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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-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:
No
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Po kilku tygodniach od przeczytania historia mocno mi się rozmyła, pamiętam, że czytało mi się dobrze, ale raczej nie sięgnę po kolejne tomy.
Mały update -> przeczytam kolejny tom, w pamięci zostało mi wspomnienie funu który miałam, fajnie mi się to czytało i chciałabym się dowiedzieć więcej
Mały update -> przeczytam kolejny tom, w pamięci zostało mi wspomnienie funu który miałam, fajnie mi się to czytało i chciałabym się dowiedzieć więcej
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-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
Such a great read! One of my favorite books of the year! I definitely recommend. I can’t wait for book 2!!!!
3.75 stars
Overall this was a fun read! Was it AMAZING? No. Was it a bit too cliché sometimes? Yes. But did I also laugh and squeal? Also yes.
Characters I loved:
Lou, Coco, Ansel (must be protected at all costs!!!!), and even Madam Labelle. Even Beau for the ass he was I didn’t mind him. Must I explain further? No. *chef’s kiss*
Characters I did NOT like:
Reid and the Archbishop. Reid acted WAY too much like a cliché alpha-hole (SJM fans will get this) for my liking. And the Archbishop I felt really had no true personality to show throughout the book. I didn’t feel anything for the dude. I’m wondering if the author simply struggled to write and develop the male characters here. They didn’t amount to much more than your usual YA male love interest and/or antagonist.
The GOOD of the book:
1. The humor and cursing; I love when authors dare to be crude with their writing. Even though this book mayyyybe should have been classified as Adult. I loved it. It made me giggle. BIG TIDDY LIDDY FOREVER.
2. The relationship between Lou and Coco. Bechdel test passed!!!
3. The plot overall was good. Yes we all know that the witch and the witch-hunter get married right from the get-go and the witch-hunter doesn’t know his new wife is a witch. That’s our primary conflict. Yes, the whole forced marriage of Reid and Lou is very cliché but isn’t that what most YA books do? They take one cliché concept then put their own spin on it. Also they had such good enemies to lovers banter that I’m a total sucker for. But the secondary conflict is slowly revealed throughout the story and that was definitely something new for me and there were some added surprises at the end! This feels like the start to a series that hopefully will get better as the series goes on. Fingers crossed!
The BAD of the book:
Overall I didn’t have too many qualms with this book other than the two dimensional male characters. I hope that this gets remedied in the second book.
Overall this was a fun read! Was it AMAZING? No. Was it a bit too cliché sometimes? Yes. But did I also laugh and squeal? Also yes.
Characters I loved:
Lou, Coco, Ansel (must be protected at all costs!!!!), and even Madam Labelle. Even Beau for the ass he was I didn’t mind him. Must I explain further? No. *chef’s kiss*
Characters I did NOT like:
Reid and the Archbishop. Reid acted WAY too much like a cliché alpha-hole (SJM fans will get this) for my liking. And the Archbishop I felt really had no true personality to show throughout the book. I didn’t feel anything for the dude. I’m wondering if the author simply struggled to write and develop the male characters here. They didn’t amount to much more than your usual YA male love interest and/or antagonist.
The GOOD of the book:
1. The humor and cursing; I love when authors dare to be crude with their writing. Even though this book mayyyybe should have been classified as Adult. I loved it. It made me giggle. BIG TIDDY LIDDY FOREVER.
2. The relationship between Lou and Coco. Bechdel test passed!!!
3. The plot overall was good. Yes we all know that the witch and the witch-hunter get married right from the get-go and the witch-hunter doesn’t know his new wife is a witch. That’s our primary conflict. Yes, the whole forced marriage of Reid and Lou is very cliché but isn’t that what most YA books do? They take one cliché concept then put their own spin on it. Also they had such good enemies to lovers banter that I’m a total sucker for. But the secondary conflict is slowly revealed throughout the story and that was definitely something new for me and there were some added surprises at the end! This feels like the start to a series that hopefully will get better as the series goes on. Fingers crossed!
The BAD of the book:
Overall I didn’t have too many qualms with this book other than the two dimensional male characters. I hope that this gets remedied in the second book.
In the last 30 pages I realized that their power couple name is Lou Reid and I officially can’t even.
3.5
[This review may be considered a spoiler to some??? Proceed with caution]
It was a good story, but I found myself falling out of the world a little bit. I would get glossy eyed and snap into reality every now and then. I don't feel Reid and Lou's relationship had enough foundation to be "in-love" in the way they were. If they kept working at the pace they were working, I would feel they would genuinely love each other by the next book, but I didn't feel there was enough to go off of here.
My own personal hang-ups: I struggle a lot with stories that include genuine Christianity. I'm fine with fantasy that masks Christianity so they can adjust it as they need to for the story, but this was genuine midevil Catholicism. Without getting into my own religious views, I struggled because this book somewhat deemed religious folks as the "bad" guys and the only way there could really be a happy ending is by forcing Reid to forfeit his faith. Being generally on the side that believes most organized religion is bad, it also feels wrong to force or convince or even prove that someone else's religion is false.
However, Shelby Mahurin does a decent job of somewhat wrapping that conundrum up in a bow. Maybe it's a bandaid? But I didn't feel completely put off by it.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I just had a hard time really connecting to the characters.
[This review may be considered a spoiler to some??? Proceed with caution]
It was a good story, but I found myself falling out of the world a little bit. I would get glossy eyed and snap into reality every now and then. I don't feel Reid and Lou's relationship had enough foundation to be "in-love" in the way they were. If they kept working at the pace they were working, I would feel they would genuinely love each other by the next book, but I didn't feel there was enough to go off of here.
My own personal hang-ups: I struggle a lot with stories that include genuine Christianity. I'm fine with fantasy that masks Christianity so they can adjust it as they need to for the story, but this was genuine midevil Catholicism. Without getting into my own religious views, I struggled because this book somewhat deemed religious folks as the "bad" guys and the only way there could really be a happy ending is by forcing Reid to forfeit his faith. Being generally on the side that believes most organized religion is bad, it also feels wrong to force or convince or even prove that someone else's religion is false.
However, Shelby Mahurin does a decent job of somewhat wrapping that conundrum up in a bow. Maybe it's a bandaid? But I didn't feel completely put off by it.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I just had a hard time really connecting to the characters.
It was honestly adorable. I know... It is a weird word to describe that book but it was adorable to watch each of them have their scheduled bickering. It had some unnecessary moments and the whole story was extremely dramatic. I wish they did more with Reid's discoveries and his anger issues, but really this book was about Lou.
excuse me, please just let me sit down and catch my breath