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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Loved this read! It was smart, fast-paced, and a thrill ride from start to finish! This was my first “who dun it” type but the I and I’m excited to try another! 
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a wild ride and my first of Freida’s books! WILD. Infuriatingly WILD. I have so many questions.  I deducted partial stars for the subject matter (yuck) and for the filler chapters that could have made the book shorter to get to the meat of the story quicker. 
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was disappointing yet slightly better than the Imbalance Trilogy. I’m not a fan of Faith Erin Hick’s writing/dialogue style. They tend to tell and not show. The dialogue is significantly different than Gene Luen Yang’s. The writing paired with the illustration changes makes this disappointing. Although, like I said, not as disappointing as the Imbalance Trilogy, which I would overall rate as a 2.5. 
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The change in art style is drastic and was actually quite distracting. The story was also slow and somewhat boring. I like the politics though. This seems to be the lead in to LOK.
adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No