intriguing. I thought Aspeth was a very engaging character to follow, she has a distinct personality and her choices make sense. I was rooting for her even when she did the "wrong" things. I adored the friends she made and their little underdog party of 5 trying to learn how to dungeon crawl. 

I do think the romance could have been stronger. It's not bad, but both Aspeth and Hawk are very preoccupied with their own plots (Aspeth in particular, who is keeping a ton of secrets) to the point that the romance doesn't get much build and when the love declarations happen it feels a tiny bit unearned.

Fantastic audio, the dual narration was so good. It was awesome to have the male narrator voice the male characters in Aspeth's chapters and vice versa. I was happy to be spared the unfortunate cringe of someone with a gorgeous deep voice trying to do a female character's dialogue. I wish more audiobooks would do this!

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