The bitch is BACKKKKKKKK!!! The downvotes on the last one were high. So yk I had to double it. 😝😝 Dude idk what's with this writing. All the pieces for good characterization are there, but they aren't put together in the right combination. So it makes for bad characterization. It's like a wonky puzzle with all the pieces in the wrong areas. If the author was a bit better at this, it would have smacked. Especially cuz it is missing some flavor that just can't be defined yk? Cardan is a fucking pompous dick. Cannot like this guy. Locke creeps me out. I was so freaking bored reading this book that I developed a new method of forcing yourself through a book. You repeatedly move your hand back and forth over the pages while reading and it helps keep your attention. At least for me. Anyway, it's a total snoozefest.

I'm a creature of habit, what can I say? We all have our vices. Some read smut, I reread Crazy Rich Asians when I need my soap opera drama fix. I watched the movie again and it had me thinking about the book which is WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more messy than the movie. And I'm a girl who loves mess and romance. But only this series can scratch the messiness/romance itch in my brain. Plus it helps that the dialogue is good and the plot is pretty good. I refuse to stoop lower than that. I still have my standards.

WOW. This is what yall were glazing????? It's so lackluster and down right bad at times. Not as bad as Fourth Wing. The writing is clunky. "Mom screamed. Jude screamed. Taryn and Vivi screamed." That line made me wonder if I was reading a kids book. I get it's meant to be childish. But childish doesn't mean terrible. And the worldbuilding, way to barely do it when it counts. You spend all that damn time with the dresses and ornate details in the house, but can't give a real detailed description of the magic forest???? Are you shitting me? I don't care about what the wood carvings are meant to look like if you aren't going to do any worldbuilding. And I am so thoroughly uninterested in the world already. And we just started. I'm just bored. I genuinely want to know what could possibly have warranted the hype. Genuinely. Maybe it comes later. But Jesus does it not deserve it so far. People on Booktok act like some books are the first books ever written and it has the same depth as the alphabet song.

This MC is absolutely unfunny in every possible way. I can't read millenial humor every single page and feel the urge to laugh. This reads like an Obama era YouTube skit turned book. But extended. So many jokes were being made to the point I can't even comprehend the world we are in right now. I'm being forcefed a joke every page. Please stop. It's only 8%. This better be a short read.

This MC is absolutely unfunny in every possible way. I can't read millenial humor every single page and feel the urge to laugh. This reads like an Obama era YouTube skit turned book. But extended. So many jokes were being made to the point I can't even comprehend the world we are in right now. I'm being forcefed a joke every page. Please stop. It's only 8%. This better be a short read.