101. The Songbird & The Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent (Part 1) "She could've been a really compelling character except she was a sea urchant."

This week we're reading "The Songbird & The Heart of Stone" by Carissa Broadbent. Despite great world-building and compelling character backstories, this book was ultimately boring and predictable. Recycled tropes, a grating heroine, and a hero with everything going for him except personality.

Rating: 2

Spicy: 3.5 (not plentiful but very explicit)

Genre: Fantasy

Sub-genre: more plot than romance

Tropes: almost enemies to lovers, slowburn

Heroine: Soft Girl

Hero: Shadow Daddy

https://www.notanotherheroine.com/the-spice-archive/the-songbird-%26-the-heart-of-stone

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210134467-the-songbird-the-heart-of-stone

Other books mentioned in the episode:

"Deathless" by Catherynne M. Valente

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8694389-deathless?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=KqF2jJkYXa&rank=1

"Bonesmith" by Nicki Pau Preto

https://www.notanotherheroine.com/the-spice-archive/bonesmith

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62919122-bonesmith?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Krqo0Ifma6&rank=1

"Gideon the Ninth" by Tamsyn Muir

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42036538-gideon-the-ninth?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8LAvTriWgQ&rank=1

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