really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,800,733 ratings

"Jude is ambitious and manipulative, and knows how to sway things her way when she needs to. "

3.93 avg rating — 17,465 ratings

"Sage's job is literally to manipulate people into marrying who the Matchmaker decides they should. And she's very good at it. "

3.78 avg rating — 128,439 ratings

"Laurent always has a contingency plan, and is usually planning at least three moves ahead. He's great at arranging things so that it looks like he wasn't involved at all, while controlling the entire thing. "

4.45 avg rating — 2,775,226 ratings

"Loaded with these characters, but particularly Tyrion and Varys who can control people remarkably well just by deciding who gets what information. "

3.94 avg rating — 115,383 ratings

"Kestrel is very much the strategist, from the battlefield to the ballroom. She is observant and cunning and uses that to manipulate everyone around her. "

4.02 avg rating — 85,389 ratings

"Phedre's emotional intelligence is unparalleled. She can turn anyone to her side and is incredibly pragmatic about using her wiles to do so. "

4.04 avg rating — 187,308 ratings

"Shahrzad, very much like her namesake and inspiration Scheherazade, uses her stories to manipulate her captor and keep him from killing her. She's very good at it too. "

3.86 avg rating — 76,711 ratings

"Theodosia has had to learn to manipulate everyone around her just to survive, but she ends up putting these skills to good use as she tries to retake her queendom. "

3.93 avg rating — 245,196 ratings

"Alosa does alright at this, she is good at manipulating teenage boys into doing her bidding. "

4.45 avg rating — 1,183,199 ratings

"Kaz is a great one for a scheme, and while he doesn't usually go in for emotionally manipulating folk himself, he has a keen enough understanding to arrange others to do it for him. "

4.16 avg rating — 289,718 ratings

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