Cruel Beauty

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Would you root more for a heroine who's all good, all the time, or one who struggles to do what's right?

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As beautiful as this book was, it felt to me that the MAIN plot of mayhem and murder got tossed aside for a love triangle. Other mature content includes sex that's not described more than clothing being torn away, and kisses that are well described. It almost feels like "low," or "second world" fantasy, as the setting is a world that was settled by the Greeks and then cut off from the rest of the world.They are not the lovely, perfect, and incredibly-kind-despite-it-all couple but they matched each other in anger and passion. But then a few chapters later, things just got weirder and weirder including the crazy love triangle, Nyx becoming so fickle in her emotions that she’s starting to become annoying and the plot becoming a huge blur and soon I found myself disconnected and disoriented.

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The true highlight is the castle -- with its constantly changing nature (sometimes it rains in the library, sometimes the books are all gibberish) and labyrinth of bizarre rooms and locked doors, it's really almost as compelling a character as the troubled Nyx.No one knows exactly what happened 900 years ago when the Sundering began, but Nyx's father believes that she can break it when she destroys the Gentle Lord.