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A review by cleolindbooks
Championship by Alethea Faust
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
There are things I love about this book and things that I really did not like about this. I absolutely love Olbric’s gender journey and getting to see that development was fantastic. It fits so well for the character and the way it was described in the book felt very realistic and easy to connect to. <Also I’m not gonna lie I completely agree with Olbric that it makes no sense why Dom is being sent on a very important mission when he literally sucks at fighting> I absolutely adore most of the characters in the story and I love the premise but this one did not work for me.
One of the main things I hate about these books is that it constantly leaves you feeling unsatisfied and unfinished. The first book wasn’t as bad but the second and third books felt like they were ending in a really weird place. There was no real resolve and it just leaves you with no real finish to the plot points brought up throughout the story. Especially with Thaddeus and many other major angst points throughout the series there was no real developments or finishes to any of it. As much as it pains me to say it it felt like there wasn’t really much development in this book. It was building up to several things and then it never was realized which makes it very disappointing at the end.
I also really didn’t like the scene between Thaddeus and Dom. They were part of the story where it seemed like Thaddeus was remorseful or caring but then immediately overshadowed by horrible actions and just overall being a jerk. There is no confrontation or discussion about what went down between them. It is just left as some thing that happened and I was expecting either a resolution or some form of connection in the book back to what happened.
Overall I really loved the first book in the series. I liked the second one but I did not like the third as much.
One of the main things I hate about these books is that it constantly leaves you feeling unsatisfied and unfinished. The first book wasn’t as bad but the second and third books felt like they were ending in a really weird place. There was no real resolve and it just leaves you with no real finish to the plot points brought up throughout the story. Especially with Thaddeus and many other major angst points throughout the series there was no real developments or finishes to any of it. As much as it pains me to say it it felt like there wasn’t really much development in this book. It was building up to several things and then it never was realized which makes it very disappointing at the end.
I also really didn’t like the scene between Thaddeus and Dom. They were part of the story where it seemed like Thaddeus was remorseful or caring but then immediately overshadowed by horrible actions and just overall being a jerk. There is no confrontation or discussion about what went down between them. It is just left as some thing that happened and I was expecting either a resolution or some form of connection in the book back to what happened.
Overall I really loved the first book in the series. I liked the second one but I did not like the third as much.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Trafficking