A review by veni_vidi_legi
A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

Did not finish book.
The characters did not grow, they devolved. Selfishness and acting purely based on emotion was lauded whereas acting on behalf of duty, responsibility, or for family was discouraged. The male lead, Kit, was a jerk whose mental faculties were questionable (being a drunkard from ages 14/15 - 17 does tend to do a number on mental development) and acted like a child. If he wanted something, he should have that thing. If he wanted to say or do something, he did. I wanted the female lead’s character to be a strong young woman who worked honestly to feed and house the family who had sacrificed much on her behalf. Instead she just sort of threw pity parties and wallowed naively. In general, acting for others and self-sacrifice were seen as bad traits so the characters simply got more selfish, impulsive, and hormone driven as the book went on. I really did want to like it, but the characters just couldn’t realize that working and sacrificing for your loved ones can be a beautiful thing.  
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