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- ↑ Why Lords Lose Their Hearts, Publishers Weekly, 06/09/2014.
- ↑ RT Award Nominees and Winners, RT Book Reviews, 2012.
- ↑ , Goodreads, 2014.
- ↑ , Kirkus Reviews, 2017.