sofia
started this thinking it would be a fun romp that i would fly through quickly, only to be severely disappointed. the premise had potential and the looming three-way relationship was alluring, so i forgave the clunky worldbuilding and the supbar writing; but the dull action sequences, the flat unremarkable characters with no growth whatsoever and the uninteresting dynamics between them ran my patience dry by the time it was too late for me to not finish. i get the feeling the author had a bunch of good ideas and failed to incorporate them neatly and make them compelling. just a whole lot of telling and not nearly enough showing. also! eyeroll-worthy disney-caliber villains, how wonderful.
my will to believe and stubbornness had me painfully trudging in the last third of the book and i just wish i had given up because it was all so pointless! i'm being mean yet i don't care!! i'm upset that i wasted my time.
started this thinking it would be a fun romp that i would fly through quickly, only to be severely disappointed. the premise had potential and the looming three-way relationship was alluring, so i forgave the clunky worldbuilding and the supbar writing; but the dull action sequences, the flat unremarkable characters with no growth whatsoever and the uninteresting dynamics between them ran my patience dry by the time it was too late for me to not finish. i get the feeling the author had a bunch of good ideas and failed to incorporate them neatly and make them compelling. just a whole lot of telling and not nearly enough showing. also! eyeroll-worthy disney-caliber villains, how wonderful.
my will to believe and stubbornness had me painfully trudging in the last third of the book and i just wish i had given up because it was all so pointless! i'm being mean yet i don't care!! i'm upset that i wasted my time.