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: 2Spicy: 3.5 (not plentiful but very explicit)Genre: Fantasy Sub-genre: more plot than romanceTropes: almost enemies to lovers, slowburnHeroine: Soft GirlHero: Shadow Daddyhttps://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-stoneOther 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 Pretohttps://www.notanotherheroine.com/the-spice-archive/bonesmithhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62919122-bonesmith?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Krqo0Ifma6&rank=1 "Gideon the Ninth" by Tamsyn Muirhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42036538-gideon-the-ninth?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8LAvTriWgQ&rank=1patreon.com/notanotherheroinewww.notanotherheroine.com