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A review by bookloverjulie
Beautiful Nightmares by K.J. Sutton
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Not pulling any punches on this one, this was awful.
The only way I can make any sense of the current 4 star rating is that I think only super fans are making it this far. Finishing this was pure torture. I began this book mistakenly thinking that it was the final book in the series and that I could finish it out, but it turns out there are at least two more and I NEED to stop myself from going any further.
Ms. Fortuna has terrible instincts and zero forethought and the author tries to sell her as a badass. Everybody and their mom is out to kill her and she just tramps around without backup or telling anyone where she’s going on the regular. It’s no surprise that she is captured (sometimes multiple times) in literally every book. 🙄 Main character’s in captivity is my LEAST favorite fantasy plot point by a mile. It is so boring and pretty much guarantees that nothing interesting will happen for like 200+ pages.
Fortuna seems much more interested in choosing a love interest than in solving any of her literal life or death problems. She collects men like they’re Pokemon in pretty much every paranormal variety. We have not one, but two former Fae Kings that were directly or indirectly dethroned because of her, a vampire and a wolf that are bound to her (just friends, but still - where are the gal pals?), and my personal favorite, a man who is a literal figment of her imagination. Homegirl is unhinged. The only females in this series are either barely mentioned or the “bad guys” and then of course we have Gwen who is also now bound to her that Fortuna felt the need to kiss because three love interests just weren’t enough.
I think what it comes down to is that I just hate Fortuna. Her powers are likely headed in an interesting direction, but the author should have gotten there like 2 books ago because she has lost my interest.
Someone yell at me if I start book 5.
The only way I can make any sense of the current 4 star rating is that I think only super fans are making it this far. Finishing this was pure torture. I began this book mistakenly thinking that it was the final book in the series and that I could finish it out, but it turns out there are at least two more and I NEED to stop myself from going any further.
Ms. Fortuna has terrible instincts and zero forethought and the author tries to sell her as a badass. Everybody and their mom is out to kill her and she just tramps around without backup or telling anyone where she’s going on the regular. It’s no surprise that she is captured (sometimes multiple times) in literally every book. 🙄 Main character’s in captivity is my LEAST favorite fantasy plot point by a mile. It is so boring and pretty much guarantees that nothing interesting will happen for like 200+ pages.
Fortuna seems much more interested in choosing a love interest than in solving any of her literal life or death problems. She collects men like they’re Pokemon in pretty much every paranormal variety. We have not one, but two former Fae Kings that were directly or indirectly dethroned because of her, a vampire and a wolf that are bound to her (just friends, but still - where are the gal pals?), and my personal favorite, a man who is a literal figment of her imagination. Homegirl is unhinged. The only females in this series are either barely mentioned or the “bad guys” and then of course we have Gwen who is also now bound to her that Fortuna felt the need to kiss because three love interests just weren’t enough.
I think what it comes down to is that I just hate Fortuna. Her powers are likely headed in an interesting direction, but the author should have gotten there like 2 books ago because she has lost my interest.
Someone yell at me if I start book 5.