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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Yes, plot-wise it wasn't that good (and there were no ooh lala scenes) BUT I enjoyed the comedy.
I was a little hesitant at first, but I kept telling myself that her being an invisible side character in her own story couldn't possibly stick... And I was pleased to find out I was right. Things are definitely more interesting in this new world she's found herself in, though I can't say anything feels particularly unique. [Are they ever where fae are concerned?]
I mean, maybe it was unique when it first came out in 2018. I read the Bonds That Tie not all that long ago, so I'm biting at the bit for a polycule to fully form with Emelle at the center. That's very likely the direction it's going in, so I'm not complaining about the journey. I just hope we don't have to wait too long for it! And romance aside, I really would like some answers about her cupidity.
The book length was perfect to get our bearings. There are some editing woes, but it's nothing that hinders your ability to read the book. (At least, for most people. I know some struggle to overcome missing words/typos.)
I mean, maybe it was unique when it first came out in 2018. I read the Bonds That Tie not all that long ago, so I'm biting at the bit for a polycule to fully form with Emelle at the center. That's very likely the direction it's going in, so I'm not complaining about the journey. I just hope we don't have to wait too long for it! And romance aside, I really would like some answers about her cupidity.
The book length was perfect to get our bearings. There are some editing woes, but it's nothing that hinders your ability to read the book. (At least, for most people. I know some struggle to overcome missing words/typos.)
emotional
adventurous
slow-paced
medium-paced
I enjoyed this! It’s a cute funny fantasy where an incorporeal Cupid becomes corporeal and lands on an island with 3 hot males (with tails). Nothing spicy happens in this one except a bunch of sexual innuendos and banter, but you know the next 3 books will have that reverse harem fated mates that I was looking for.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3 ⭐️ A Cupid on the Fae Realm finds 3 hot guys stranded on a floating island.
See, when you say it like that it sounds so fun, right? Well, the reality of this book was not really that great. This book comes highly recommended from different people, and I was so excited to start this. Maybe that's why it kind of felt flat to me - admittedly, I came in with high expectations.
This is the first book in a 3/4 part series about 'ML', Cupid One Thousand Fifty or Emelle as she ends up calling herself. She's very unhappy in the human world being a Cupid. She's incorporeal and invisible, and she hates what people have done to love, and how they constantly disrespect it. When she gets an unexpected promotion to the Fae Realm -even though she's not really that good at her job- she goes on to travel and explore this new realm and all the beings and possibilities it may hold. It sounds fun up until this point. The rest continued on to what I have now deemed a downward spiral that only made me dislike this book more and more as I kept on going.
The three MMCs should have made this book turn up, and really, they only made the time pass. The entire time on the island -basically the whole book, really- felt like a gigantic standstill, and while I'm sure it will make sense contextually within the series... it was just really boring! And the FMC, poor Emelle, gets tortured in one way or another pretty much every other chapter. She cries, throws up and is otherwise hurt in a myriad of ways, and every single time she needs the guys -or even just a guy, I guess- to take care of her and rescue her. I get that she's new to having a physical body and all that, but I hate the useless, indefensive damsel trope. I want BAMF FMCs, thank you very much.
And the worst part is that Emelle really talked the talk her, but she didn't once walk the walk. She's so unapologetically herself when she's talking to the guys, there's fun banter everywhere. But when it gets down to it, she's spineless and her backbone disappears as soon as she finds herself slightly inconvenienced. Except if it was to show up/appease Ronak *gags*. The guys were ok -except Ronak, f**k you Ronak-, but they really weren't all that great. At least not enough to grant me reading 1,000+ words, which is the series in its entirety.
Also, this is supposed to be a Why Choose Romance. And I do say supposed to because no one chooses anybody. The guys definitely don't choose her, and she's insistent on finding other hot guys to be with until the very end -90% into the book- where the weird spider witch attacks her and tells her all that stuff about her disappearing again, and she realizes she HAS TO stay with these guys. So, not much of a choice, then. Is either them or death again. So I guess we do know the 'why' in this 'why choose' lol.
Anyway, I don't know if I'll continue with this series or not. I think I may have liked it better if it'd been just a long book and some of the in-between stuff had been edited out, but as is, this was not it.
0 /
See, when you say it like that it sounds so fun, right? Well, the reality of this book was not really that great. This book comes highly recommended from different people, and I was so excited to start this. Maybe that's why it kind of felt flat to me - admittedly, I came in with high expectations.
This is the first book in a 3/4 part series about 'ML', Cupid One Thousand Fifty or Emelle as she ends up calling herself. She's very unhappy in the human world being a Cupid. She's incorporeal and invisible, and she hates what people have done to love, and how they constantly disrespect it. When she gets an unexpected promotion to the Fae Realm -even though she's not really that good at her job- she goes on to travel and explore this new realm and all the beings and possibilities it may hold. It sounds fun up until this point. The rest continued on to what I have now deemed a downward spiral that only made me dislike this book more and more as I kept on going.
The three MMCs should have made this book turn up, and really, they only made the time pass. The entire time on the island -basically the whole book, really- felt like a gigantic standstill, and while I'm sure it will make sense contextually within the series... it was just really boring! And the FMC, poor Emelle, gets tortured in one way or another pretty much every other chapter. She cries, throws up and is otherwise hurt in a myriad of ways, and every single time she needs the guys -or even just a guy, I guess- to take care of her and rescue her. I get that she's new to having a physical body and all that, but I hate the useless, indefensive damsel trope. I want BAMF FMCs, thank you very much.
And the worst part is that Emelle really talked the talk her, but she didn't once walk the walk. She's so unapologetically herself when she's talking to the guys, there's fun banter everywhere. But when it gets down to it, she's spineless and her backbone disappears as soon as she finds herself slightly inconvenienced. Except if it was to show up/appease Ronak *gags*. The guys were ok -except Ronak, f**k you Ronak-, but they really weren't all that great. At least not enough to grant me reading 1,000+ words, which is the series in its entirety.
Also, this is supposed to be a Why Choose Romance. And I do say supposed to because no one chooses anybody. The guys definitely don't choose her, and she's insistent on finding other hot guys to be with until the very end -90% into the book- where the weird spider witch attacks her and tells her all that stuff about her disappearing again, and she realizes she HAS TO stay with these guys. So, not much of a choice, then. Is either them or death again. So I guess we do know the 'why' in this 'why choose' lol.
Anyway, I don't know if I'll continue with this series or not. I think I may have liked it better if it'd been just a long book and some of the in-between stuff had been edited out, but as is, this was not it.
0 /
The pacing is off and the first 20% of this was really boring. I didn’t see a reason to care about what was happening or who our FMC is.
I don’t like the “I’m so quirky” type FMCs. And I didn’t particularly like it here, however it wasn’t as grating as it usually is in other novels. The MMCs were fine. More so they were just romantic interests most of the time and not their own characters.
And again the pacing was weird. It’s really slow and it’s under 200 pages. Shorter books need to pack a punch in a lot less time. This did not do that. There was basically no relationship progression in the entire book. The only thing that happens is a KISS and it happens in the very last chapter. 172 pages of a why choose novel and they don’t even kiss until the end is extremely slow. The 2nd book in the series is full length so hopefully this improves moving forward.
I don’t like the “I’m so quirky” type FMCs. And I didn’t particularly like it here, however it wasn’t as grating as it usually is in other novels. The MMCs were fine. More so they were just romantic interests most of the time and not their own characters.
And again the pacing was weird. It’s really slow and it’s under 200 pages. Shorter books need to pack a punch in a lot less time. This did not do that. There was basically no relationship progression in the entire book. The only thing that happens is a KISS and it happens in the very last chapter. 172 pages of a why choose novel and they don’t even kiss until the end is extremely slow. The 2nd book in the series is full length so hopefully this improves moving forward.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced