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Hamartia

Scarlett Drake

4.25 AVERAGE

bad_at_person's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional tense 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: Yes

Hamartia by Scarlett Drake

PROS:
🎤Well executed spice (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of 5)
🎤Feeding my K-Pop addiction
🎤Nepotism without any true benefit
🎤The bad sad of fame
🎤Coming of age

CONS:
🎤Waffling on confidence for both our main men
🎤No real resolution for the band
🎤Internalized homophobia

⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5 closeted rock stars for these star crossed soul mates

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mel_mckinley's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring tense slow-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

alainajreads's review against another edition

2.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Disclaimer that I read this for my book club and probably would’ve DNFed it otherwise. I didn’t hate it but my main frustration is that the cheating trope is not for me, and Raphael (the MC/narrator) emotionally cheats on his fiancée Camille for 2 years before proceeding to physically cheat, and infidelity plots in romance aren’t my thing. In fact, I found Raphael didn’t have many redeeming qualities, and most of the book is from his POV. I wish we had gotten more of Jaehyun’s POV, and also that there was more connection between the two MCs beyond just sexual chemistry. There were some sweet moments between them and the sex scenes were hot, however.
I found the third act conflict (

the pregnancy subplot

— beyond just the typical third act breakup) to be unnecessary and frustrating. I also would’ve liked more discussions about music in a romance starring two musicians. At around 450 pages, the book was longer than it needed to be and didn’t justify its length.

TLDR: men will cheat on their fiancée and not communicate instead of simply seeking therapy

Content Warnings

nford15's review against another edition

5.0

chefs kiss

amazing book, I really loved it. enough to keep you guessing but not too OTT. I adore Jae and Rapha I wish hamartia was an actual album I could listen to

lizchan's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful medium-paced

ashhearddwrites's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

marylee507's review against another edition

3.25

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The third-act twist almost made me DNF this book. It was totally unnecessary.

Content Warnings

elizabethbaker's review against another edition

5.0

This book was really beautiful and I enjoyed it a lot. I love books about obsession becoming love and would recommend it for those who like that, or rockstar/kpop romances. There was a lot of thought put into this book and I think it’s special.

stefaniesreads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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