The Kiss of Deception

This is one of those “why am I still reading this bullshit” kind of book.

Why is this so popular? Why was it expanded into a whole series? Why do reviewers hype it up so much?

It's beyond me why I decided to stick through with this, no matter how painful and full of mistakes it was. The biggest issue I have with this book–apart from the fact that 1) there is no character development, 2) the main girl is a typical brainless, moody teenager, and 3) the love interests are as dumb-witted as the mud on their boots–is that it took me 45 chapters to discern which of the two dudes was the prince and which one was the assassin. I'm not going to lie, for 45 chapters I thought that Rafe was the assassin and Kaden the prince... apparently I was wrong because ch 45 finally puts a name to the descriptions. This book insulted my intelligence in every way possible. Never have I mistaken two characters for the better length of a novel. Clearly the author needs to work on better describing her protagonists or, even better yet, not swap their personalities midway and create unnecessary confusion. Now, some reviewers say that this trick is “clever” and that the author is a “genius.” No. There is nothing clever about the way this was executed; it's sloppy and lazy writing, period.

Also, allow me to address the elephant in the room: there is nothing about this book that makes it a fantasy book. I don't care that it takes place in a pseudo-medieval, vaguely “other world” setting; It. Is. Not. Fantasy. Fantasy is my preferred genre... I've read hundreds of books in this genre. This is not it.



Do yourself a favour a save your precious reading hours for another, much more worthy book.

I give this book two thumbs waaaay down. I wish I could rate it with negative stars.