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sunnyscholar's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
I'm still not a fan of the writing or the character development. It was a half-decent story, but anywhere the plotline of romance was involved, it was poorly executed and often infuriating.
I hated that Kelsey didn't change at all throughout the series. Her inner dialogue and "struggle" were the same beginning, middle, and end of each and every book. Some passages literally felt like a copy-paste from 4 chapters and/or 2 books previous.
I was especially livid that for all her whining about having to choose, SHE NEVER ACTUALLY DID. Kishan chose FOR her. And only AFTER he had been strung along for a book and a half, hoping she would just make up her freaking mind and finally make a decision - even if that decision was to throw him to the curb. He would've bowed out ages ago if he didn't care so much about letting her choose for herself. So he trusted she had made her decision, although understandably never quite trusting her to stick to it. Kelsey is consistently immature, self-serving, and careless with other people.
By the third book, I no longer had any interest, curiosity, or opinion about who she should pick. I would have rather the romance be dropped entirely. Kishan had become a boring alternative, whose character growth was stunted and even reversed to the point of becoming a shell of a jealous, insecure, and desperate fiancé. Ren's toxic traits were muted and vastly overlooked by Kelsey, who constantly compared him to his brother's lacking character to prove his "superior" merit. (Screw the author - if she wanted Ren to be the better choice, she should write him better rather than lift him up by erasing any good qualities in the competition, even going to the extreme of replacing them with negative attributes entirely).
I feel bad putting these books down because my two sisters love them so much, but I'm just not a fan. The writing was juvenile and riddled with grammar errors, typos, and repetition. The original poems were okay, and the overall quest plot line was interesting, just poorly executed. After the first book, I had a hard time rooting for the characters because they weren't very relatable and actually seemed to be experiencing character decay rather than growth.
I hated that Kelsey didn't change at all throughout the series. Her inner dialogue and "struggle" were the same beginning, middle, and end of each and every book. Some passages literally felt like a copy-paste from 4 chapters and/or 2 books previous.
I was especially livid that for all her whining about having to choose, SHE NEVER ACTUALLY DID. Kishan chose FOR her. And only AFTER he had been strung along for a book and a half, hoping she would just make up her freaking mind and finally make a decision - even if that decision was to throw him to the curb. He would've bowed out ages ago if he didn't care so much about letting her choose for herself. So he trusted she had made her decision, although understandably never quite trusting her to stick to it. Kelsey is consistently immature, self-serving, and careless with other people.
By the third book, I no longer had any interest, curiosity, or opinion about who she should pick. I would have rather the romance be dropped entirely. Kishan had become a boring alternative, whose character growth was stunted and even reversed to the point of becoming a shell of a jealous, insecure, and desperate fiancé. Ren's toxic traits were muted and vastly overlooked by Kelsey, who constantly compared him to his brother's lacking character to prove his "superior" merit. (Screw the author - if she wanted Ren to be the better choice, she should write him better rather than lift him up by erasing any good qualities in the competition, even going to the extreme of replacing them with negative attributes entirely).
I feel bad putting these books down because my two sisters love them so much, but I'm just not a fan. The writing was juvenile and riddled with grammar errors, typos, and repetition. The original poems were okay, and the overall quest plot line was interesting, just poorly executed. After the first book, I had a hard time rooting for the characters because they weren't very relatable and actually seemed to be experiencing character decay rather than growth.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual harassment
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