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This Ravenous Fate
by Hayley Dennings
⭐⭐
DNF'd Page 175
Rep : Sapphic Romance, OCD
What I Liked
1) The politics between reapers and humans I found quite interesting
What I Disliked
1) The book felt very longwinded that I was reading at such a slow pace and had no desire to pick it up. I think this could have been fixed by editing the book down and then maybe I would have been able to finish it.
2) The violence felt very repetitive to the point where it didn't make an impact, it just happened and we moved on
3) It felt wayyy to similar to These Violent Delights that I couldn't help but compare them and TVD was much better written
4) The setting felt like this story could have taken place anywhere. The author did not take the time to build the setting to make me feel immersed like Chloe Gong does in These Violent Delights which is my favourite part about the book
5) I was not at all invested in the romance (although I do acknowledge that because this is a DNF it could have gotten better)
This was one of my most anticipated books of the year and I'm so disappointed. I liked These Violent Delights but DNF'd the sequel and I think these books share similar issues of having a lot of unnecessary pages that could have easily been edited down. At times it did just feel like I was reading something so, so similar to These Violent Delights that I felt I was reading the same book. I wouldn't recommend this as I've seen most reviews feel the same. I would love to read from this author in future as I loved her booktube and I appreciate her writing a book with OCD rep, I just think this book needed to be more refined before being published.
DNF'd Page 175
Rep : Sapphic Romance, OCD
What I Liked
1) The politics between reapers and humans I found quite interesting
What I Disliked
1) The book felt very longwinded that I was reading at such a slow pace and had no desire to pick it up. I think this could have been fixed by editing the book down and then maybe I would have been able to finish it.
2) The violence felt very repetitive to the point where it didn't make an impact, it just happened and we moved on
3) It felt wayyy to similar to These Violent Delights that I couldn't help but compare them and TVD was much better written
4) The setting felt like this story could have taken place anywhere. The author did not take the time to build the setting to make me feel immersed like Chloe Gong does in These Violent Delights which is my favourite part about the book
5) I was not at all invested in the romance (although I do acknowledge that because this is a DNF it could have gotten better)
This was one of my most anticipated books of the year and I'm so disappointed. I liked These Violent Delights but DNF'd the sequel and I think these books share similar issues of having a lot of unnecessary pages that could have easily been edited down. At times it did just feel like I was reading something so, so similar to These Violent Delights that I felt I was reading the same book. I wouldn't recommend this as I've seen most reviews feel the same. I would love to read from this author in future as I loved her booktube and I appreciate her writing a book with OCD rep, I just think this book needed to be more refined before being published.