Fallen Academy: Year One

I had spent 7 hours listening to the audio-book, the narrative kinda of annoyed me . the plot was great , the world building was on point , it had so much potential but for me I felt it was wasted on the character because I finished the book and still have no care whatsoever for happens to them , the love story was mehh
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in the beginning it showed as slow burn romance which I wanted but unfortunately I ended up not caring about them. the character that I actually love is Sarah (The Seraph Blade) her moments with Brielle were golden .
Brielle lacks self confidence but I think the author is planning to give her a character development eventually, I thought it was admirable how she risked her freedom after she finally got it to save her friend from a terrible faith. in the beginning I was almost sure I was going to love her but she went from amazing protagonist to mildly obsessive over her love interest who kicks her and control her ,what frustrated me the most was how she always thinks of him and what he thinks of her even though she has a lot to learn about her unique powers and bigger problems then to stare at him and have daydreams of what they could do tougher if he confess about his love for her.