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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
he cheats on her so get out
plot was lowkey fun and i loved the flashbacks to book 1
plot was lowkey fun and i loved the flashbacks to book 1
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loving this series, honestly have no idea what to expect in the next one because the first two have been amazing!!
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-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
Spoiler alert!!!
I am genuinely liking this book. Love? No. (Look mom, I am matureing, I am not loving EVERYTHING anymore.) But I will definitely be thinking about this book.
I am sorry but I have to: this book makes it, again, so weird that King of Sins is... well what it is.
King of Sins and I am saying this in the nicest way possible, lacks life. It has potential, yes. Nice and interesting characters, yes. But the story does lack life in the end. It's always the same scheme and feels like you are reading the same, not so, in my opinion, well executed, book over and over and you could basically write down the four to five plot points that are going to happen and at what time around and it will be accurate for all of the books.
And then there is this and the Twisted Series. Yes, Twisted also had an early case of doppelgänger but not like King of Sins.
Also yes, I have become a hater of the romance (especially with smut) genre and am very very judgy, especially when it's filled with clichés but as you can see, I can still enjoy it. There are still books that can catch me, even if yes I have to say I shook my head and rolled my eyes sometimes and yes their second (or well third) breakup had me almost biting into the table to focus on that physical inflicted pain instead of the pain in my brain.
Enough comparing and while we are at it: Ana Huang is not a bad author, not trying to say that and never will.
Are her works the greatest things I ever read and have the literacy of something so beautiful, it feels like an angel wrote it? No. Sorry by the way but to be fair only one of my favourite(!) book series felt so beautifully and poetically written that I fell in love with every word. And you do not have to achieve that to be a good author. Granted saying that the most current series of an author lacks life is a lot of things but not a compliment and not really saying good author but hear me out.
Again (by the way how did this end in a rant about Ana Huang and not a review of this book? don't worry though, I will say more to this book soon) her stories have potential, just as do her characters. And she definitely can write. Yes or course, your stories shouldn't feel like they are ONE overused formula with just the names edited but again there is always potential, it is intrigueing and yes writing books makes people, including me, have expectations. You write a very good book and it's a series? Good luck meeting the expectations of everyone for the next thing in line. ANYWAYS, ENOUGH OF THE OTHER BOOKS, LET'S COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
This is her debut and a good example of how her stories can be different from each other and have life. Yes they do have the romance genre clichés of the main couple not talking, the side characters popping up and the more they do the more you know they get a book. Yes there is the unneccessary break up, that TALKING could have prevented and it's the "I never have been in love and if I was in a relationship before it never has been like THIS" plot that goes through every romance book. At least every book that I have read, please do recommend me books of the genre where they are head over heels and so in love it makes you read it and damn every day you do not experience that but they don't have to put other [potential] relationships down for it. And I would very much welcome a book where they do talk and not lie because that doesn't make the problems go away but it's mature to talk and will make up less misunderstandings.
Blake and Farrah are well written. They have their insecurities and I am sure I can relate to one or two and their relationship is cute. I laughed, I almost cried (cry, crew, crode and all) and I got angry. I felt reading this and it wasn't boredom. It also wasn't "oh dear universe when does this book end" and I also wasn't questioning if I would finish this.
The Cleo plot? Her lying AND losing the child? Both called for, even though I was sure it would be only one of those.
Her father berating Blake and him breaking up with Farrah, again? Also called for, was reading that and thinking "please say sike right now" but there was no sike, just met expectations.
What always irks me the wrong way is how - this is by the way not a Huang [only] problem - is how parents are often horrendous in these books and then it's "ugh I just didn't know better and in secret I do love you" and basically they could do anything and in the end they do get forgiven and all is well or at least so well that they get to be in their children's life. Do not get me wrong though! You want to forgive someone, parent or not, even if they did the worst thing imagineable? Do that, if that's what you truly want go for it. But this "ah but talk to them maybe there is a reason" and the whole "they are your/my parent" thing is just no. Maybe it's too personal for me but this, even though I KNOW this is not what they are trying to say but it always feels like they have a right to do whatever they want you have to make amends because by being your parent they have a given right to you. Just because you birth someone/donate your DNA, doesn't mean you are a parent. It doesn't give you any rights to someone. Behaviour and words are everything and not only friends should be held by this.
Anyways, I will continue this series and am very much looking forward to what's coming next. Kris and Nate? Sammy and Olivia? Please do tell me your story.
I am genuinely liking this book. Love? No. (Look mom, I am matureing, I am not loving EVERYTHING anymore.) But I will definitely be thinking about this book.
I am sorry but I have to: this book makes it, again, so weird that King of Sins is... well what it is.
King of Sins and I am saying this in the nicest way possible, lacks life. It has potential, yes. Nice and interesting characters, yes. But the story does lack life in the end. It's always the same scheme and feels like you are reading the same, not so, in my opinion, well executed, book over and over and you could basically write down the four to five plot points that are going to happen and at what time around and it will be accurate for all of the books.
And then there is this and the Twisted Series. Yes, Twisted also had an early case of doppelgänger but not like King of Sins.
Also yes, I have become a hater of the romance (especially with smut) genre and am very very judgy, especially when it's filled with clichés but as you can see, I can still enjoy it. There are still books that can catch me, even if yes I have to say I shook my head and rolled my eyes sometimes and yes their second (or well third) breakup had me almost biting into the table to focus on that physical inflicted pain instead of the pain in my brain.
Enough comparing and while we are at it: Ana Huang is not a bad author, not trying to say that and never will.
Are her works the greatest things I ever read and have the literacy of something so beautiful, it feels like an angel wrote it? No. Sorry by the way but to be fair only one of my favourite(!) book series felt so beautifully and poetically written that I fell in love with every word. And you do not have to achieve that to be a good author. Granted saying that the most current series of an author lacks life is a lot of things but not a compliment and not really saying good author but hear me out.
Again (by the way how did this end in a rant about Ana Huang and not a review of this book? don't worry though, I will say more to this book soon) her stories have potential, just as do her characters. And she definitely can write. Yes or course, your stories shouldn't feel like they are ONE overused formula with just the names edited but again there is always potential, it is intrigueing and yes writing books makes people, including me, have expectations. You write a very good book and it's a series? Good luck meeting the expectations of everyone for the next thing in line. ANYWAYS, ENOUGH OF THE OTHER BOOKS, LET'S COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
This is her debut and a good example of how her stories can be different from each other and have life. Yes they do have the romance genre clichés of the main couple not talking, the side characters popping up and the more they do the more you know they get a book. Yes there is the unneccessary break up, that TALKING could have prevented and it's the "I never have been in love and if I was in a relationship before it never has been like THIS" plot that goes through every romance book. At least every book that I have read, please do recommend me books of the genre where they are head over heels and so in love it makes you read it and damn every day you do not experience that but they don't have to put other [potential] relationships down for it. And I would very much welcome a book where they do talk and not lie because that doesn't make the problems go away but it's mature to talk and will make up less misunderstandings.
Blake and Farrah are well written. They have their insecurities and I am sure I can relate to one or two and their relationship is cute. I laughed, I almost cried (cry, crew, crode and all) and I got angry. I felt reading this and it wasn't boredom. It also wasn't "oh dear universe when does this book end" and I also wasn't questioning if I would finish this.
The Cleo plot? Her lying AND losing the child? Both called for, even though I was sure it would be only one of those.
Her father berating Blake and him breaking up with Farrah, again? Also called for, was reading that and thinking "please say sike right now" but there was no sike, just met expectations.
What always irks me the wrong way is how - this is by the way not a Huang [only] problem - is how parents are often horrendous in these books and then it's "ugh I just didn't know better and in secret I do love you" and basically they could do anything and in the end they do get forgiven and all is well or at least so well that they get to be in their children's life. Do not get me wrong though! You want to forgive someone, parent or not, even if they did the worst thing imagineable? Do that, if that's what you truly want go for it. But this "ah but talk to them maybe there is a reason" and the whole "they are your/my parent" thing is just no. Maybe it's too personal for me but this, even though I KNOW this is not what they are trying to say but it always feels like they have a right to do whatever they want you have to make amends because by being your parent they have a given right to you. Just because you birth someone/donate your DNA, doesn't mean you are a parent. It doesn't give you any rights to someone. Behaviour and words are everything and not only friends should be held by this.
Anyways, I will continue this series and am very much looking forward to what's coming next. Kris and Nate? Sammy and Olivia? Please do tell me your story.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Car accident
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse
Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like… I don’t like the cheating trope yet we were supposed to cheer for this couple to get back together? Then JK HE NEVER CHEATED THE GIRL LIED 🙄 saw that coming.
This FMC going from “I could never forgive you” to “f*ck me now” was giving me whiplash. I didn’t really feel chemistry between these two and honestly if I had read these before the Twisted and Kings series I would have probably passed on Ana as an author for me.
I have the next two already so hoping they improve and get closer to Twisted/KOS caliber 😬 instead of being a dark spot in my Ana collection…
Book Deets 📖
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Emotional Damage:💧
Genre: Romance
Format Read: 🎧
This FMC going from “I could never forgive you” to “f*ck me now” was giving me whiplash. I didn’t really feel chemistry between these two and honestly if I had read these before the Twisted and Kings series I would have probably passed on Ana as an author for me.
I have the next two already so hoping they improve and get closer to Twisted/KOS caliber 😬 instead of being a dark spot in my Ana collection…
Book Deets 📖
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Emotional Damage:💧
Genre: Romance
Format Read: 🎧
This was a cute, fast read with some spicy and lovers to enemies to lovers lol
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes