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The Scribe
by Elizabeth Hunter
Two stars because of a very common very copouty trope just at the end there, the all-around hated and as a cliff hanger another similarly cheap trope has been foreshadowed, the .
Why, oh why. It felt so unnecessary.
I was a little upset at the story because it felt so pointless but I somewhat admired the book for actually going there at first but, no. I guess not. Just cheapened the book. A LOT. BOOO.
Apart from this main point of frustration, the book was a bit oversaturated with the destined Mates trope and the plot was a bit thin as the romance took a lot of page-time but there wasn't any major flaw anywhere.
The magic is of the fast and loose kind that probably can do everything the plot requires at the time.
It's all rather formulaic so far but not to a point where it feels like a ripoff.
There wasn't really any novel stuff but I guess I am a bit jaded regarding this genre group.
Initially, we have a classing good vs evil setup but the foreshadowing gives a hint to a more layered conflict. I really hope the series goes there. I've seen this a lot. Some hinting at a more layer conflict but then it turns out its just a question of when you can sort the in-between people into their respective categories of good and evil.
That is not nuance. That is just withholding information from the reader to trick them. But you'll have to pay for false promises eventually.
From what I've read from the author so far, nuance is rather unlikely.
Apart from the ending, this could've been a high 3-star book even if the series doesn't look as promising.
I might look into the next one but it will probably end up as dnf.
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ressurection tropeSpoiler
amnesia, so we can just replay the same romance again in the next book tropeWhy, oh why. It felt so unnecessary.
I was a little upset at the story because it felt so pointless but I somewhat admired the book for actually going there at first but, no. I guess not. Just cheapened the book. A LOT. BOOO.
Apart from this main point of frustration, the book was a bit oversaturated with the destined Mates trope and the plot was a bit thin as the romance took a lot of page-time but there wasn't any major flaw anywhere.
The magic is of the fast and loose kind that probably can do everything the plot requires at the time.
It's all rather formulaic so far but not to a point where it feels like a ripoff.
There wasn't really any novel stuff but I guess I am a bit jaded regarding this genre group.
Initially, we have a classing good vs evil setup but the foreshadowing gives a hint to a more layered conflict. I really hope the series goes there. I've seen this a lot. Some hinting at a more layer conflict but then it turns out its just a question of when you can sort the in-between people into their respective categories of good and evil.
That is not nuance. That is just withholding information from the reader to trick them. But you'll have to pay for false promises eventually.
From what I've read from the author so far, nuance is rather unlikely.
Apart from the ending, this could've been a high 3-star book even if the series doesn't look as promising.
I might look into the next one but it will probably end up as dnf.