Beattz
I received this book for free in a sponsored giveaway. These thoughts are my own, and I have not been compensated for them.
I DNF'ed this at the 51% mark. I gave it a fighting chance, as the premise and the first few pages had me intrigued and even giggling. Unfortunately the writing got pretty tiresome quickly. The Orc character Ozar doesn't seem to have a limited vocabulary for not being a native English speaker but repeated use of certain terms (including exclusively, and very frequently, referring to his genitalia as his hand-axe) was off-putting. You could see the author was going to pretty great lengths to create emotional depth for Ozar, but in contrast, the FMC, Jordan, did not get the same treatment. Her empathy was unidirectional, her dating biases were loud, and she gave a person practically brand new to her realm a 5 minute lecture on incels. It was all very messy.
I received this book for free in a sponsored giveaway. These thoughts are my own, and I have not been compensated for them.
I DNF'ed this at the 51% mark. I gave it a fighting chance, as the premise and the first few pages had me intrigued and even giggling. Unfortunately the writing got pretty tiresome quickly. The Orc character Ozar doesn't seem to have a limited vocabulary for not being a native English speaker but repeated use of certain terms (including exclusively, and very frequently, referring to his genitalia as his hand-axe) was off-putting. You could see the author was going to pretty great lengths to create emotional depth for Ozar, but in contrast, the FMC, Jordan, did not get the same treatment. Her empathy was unidirectional, her dating biases were loud, and she gave a person practically brand new to her realm a 5 minute lecture on incels. It was all very messy.
