The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Book Review

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This is a spoiler-free review of “The Familiar” by Leigh Bardugo, released in April 2024. This historical fiction fantasy has some adult content and a deliciously hideous villain you will love to hate! Please note: I totally screwed up around the 18-minute mark and mistakenly said Santangel was the mysterious gentleman who took word of Luzia’s mini-miracles to Viktor…nope. That’s a brain fart on camera. But the point is word gets back to the horrible, manipulative, narcissistic, predatory villain.
Tell me if you felt Luzia’s ambition was unseemly or if the character saw it as such. Did you get that feeling when reading the story?
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Timestamps (these should be close):
0:00 intro & housekeeping
1:30 prettiness & the specs
4:30 cover flap & author note
8:40 synopsis, Luzia, magic, manipulation
17:45 brain fart
18:00 the villain, the familiar, the arrangement
20:00 language & conclusion

[@sablestar1956]

Great review! I just put the book on hold at the library. I have a bird too, a blue crown conure! If you ever want to do a buddy read with your subscribers I’m in!

[@SandySaysRead]

Hey! First, thank you...and YES, we can totally do a buddy read. My friend and subscriber Vanessa is down for that, as well. I have a slew of books in the Clock Reading Challenge, Christmas Reading Challenge and Dragon Reading Challenge that we could probably find at your local library and make it easy to do a buddy read among the three of us...I bet...

[@sablestar1956]

@@SandySaysRead Excited!!! Let me know how I can help and how it would work. Do we read the first 100 pages, or half the book then discuss it? I’m open!

[@dianamaldonado6333]

Great review!