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baby_jewels 's review for:
The Orc and the Innkeeper
by Cora Crane
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was a little too "cozy" for me. Cozy to the point it lacked any depth or really anything.
The characters were flat, the story was dry. Next to no world building and worst of all the sex scene were boring.
The bit of the characters and world building we did get didn't even make sense.Especially when it came to the conflict that Thorak had with his parents. They wanted him to be with his ex, a Giant. They really liked her and had no issues with them being different species but with Mariah, they were concerned about orc tradition and what not. Both are interspecies relationships, so a Giant wouldn't know orc tradition either.
It did have good bones though, I think with a different writer it could've been a good story, but unfortunately Cora Crane seems to value "cozy" story telling over actual craftsmanship, which leads her to delivering the most generic, formulaic story I've ever read.
The characters were flat, the story was dry. Next to no world building and worst of all the sex scene were boring.
The bit of the characters and world building we did get didn't even make sense.
It did have good bones though, I think with a different writer it could've been a good story, but unfortunately Cora Crane seems to value "cozy" story telling over actual craftsmanship, which leads her to delivering the most generic, formulaic story I've ever read.