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Review: Court of Fives by Kate Elliott | Cuddlebuggery Book Blog
I feel a little bad for this book. I didn't expect much when I picked Court of Fives up, but I ended up loving it. It's certainly not perfect but it just had that something that got my heart pounding. I was ready and raring to write a gushing review full of ALL THE CAPS and then...Brexit happened. I have been plunged into a foul mood, but I shall try and muster up the buzz that this book deserves. Funnily enough, I did not feel the buzz straight away. In fact, if you had asked me for my opinion after the first few chapters I would have told you that it was eye roll inducing and that the heroine, Jessamy, was the worst. The reason? The initial set up falls flat, and this is one of those flaws that runs throughout the book. So, if you can't let it go, you're in trouble. Essentially, our Jessamy – or Jes for short – wants to run the Court of Fives. The Court of Fives takes place in what is essentially the Colisseum (the setting here is very much Ancient Rome/Greece) and is a series of