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A review by bubblewombat
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.75
I mean...this was certainly a book!! The first and last hundred or so pages were the best, the rest? Ehhhhh.
I feel like the story really went downhill when Fisher was introduced, I was highlighting his lines in green (aka a colour I use for things that are creepy or just rub me the wrong way), and there were so many that were supposed to be sexy and make me feel something, but I felt absolutely nothing.
Actually, I'm lying, I cringed at one specific scene, you probably already know which one:
“When you were grinding yourself all over my lap, you marked me up very efficiently,” he purred.
I read that and felt like closing the book forever. And the paragraph that came before it, her "perfumes", I'm not posting it because of spoilers but like...no.
The whole romance annoyed me, mainly because of Fisher. I wasn't a fan of how Saeris acted in his presence, because I really liked her as a character on her own. And the stream was something I had to skim over, I think this is also due to the writing, which I wouldn't say is for me.
Fisher did get better at the end of the book, but not enough for me to like or care about him.
I will say that I liked the concept of mate bonds here, which is no surprise, considering the soulmate trope is my favourite, I just wish I liked Fisher more so I could fully appreciate it.
Generally, Quicksilver had some interesting parts, like the lore & alchemy, the world isn't badly crafted, the side characters aren't one-dimensional (Carrion might be my fav), there were even a few funny scenes here and there, and the ending was pretty good.
I can see why people love this, but it just didn't do it for me.
I feel like the story really went downhill when Fisher was introduced, I was highlighting his lines in green (aka a colour I use for things that are creepy or just rub me the wrong way), and there were so many that were supposed to be sexy and make me feel something, but I felt absolutely nothing.
Actually, I'm lying, I cringed at one specific scene, you probably already know which one:
“When you were grinding yourself all over my lap, you marked me up very efficiently,” he purred.
I read that and felt like closing the book forever. And the paragraph that came before it, her "perfumes", I'm not posting it because of spoilers but like...no.
The whole romance annoyed me, mainly because of Fisher. I wasn't a fan of how Saeris acted in his presence, because I really liked her as a character on her own. And the stream was something I had to skim over, I think this is also due to the writing, which I wouldn't say is for me.
Fisher did get better at the end of the book, but not enough for me to like or care about him.
I will say that I liked the concept of mate bonds here, which is no surprise, considering the soulmate trope is my favourite, I just wish I liked Fisher more so I could fully appreciate it.
Generally, Quicksilver had some interesting parts, like the lore & alchemy, the world isn't badly crafted, the side characters aren't one-dimensional (Carrion might be my fav), there were even a few funny scenes here and there, and the ending was pretty good.
I can see why people love this, but it just didn't do it for me.