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A review by small_alex
Magic Edge by Ella Summers
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
DNFed on p. 51 out of 222 (23%)
Wowza this is bad. The FMC is incompetent. She's described as this badass supernatural vigilante, but by the end of chapter 4, she's almost died twice. BOTH times, she needed to be saved by a man (who of course proceeded to chastise her for behaving recklessly), only for her to then respond like a child who needs supervision, trying to argue that her predicament was not her fault (it absolutely was). Like. Why would you waltz into a supernaturals bar and tell everyone that you're a supernatural vigilante?? When you KNOW they all hate you?? Why would you drink something you didn't watch the sketchy bartender make?? When you KNOW he's lying and being super suspicious??
The dialogue is brutal to get through. She talks like a middle school mean girl, and her inner monologue is just as bad. "Attracted to you? Puh-lease! I will admit no such thing." <--that's supposed to be flirting/snarky banter. Her interactions with the MMC are just her bullying him (again, like a child), and him shamelessly flirting with her. I really just do not like the writing style. Even ignoring the dialogue issues, it's so clunky. Every other line is just "Alex does this" and "Alex feels that." All telling, no showing.
It's a bummer because the concept is cool, but like wow the FMC is insufferable.
Wowza this is bad. The FMC is incompetent. She's described as this badass supernatural vigilante, but by the end of chapter 4, she's almost died twice. BOTH times, she needed to be saved by a man (who of course proceeded to chastise her for behaving recklessly), only for her to then respond like a child who needs supervision, trying to argue that her predicament was not her fault (it absolutely was). Like. Why would you waltz into a supernaturals bar and tell everyone that you're a supernatural vigilante?? When you KNOW they all hate you?? Why would you drink something you didn't watch the sketchy bartender make?? When you KNOW he's lying and being super suspicious??
The dialogue is brutal to get through. She talks like a middle school mean girl, and her inner monologue is just as bad. "Attracted to you? Puh-lease! I will admit no such thing." <--that's supposed to be flirting/snarky banter. Her interactions with the MMC are just her bullying him (again, like a child), and him shamelessly flirting with her. I really just do not like the writing style. Even ignoring the dialogue issues, it's so clunky. Every other line is just "Alex does this" and "Alex feels that." All telling, no showing.
It's a bummer because the concept is cool, but like wow the FMC is insufferable.