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A review by mylynn
Night for Day by Roselle Lim
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The premise of this book and the blurb had me really excited to read this!
Warring Gods? ✔️
Magical store that's actually an escape room sort of thing? ✔️
Star crossed lovers? ✔️
A mystery to solve? ✔️
Doesn't this sound so good??? Even the first couple of chapters had me thinking this was going to be a 5 star read...unfortunately that's not what ended up happening. I quickly realized that I did not buy into or care about their relationship, and I think that's because we are told that they are immediately in love in the book from basically chapter 1. This is a second chance romance, but we don't have details on their first go around (besides the repeating of "sex was always the easy part"). There's spice, but without any character or relationship development it just falls really flat and a little uncomfy. Also, how often their inner monologue veers towards lusty thoughts felt weird considering their circumstances.
I did think this story had a lot of promise, and I found aspects of it really cool but ultimately it just didn't work for me.
Thanks to Berkley for this ARC!
Warring Gods? ✔️
Magical store that's actually an escape room sort of thing? ✔️
Star crossed lovers? ✔️
A mystery to solve? ✔️
Doesn't this sound so good??? Even the first couple of chapters had me thinking this was going to be a 5 star read...unfortunately that's not what ended up happening. I quickly realized that I did not buy into or care about their relationship, and I think that's because we are told that they are immediately in love in the book from basically chapter 1. This is a second chance romance, but we don't have details on their first go around (besides the repeating of "sex was always the easy part"). There's spice, but without any character or relationship development it just falls really flat and a little uncomfy. Also, how often their inner monologue veers towards lusty thoughts felt weird considering their circumstances.
I did think this story had a lot of promise, and I found aspects of it really cool but ultimately it just didn't work for me.
Thanks to Berkley for this ARC!