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Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Really could’ve done without the narrator but otherwise love to see a good lesbian romance book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Blood
Moderate: Rape
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
BRANDO SANDO YOU ARE A GENIUS!
Yes, with all Sanderson books, you get out what you put it. This is one you HAVE to commit to and trust the process. He knows what he's doing, and careful attention is heavily rewarded. While it is a slow burn, it's important to know that everything Sanderson does has a purpose and he is a masterful creator of this universe. My mind is blown by the scope of the SLA.
Yes, with all Sanderson books, you get out what you put it. This is one you HAVE to commit to and trust the process. He knows what he's doing, and careful attention is heavily rewarded. While it is a slow burn, it's important to know that everything Sanderson does has a purpose and he is a masterful creator of this universe. My mind is blown by the scope of the SLA.
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Gonna brain dump as I just finished the book and it’s way late past my self imposed bedtime on a weeknight. 😭
First off I want to say that I am a FOOL for marketing and I bought this book because the hardcover is so beautiful. But….
Freya = Insufferable
Bjorn = Insufferable
Almost every character we see for more than 1 scene = insufferable
If you love being told everything and shown nothing, this book is for you. At some points the writing was tolerable, but at other points it felt so sterile- an entire battle condensed into two paragraphs?????
While the whole theme of the book is that Freya never gets to make her own decisions, I got SO sick of everything HAPPENING to her and then her complaining that it was her fault and she was a terrible person.
2/10 world building, this book could’ve benefited from 50-75 extra pages explaining Freya’s life and home, otherwise I felt no connection to her family and didn’t understand why we cared so much about a lot of this stuff. Only redeeming quality was Norse mythology and imagining them in Skyrim.
The steamy scenes were okay I guess. Didn’t really appreciate how we went from zero to insta-love AND insta-lust, but okay. Bjorn is a really sexless name IMO (sorry to all the Bjorns out there, I just kept thinking about the BabyBjorn carrier)
Every plot twist in this book was predictable and I saw it all coming at the first foreshadowing…. Yet Freya saw none of it and we have to watch her walk headfirst into so many situations that could have been avoided.
I need more consistent dialogue because we alternate between short, clipped, old Norse style dialogue and “my mother would’ve smacked me upside the head” 2020s dialogue…. Which was really disconcerting.
OVERALL ✨✨✨✨
The good thing I will say about this book is that I could barely put it down. It was really a page turner, maybe because the pace is breakneck, or maybe because it’s like watching a train wreck. You just can’t look away. I will probably read the next book especially if the pages are glittery again because mid romantasy is my guilty pleasure.
First off I want to say that I am a FOOL for marketing and I bought this book because the hardcover is so beautiful. But….
Freya = Insufferable
Bjorn = Insufferable
Almost every character we see for more than 1 scene = insufferable
If you love being told everything and shown nothing, this book is for you. At some points the writing was tolerable, but at other points it felt so sterile- an entire battle condensed into two paragraphs?????
While the whole theme of the book is that Freya never gets to make her own decisions, I got SO sick of everything HAPPENING to her and then her complaining that it was her fault and she was a terrible person.
2/10 world building, this book could’ve benefited from 50-75 extra pages explaining Freya’s life and home, otherwise I felt no connection to her family and didn’t understand why we cared so much about a lot of this stuff. Only redeeming quality was Norse mythology and imagining them in Skyrim.
The steamy scenes were okay I guess. Didn’t really appreciate how we went from zero to insta-love AND insta-lust, but okay. Bjorn is a really sexless name IMO (sorry to all the Bjorns out there, I just kept thinking about the BabyBjorn carrier)
Every plot twist in this book was predictable and I saw it all coming at the first foreshadowing…. Yet Freya saw none of it and we have to watch her walk headfirst into so many situations that could have been avoided.
I need more consistent dialogue because we alternate between short, clipped, old Norse style dialogue and “my mother would’ve smacked me upside the head” 2020s dialogue…. Which was really disconcerting.
OVERALL ✨✨✨✨
The good thing I will say about this book is that I could barely put it down. It was really a page turner, maybe because the pace is breakneck, or maybe because it’s like watching a train wreck. You just can’t look away. I will probably read the next book especially if the pages are glittery again because mid romantasy is my guilty pleasure.
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
2.5
at what point does adam carlsen become adam driver and this gets really, really weird?
eh. it's an okay book to read if you have laryngitis and can't get out of bed. overly verbose and struggled to hold my fever-brained attention span
eh. it's an okay book to read if you have laryngitis and can't get out of bed. overly verbose and struggled to hold my fever-brained attention span
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I would've liked a little more development on the romance. Overall, this book is a nice, quick, funny read but I think it definitely shows its age. Great if you're looking for something pretty lighthearted that doesn't take itself too seriously.
As a side note, I could only imagine the main man Gabriel as Michael Sheen's vampire character in Twilight, which was pretty unfortunate. Also, points deducted for naming a character Dick Cheney and for not giving us any super good resolution.
As a side note, I could only imagine the main man Gabriel as Michael Sheen's vampire character in Twilight, which was pretty unfortunate. Also, points deducted for naming a character Dick Cheney and for not giving us any super good resolution.