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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
The romance was kind of like insta-lovey? The FMC had a lot more chances to make good choices and consistently made the wrong ones. Interesting concept and premise but just fell flat for me. Spent most of the book just being annoyed lol
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Alcohol
dark
emotional
sad
tense
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
I enjoyed some parts of this book, but the pacing felt very uneven and the end just seemed like a lot coincidences coming together, to make the plot make sense. Copelan’s existence was annoying with his inconsistent general personality and decision making. I like the visual impact of the dancing and the castle and the found family was the strength of this book.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Got 12% in and just was not interested. Which is a shame cos the premise seemed right up my alley. But the narrative style just wasn’t for me. Quite repetitive and overly descriptive. Also felt kind of info dumpy and that combined with the interjections of the FMCs backstory and flashback memories just threw the pacing right off.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
slow-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
adventurous
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
More like 1.5 ⭐️ but rounded up.
This debut had a good premise but lacked any (good) plot.
Good on the author to try and bring disability visibility to the world but it seems the only impact it has on it is how Vasalie has a constant internal monologue of “I can’t do this, I’m out of breath, etc” and then does everything all the same, but feels dizzy at the end.
The plot is obvious, the twists are predictable, and the romance is very dubious. I think it tries to have two romantic interests, but the chemistry was so lacking that I only realised it was trying to imply romance/lust when something actually happened, and even then I felt confused.
The villains were the most interesting part but only because they are stereotypical bad guys so it’s really easy to hate them.
A shame that the characters lacked any personality because I was intrigued enough to keep reading, and it sets up everything for a sequel, but I’m definitely not interested in continuing this.
This debut had a good premise but lacked any (good) plot.
Good on the author to try and bring disability visibility to the world but it seems the only impact it has on it is how Vasalie has a constant internal monologue of “I can’t do this, I’m out of breath, etc” and then does everything all the same, but feels dizzy at the end.
The plot is obvious, the twists are predictable, and the romance is very dubious. I think it tries to have two romantic interests, but the chemistry was so lacking that I only realised it was trying to imply romance/lust when something actually happened, and even then I felt confused.
The villains were the most interesting part but only because they are stereotypical bad guys so it’s really easy to hate them.
A shame that the characters lacked any personality because I was intrigued enough to keep reading, and it sets up everything for a sequel, but I’m definitely not interested in continuing this.