Not Another Heroine20 Jan 2025

102. The Songbird & The Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent (Part 2) "Let it happen, I know her."

This week we're finishing "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:

"Slaying the Vampire Conqueror" by Carissa Broadbent

https://www.notanotherheroine.com/the-spice-archive/slaying-the-vampire-conqueror

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123368729-slaying-the-vampire-conqueror?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=PEAiN1KLTS&rank=1

"Assistant to the Villain" by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

https://www.notanotherheroine.com/the-spice-archive/assistant-to-the-villain

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123257687-assistant-to-the-villain?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_4

"The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy" by Megan Bannen

https://www.notanotherheroine.com/the-spice-archive/the-undertaking-of-hart-and-mercy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58510253-the-undertaking-of-hart-and-mercy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3KlweTl7wW&rank=1

"Deathless" by Catherynne M. Valente

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

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

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