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2 reviews for:
Queen of the Vampires: Snow White Reimagined with Vampires and Dragons
RaShelle Workman
3.8 AVERAGE
2 reviews for:
Queen of the Vampires: Snow White Reimagined with Vampires and Dragons
RaShelle Workman
3.8 AVERAGE
Life is too short to read bad books. And yet I slogget through the first three, hoping the storytelling would develop; sometimes writers become more mature in their storytelling. And honestly, there was some improvement, just not enough to make it worth even finishing the book. I got this as part of the complete omnibus, and man, was that a waste of $1.99 or whatever the deal was.
Premise, great. I'm so all over retold fairy tales, and especially when they're in a totally different world. Vampires, dragons, knight angels, all fantastic fairytale fodder.
Writing, not my cup of tea. Lots of short choppy sentences, and honestly, my own personal quirk of chopping off unnecessary "There are" or "I was" from the beginning of sentences.
But just zero character development. Leaps in relationships without any interaction. Manufactured and repetitive angst and affirmation stated by the characters rather than experienced.
By the middle of the 2nd book, I was dreading picking it up. By the middle of the 3rd book, I was hoping for the end so I could at least get goodreads credit for a completed book. But when the relationship went from true love epiphany from a kiss and a few loving words while both characters were being stabbed on an altar, to marrage with almost no exposition, then suddenly an adoring (adopted/precocious?) child appears, again with a vague "a year passed" description? I put the book down and composed a scathing review before moving on to something that actually deserved to be read.
Premise, great. I'm so all over retold fairy tales, and especially when they're in a totally different world. Vampires, dragons, knight angels, all fantastic fairytale fodder.
Writing, not my cup of tea. Lots of short choppy sentences, and honestly, my own personal quirk of chopping off unnecessary "There are" or "I was" from the beginning of sentences.
But just zero character development. Leaps in relationships without any interaction. Manufactured and repetitive angst and affirmation stated by the characters rather than experienced.
By the middle of the 2nd book, I was dreading picking it up. By the middle of the 3rd book, I was hoping for the end so I could at least get goodreads credit for a completed book. But when the relationship went from true love epiphany from a kiss and a few loving words while both characters were being stabbed on an altar, to marrage with almost no exposition, then suddenly an adoring (adopted/precocious?) child appears, again with a vague "a year passed" description? I put the book down and composed a scathing review before moving on to something that actually deserved to be read.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced