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A review by aced_aro_rose
Of Mist and Murder by Chanda Hahn
3.0
I always enjoy a new fairytale twist. That being said, this series pushes heteronormativity heavily. I would enjoy the books more if there were more focus on ace, queer, familial, and friend relationships, as well as adventure emphasis.
The plot to each book is highly predictable; daughter ends up in the kingdom of her birth , the male love interest in introduced fairly obviously and early on and is framed as a villian/evil/antagonist, misunderstandings that are ridiculously stupid and easily fixed by SPEAKING to each other [obviously, this never happens], daughter running away/using her magic and causing mayhem unintentionally and is thus shunned or imprisoned, the big bad shows their face, the story ‘ends’ with the daughter running away ’for good’ only to have an epilogue where the love interest appears [or is revealed to have never died] they talk and daughter falls into his arms happily ever after… It’s boring.
I will finish off this series because I have access to all the books and I hate leaving things without knowing where it’s al going to end [good or bad].
This book in particular is slightly better plot wise until the end that is rushed and the ‘big bad’ is killed too easily and simply over a few paragraphs….. That sucked. I wish the daughter’s ending didn’t revolve around a penis kissing her and making all her problems go away. Sadly, this is what the majority of readers want [don’t get me wrong, I enjoy it sometimes but not all times].
To each their own.
The plot to each book is highly predictable; daughter ends up in the kingdom of her birth , the male love interest in introduced fairly obviously and early on and is framed as a villian/evil/antagonist, misunderstandings that are ridiculously stupid and easily fixed by SPEAKING to each other [obviously, this never happens], daughter running away/using her magic and causing mayhem unintentionally and is thus shunned or imprisoned, the big bad shows their face, the story ‘ends’ with the daughter running away ’for good’ only to have an epilogue where the love interest appears [or is revealed to have never died] they talk and daughter falls into his arms happily ever after… It’s boring.
I will finish off this series because I have access to all the books and I hate leaving things without knowing where it’s al going to end [good or bad].
This book in particular is slightly better plot wise until the end that is rushed and the ‘big bad’ is killed too easily and simply over a few paragraphs….. That sucked. I wish the daughter’s ending didn’t revolve around a penis kissing her and making all her problems go away. Sadly, this is what the majority of readers want [don’t get me wrong, I enjoy it sometimes but not all times].
To each their own.