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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This feels like a series start in a lot of ways, and I enjoyed it, even when it was over the top. 

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Heath takes on some HEAVY themes here (including assisted suicide of a terminally ill character, chronic illness/disease in a separate character, and grief), and I was ultimately disappointed with the handling of each. Most upsetting is how the chronic illness storyline is handled and the ways in which it is positioned as impacting the physical intimacy between characters - the resulting scenes are aggressively heteronormative, ableist, inexcusably unsafe and frankly just... Confusing. I've never been this uncomfortable with the physical intimacy in a historical romance. The third act includes new and wholly unnecessary characters (including a casually inserted confederate apologist), new conflicts and unnecessary trauma dumping between unrelated characters. I was disappointed that what I perceived to be the primary conflict (based on the first half of the book) is hastily resolved within the last ten pages. So disappointed that this was such a miss for me, because I loved The Outlaw and the Lady.

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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