appalonia 's review for:

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

2.0

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To be honest I'm surprised I finished this one. It wasn't badly written, but I get frustrated with authors who believe they can substitute constant battles and fighting for plot. In this book the main character, Toby, would turn a corner and get attacked and almost beaten to death. Then upon awakening she'd be somewhat healed by friends, but two minutes later would be attacked again. When she wasn't being attacked, she was suffering from the effects of the "curse" that was placed upon her which (of course) would nearly kill her. I don't mind a bit of fighting but honestly by the time the fighting was done this book was over. And spending 14 years of her life transformed as a fish? Come on, where's her sense of humor? Won't be reading more of this series.