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Victoria Mackenzie
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Rival Mate to the Wolf Prince: An Alpha/Alpha MM Omegaverse Romance (The Bonded Alpha Book 1)
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Jessica Peterson
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Destroyer: Guardians of Life Series
Anthony Segarra
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There is dramatically less crime investigation than the blurb would suggest as the plot focuses on the staggered training montage of depressed PI Arya and her vague vigilante career as the Dark One in this scifi story. The world building is interesting but gets overly complicated with the introduction of other supernatural and mythological creatures and a more simplistic approach would have worked better for the narrative. If she is meant to be all powerful, why introduce so many outside factors?
Arya starts off as a compelling character, besieged by ghosts and suicidal because of it. She, however, grows inconsistent and cockily confident as the story progresses and it’s a coin toss if she’s going to be mouthing off to a god or wracked by depression in any given chapter. The romance didn’t work for me in any shape or form, they’re worse off for having met each other with petty jealousy that is just possessiveness wrapped up, and no basis except base physical attraction.
Another round of edits would have also been beneficial, the plot drags in places when it should move quickly and skips over important sections such as a training montage or any recovery. There’s also a few sentences that don’t make logistical sense and the ending comes out of actual nowhere for the sake of a sequel.
Thank you to the author and booksirens for the ARC.
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Remnants: Disruption
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Paladin's Faith
T. Kingfisher
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I've been thinking on this for a day or two, and I'm curious to know what others think.
When you write a review for a book, do you find it more challenging to write 5 star reviews, or 1 Star reviews? Personally, I find it easier to write reviews for books I hated purely because disdain isn't difficult to put into words.
When I love a book, though... Sometimes I just can't formulate a coherent thought about it. 🤣
Where do you fall? Or are reviews daunting for you to write either way?