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A review by shellbow
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I think the people this book was written for will love it. But if you aren't emphatically in that category, it will likely fall flat.
I'm a fan of Reylo, the fandom that this originally pertained to, and in it I can see the classic tropes: fated equals, enemies to lovers, "you're not alone". But taken within only the context of itself, the Hurricane Wars was more of a meandering series of events than anything else. The writing was prone to sentences that lasted paragraphs, and I found myself desperate for a period. The cycle of romantic tension and then bitter enmity between the main characters became repetitive and a bit boring. And out of the many dramatic points set up, only one comes to fruition, leaving me confused what the rest of the book would be about even when I was on the last twenty pages.
Overall, if you're a fan of Reylo, or an avid fanfiction reader, it will be an easy, breezy read. But if you are neither of those things, I would look for something with more substance.
I'm a fan of Reylo, the fandom that this originally pertained to, and in it I can see the classic tropes: fated equals, enemies to lovers, "you're not alone". But taken within only the context of itself, the Hurricane Wars was more of a meandering series of events than anything else. The writing was prone to sentences that lasted paragraphs, and I found myself desperate for a period. The cycle of romantic tension and then bitter enmity between the main characters became repetitive and a bit boring. And out of the many dramatic points set up, only one comes to fruition, leaving me confused what the rest of the book would be about even when I was on the last twenty pages.
Overall, if you're a fan of Reylo, or an avid fanfiction reader, it will be an easy, breezy read. But if you are neither of those things, I would look for something with more substance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Abandonment, and Colonisation