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Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

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geenahnola's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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oruairc's review against another edition

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dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

We always fight and fuck.

That's the plot. There are some reveals in there, somewhere. Somewhere...

But that's mostly it. Isolde and Adrian fight and fuck. And do it again. And again.

I was quite angry reading it, but anger that drives me to read the next one. I'm disappointed in myself, truly, but I'm committed to the end.

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lilpeaches's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

TLDR: This book had great potential but there are a ton of random loose ends thrown at you at the very end. Skipped the majority of the smut because it's just so repetitive and Adrian's sex POV was cringe. I suppose book 3 will tie it all together but overall disappointed. 😒

It was great reading Isolde's struggle with the idea of being changed by Adrian and then

her change into an aufhocker.

I felt like she was finally giving her something to deal with other than her hate/wanting to fuck Adrian. However, just like Scarlett's other fmc she is still constantly whining and fighting with Adrian for sometimes the stupidest reason. And this gets old very quick. I also found myself skipping over the majority of the smut scenes ESPECIALLY Adrian's. But, giving her this fight as well as the thought of a traitor being amongst their noblesse I was hooked wanting to see where the story was going to go.

Anyway while I was zooming through the beginning and middle of the book with all the new magic and wanting to know what was going on with Ravena and if it was actually her causing the mist and plague, I found the end extremely confusing and lacking. She kind of throws a lot of twists and turns in, without explanation. For example,

the twist with Sorin was great and I was truly shook, but now Adrian is being controlled by Dis (which Daroc knew about) and it was actually Isolde that created the book to destroy Adrian aka Dis and she was working with Ravena when she was Yesenia and oh Ana is also in on it and has actually been using the book. Did I mention Yesenia was also pregnant when she died?

Like these things are all thrown at the reader in the last couple chapters, just for it to end with the fact that Isolde could lose Adrian??

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cottagecore_librarian's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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starberry's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

well, disappointed but no surprised. i found the first book interesting enough but this was insufferable. i cannot stand adrian as a character and i felt like so much of this book was pointless.

the smut was so repetitive and at times, distasteful. immediate smut after a seemingly important character death made me want to slam my head against a wall.

another issue i have with this book is the odd transitions from past memories to present. i get that we are supposed to be sorta experiencing the past memories as isolde is but there was no indication that the time had changed often times and i had to reread multiple paragraphs to understand what was going on.

also i felt that as soon as the plot started moving we got another smut scene for literally no reason.

also cannot understand nearly any of adrian’s motivations…

ngl perhaps ana and sorin are right that adrian dying would be the best thing that could happen for the world at large.

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sarahamuller1's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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ka_ke's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-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

4.5

Hmmm. I feel like it was missing something, it could be that there was not much going on for a large part of the book. It could also be that plot twist at the end too.

Queen of Myth & Monsters is a unique idea. Isolde’s development of her abilities is a smooth transition, however I wish her relationship with Adrian would move beyond miserable communication. He’s an asshole, she’s a bitch. We get it.

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