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Olivia Dade

3.72 AVERAGE


I've never read fan-fiction before, so I was a bit lost at some of the acronyms and the extensive amount of time dedicated to that side of the story, but overall I thought this was a cute story. I did think it paralleled the end of Game of Thrones TV show a bit too closely... the hyphenated male lead; the showrunners with names that started with the same letter; the rage of dedicated book-readers that were disappointed with the ending; etc. I liked April and Marcus both, but the chemistry didn't leap off the page for me. Marcus just seemed sooooo bland, while April was so vivid and well-written. I'm looking forward to reading Alex's story when it comes out.
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 48%

Its felt very flat to me... like for every hurdle in the plot, they acknowledge for like half a second and they then describe how hot and attracted they are. 
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF. Idk man, this was just not it for me. Maybe it's because the male lead was too weird of a crossover between Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jaime Lannister that made it uncomfy, maybe it's just because the culture of fandom community just gives me the ick. (Not to say that I don't love me some fandom media and the people who like it, but it's the obsessives—like our MC here—who just...make me like stuff less, sorry, I said it.) This probably was gonna be a sweet little romance when I got into it, if I got into it, but I couldn't, it required too much suspension of disbelief and, frankly, I think I hit the nail on the head with the "ick" comment.
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes