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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Por qué sigo leyendo a Armentrout, si me paso todas sus novelas con los ojos en blanco, es algo que nunca entenderé. Es una escritora profundamente mediocre, objetivamente mediocre. No digo con esto que no se puedan disfrutar sus libros, que no sean entretenidos o que no puedan gustar, pero, literariamente hablando, es muy pobre.
Primero, tiene esa narrativa insulsa y tontorrona que pretende imitar el lenguaje y la jerga orales en la prosa. La ficción literaria es una cosa y la ficción audiovisual es otra, y cuando la una intenta imitar a la otra no puedo dejar de pensar que resulta patético. Todas esas interjecciones ("Au", "Puf", "Dios", "Ups") en medio de un texto literario lo hacen pobre y ridículo. Supongo que ella piensa que lo vuelve "actualizado" o rápido de leer. No es así. Esto es literatura y, por lo tanto, debe de tener sus propios códigos.
Pero el caso es que creo, sinceramente, que Armentrout no sabe escribir literatura. Lo creo de verdad. Tiene imaginación, es creativa y hasta creo que es una buena "story teller", pero no es una buena escritora. No le sale bien. Sus personajes no pasan de ser clichés andantes, sus situaciones y su trama, fácilmente predecibles; sus diálogos, propios de una película de sobremesa. En general, como haría después en De sangre y cenizas y como intuyo que hará en todos sus libros, es incapaz de enseñar y solo cuenta. Te cuenta la historia de la familia de Layla, en lugar de dejar que la vayas descubriendo. Te cuenta los poderes de los Guardianes, en lugar de que tú los veas en acción y saques tus propias conlusiones. Cuenta, cuenta, cuenta hasta matarte de aburrimiento. Y creo que lo hace porque de verdad no sabe hacerlo de otra manera, porque de alguna forma ha dado con la fórmula del éxito (fantasía romántica con connotaciones sexuales) sin que eso signifique que su obra sea de calidad. No lo es. Es una autora increíblemente mediocre.
Las 3⭐️ van porque es entretenido, aunque si Goodreads me dejara poner medias, le pondría 2,5⭐️. Porque tampoco lo es tanto. Pero para darte cuenta de la mediocridad de Armentrout tienes que haber leído un puñado de otras buenas escritoras. Si no, te encontrarás a ti mismo poniéndole 4 y 5⭐️ a esto de manera no irónica.
Primero, tiene esa narrativa insulsa y tontorrona que pretende imitar el lenguaje y la jerga orales en la prosa. La ficción literaria es una cosa y la ficción audiovisual es otra, y cuando la una intenta imitar a la otra no puedo dejar de pensar que resulta patético. Todas esas interjecciones ("Au", "Puf", "Dios", "Ups") en medio de un texto literario lo hacen pobre y ridículo. Supongo que ella piensa que lo vuelve "actualizado" o rápido de leer. No es así. Esto es literatura y, por lo tanto, debe de tener sus propios códigos.
Pero el caso es que creo, sinceramente, que Armentrout no sabe escribir literatura. Lo creo de verdad. Tiene imaginación, es creativa y hasta creo que es una buena "story teller", pero no es una buena escritora. No le sale bien. Sus personajes no pasan de ser clichés andantes, sus situaciones y su trama, fácilmente predecibles; sus diálogos, propios de una película de sobremesa. En general, como haría después en De sangre y cenizas y como intuyo que hará en todos sus libros, es incapaz de enseñar y solo cuenta. Te cuenta la historia de la familia de Layla, en lugar de dejar que la vayas descubriendo. Te cuenta los poderes de los Guardianes, en lugar de que tú los veas en acción y saques tus propias conlusiones. Cuenta, cuenta, cuenta hasta matarte de aburrimiento. Y creo que lo hace porque de verdad no sabe hacerlo de otra manera, porque de alguna forma ha dado con la fórmula del éxito (fantasía romántica con connotaciones sexuales) sin que eso signifique que su obra sea de calidad. No lo es. Es una autora increíblemente mediocre.
Las 3⭐️ van porque es entretenido, aunque si Goodreads me dejara poner medias, le pondría 2,5⭐️. Porque tampoco lo es tanto. Pero para darte cuenta de la mediocridad de Armentrout tienes que haber leído un puñado de otras buenas escritoras. Si no, te encontrarás a ti mismo poniéndole 4 y 5⭐️ a esto de manera no irónica.
I just liked it. I liked the world, I liked the banter. I thought some of the minor characters were a little one-dimensional, but it didn't stop be from enjoying the book. Same with a few sections of dialogue. Overall, it kept me reading and I now have a new fictional boyfriend.
3.5 estrellas.
Ese final me ha dejado atrapada, pero al principio me pareció bastante odioso.
Ese final me ha dejado atrapada, pero al principio me pareció bastante odioso.
I am addicted to fantasy now. I had no idea how much I liked this genre, but apparently I do. Layla, the half demon/half warden, is pretty awesome and I can't wait to see how her powers grow. The love triangle aspect isn't something I'm loving though, maybe it will get better. While I am in love with Roth, I am not in love with Zayne yet. I understand she has a crush on him and loves him, but it still feels weird to me. I'm sure he is attracted to her and the whole soul sucking situation isn't ideal, but I just feel weird about how he treats her. Maybe I am crazy. I will be very curious how this plays out, mostly because I am so in love with Roth.
ghghahsjdhdh I want me a Roth please and thank you.
1st time reading JLA and I'm honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this? I was fully prepared for this to be another trashy smutty book with a dash of paranormal that I could secretly feast on over one weekend in my cave of snacks and guilt, but I genuinely found this very entertaining and funny. Coming out of a pretty heavy historical fiction magical realism book ([b:Before the Devil Breaks You|25985241|Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners, #3)|Libba Bray|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498737891l/25985241._SY75_.jpg|45897241]), this was such a light and quick read, both funny and a lil bit steamy (which I am not opposed to).
Some of the discussions were a bit problematic and a bit yikes to read (i.e. slut-shaming, casual ableism), however I do realise these was written in 2014 when it (perhaps) wasn't as widely acceptable to be using these sorts of language in conversation. Also: I can't be the only person, kinda sorta very creeped out by how pushy Stacey was when it came to knowing everything about Layla and Roth's relationship - even for best friends, she came on very strong and not in a good way.
For the most part, I found Layla quite an irritating main character and I didn't particularly like her. That being said, I enjoyed seeing how she matured over the course of the book and came to accept the demonic part of her identity and that perhaps demons weren't all bad. I remain undecided on Zayne, though I can appreciate how much he has also grown.
Roth, Roth, Roth. Where do I begin? Perhaps the sweetest, most attractive, funniest demon prince I've had the pleasure of reading about.
"Astaroth is a very powerful demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness, vanity and rationalized philosphies." Truly a man after my whole heart.
From his teasing nature, to his disney-named tattoos!!! that !! come!!! to !!!! life!!!! (side note: I would lay down my life for Bambi and the kittens) I quite literally fell in love with him.
His golden eyes met mine. "Free will, huh? Damn. It is a bitch." And then he smiled-he smiled-at me, a real smile, revealing those deep dimples. "I lost myself the moment I found you."
-Like, are you kidding me???
3 stars, this was good! Give me more Roth please.
1st time reading JLA and I'm honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this? I was fully prepared for this to be another trashy smutty book with a dash of paranormal that I could secretly feast on over one weekend in my cave of snacks and guilt, but I genuinely found this very entertaining and funny. Coming out of a pretty heavy historical fiction magical realism book ([b:Before the Devil Breaks You|25985241|Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners, #3)|Libba Bray|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498737891l/25985241._SY75_.jpg|45897241]), this was such a light and quick read, both funny and a lil bit steamy (which I am not opposed to).
Some of the discussions were a bit problematic and a bit yikes to read (i.e. slut-shaming, casual ableism), however I do realise these was written in 2014 when it (perhaps) wasn't as widely acceptable to be using these sorts of language in conversation. Also: I can't be the only person, kinda sorta very creeped out by how pushy Stacey was when it came to knowing everything about Layla and Roth's relationship - even for best friends, she came on very strong and not in a good way.
For the most part, I found Layla quite an irritating main character and I didn't particularly like her. That being said, I enjoyed seeing how she matured over the course of the book and came to accept the demonic part of her identity and that perhaps demons weren't all bad. I remain undecided on Zayne, though I can appreciate how much he has also grown.
Roth, Roth, Roth. Where do I begin? Perhaps the sweetest, most attractive, funniest demon prince I've had the pleasure of reading about.
"Astaroth is a very powerful demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness, vanity and rationalized philosphies." Truly a man after my whole heart.
From his teasing nature, to his disney-named tattoos!!! that !! come!!! to !!!! life!!!! (side note: I would lay down my life for Bambi and the kittens) I quite literally fell in love with him.
His golden eyes met mine. "Free will, huh? Damn. It is a bitch." And then he smiled-he smiled-at me, a real smile, revealing those deep dimples. "I lost myself the moment I found you."
-Like, are you kidding me???
3 stars, this was good! Give me more Roth please.
More Books from Jennifer??
More Sexy Boys
But then...
...we have to wait till 2014
More Sexy Boys
But then...
...we have to wait till 2014
One word for me on this book: Roth. How much do I love Roth. I know, Zayne is the one we're all supposed to root for, he's the good guy, the guy that Layla grew up crushing on and he's sweet and kind and all the rest. But Roth.
I've read this series twice and I'll read it again in future, no doubt. So, the story. Gargoyles are real, they're actually wardens who can adopt human or almost stone-like warden form. They hunt demons, and Layla lives with the wardens but doesn't belong fully to that world but she can 'see' demons, tag them so that the wardens can go out and hunt them. Layla is half-warden, half-demon so she can't take warden form and she can't kiss anyone (or can she?) because she will drain them. So Zayne is her best friend, who she's been crushing on forever but he almost treats her as a little sister. Then we meet Roth. Crown prince of hell, full blooded demon and bad boy. I love Roth. Love, love, love Roth. I can't hear Paradise City without thinking of him now. Bad boy with a crush on the 'good' girl - little cliched maybe but I did love this book so much.
And that ending, I was almost broken by it. Couldn't wait for the second instalment, it seemed to take forever.
I've read this series twice and I'll read it again in future, no doubt. So, the story. Gargoyles are real, they're actually wardens who can adopt human or almost stone-like warden form. They hunt demons, and Layla lives with the wardens but doesn't belong fully to that world but she can 'see' demons, tag them so that the wardens can go out and hunt them. Layla is half-warden, half-demon so she can't take warden form and she can't kiss anyone (or can she?) because she will drain them. So Zayne is her best friend, who she's been crushing on forever but he almost treats her as a little sister. Then we meet Roth. Crown prince of hell, full blooded demon and bad boy. I love Roth. Love, love, love Roth. I can't hear Paradise City without thinking of him now. Bad boy with a crush on the 'good' girl - little cliched maybe but I did love this book so much.
And that ending, I was almost broken by it. Couldn't wait for the second instalment, it seemed to take forever.
This book was amazing. The action was great, it was well written and you could cut the tension between Roth and Layla with a knife
DNF@15%
The reviews weren't lying, this is one of those Mary Sue YA novels where the heroine is oh so special and all hot boys are falling for her even though she definitely doesn't think she's hot and she just tries to be normal and live her life, people!!
Nope. Let's just not. I'm too old for this.
The reviews weren't lying, this is one of those Mary Sue YA novels where the heroine is oh so special and all hot boys are falling for her even though she definitely doesn't think she's hot and she just tries to be normal and live her life, people!!
Nope. Let's just not. I'm too old for this.