Merili

dnf at 43%

Dnf at 50%.... I did... not like this book. Somehow both extremely flowery and stress-inducing at the same time

this book might've been good but i'm just tired of male leads who have/had a mistress and then got rid of the mistress because their moms told them too. not because they changed or decided to be more honorable. it's not making for a great foundation of character or for a male lead's story that I'm actually interested in

DNF at 10%. It just...didn't seem that well written. Love the idea of a cursed main character and her curse specifically was a unique idea. but i wasn't really pulled in with the first few chapters. also, i'm tired of thief/robber/illegal den urban fantasy MCs. give me a slightly more creative backstory haha. maybe i'll retry this in a few months.

This was fine. DNF near 60%. I understand the hype, the plot is quite clever. the chemistry felt a little forced and oddly paced

dnf at 50%. I love Katherine Center's writing style and the way she usually makes you root for the female MC in her books. and this was no exception. Emma was a great female lead and I wanted to her to SUCEED...but the dude?? Charlie??? HE was HORRIBLE.
After being shown pieces of Emma's backstory and a picture of just what a nice, hardworking, hopeful girl she is... instead of getting a rich golden retriever male lead who values her dreams and wants to take care $$ of her..and we get this weirdo dude who insults her like 50x, isn't that cool, kinda weird about his ex wife, doesn't seem to have a healthy great lifestyle....???
I was proud of Emma for walking away from Logan and Charlie when they were being buttholes. that was so satisfying. and then she lands herself a better deal with them again, okay good, seeing the plot progress.
but then when she overhears Charlie being a butthole AGAIN in the bathroom when he's talking to Logan about her writing, she STICKS AROUND??? I'm like no, go home! This guy SUCKS!!
Also, I stopped at 50% so maybe it changed but the setting being 90% in Charlie's house wasn't doing it for me either, he's so weird
I did NOT want them to end up together
anyways, disappointed in this one. probably won't come back to finish. but LOVED Emma as a character. Hated literally everyone else.

Dnf at 33%.... The magic system was super interesting but Gideon and Rune felt flat, and I just couldn't get into the story

Dnf at 40%. Too slow and flat characters I just couldn't get into.

Dnf 50%. I love Katherine centers books but I just couldn't get through this one. Duncan's behavior was beyond infuriating

dnf at 50%. i am honestly not sure what to rate this because it reads like a fanfiction and paces like a fanfiction, in the style of skipping over a lot but giving 10000x detail to things like character outfit descriptions and what the male lead's eyes look like. so i would have absolutely loved this book at 15 years old. additionally, for the 50% that I did read, I had a great taylor swift song on and i honestly was enjoying the vibes. i'm caught between two stars and five stars and there is no in between. if i ever have a teenage daughter she can rate this for me

I really wanted to like this but I couldn't get into it. I listened to the audio on Spotify and I think that format made it feel more drawn out and slow. It took so many chapters for Iseul to get her stuff together and start accomplishing stuff. Additionally, I'm all for character development in-novel - but Iseul's brattiness kept sticking around. Daehyun was a little inconsistent with his “i'm a terrible guy because i've been forced to do terrible things” vibe vs. being somewhat helpful for Iseul, I felt like his internal monologues didn't actually fit what he was doing. IDK, i think if I get a physical copy in the future I'll try again, because the kdrama vibes were top tier.

I am 12% in and still haven't met Niccolo. i guess he hasn't quite risen yet. It's been an extremely literary text, meaning there's a lot of detail that should be engaging but is actually just confusing. not sure if I will try again later to find niccolo.

DNF at 25 pages in, it reads more like a wattpad from 2015 than a book I'd be interested in. I'm sure it's great if someone is in the mood for a shallow, mildly entertaining read

Chemistry felt flat compared to previous books, wasn't terrible I just couldn't bring myself to finish

No chemistry and the plot wasn't super engaging

Reads like a c-drama and very soap opera like, enjoyed beginning but couldn't stick with the constant changing of the fmc