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accidentalrambler 's review for:
Fearless King
by Maya Hughes
This one turned out to be a bit of a disappointment, especially after all the build-up. 2.5 stars.
Usually brother's best friend/best friend's sister/best friend's brother (any variation of this setup, pretty much xD) is one of my favourite tropes but this story didn't really move me.
First of all, it felt like the author overdid it on the angst front. I'm all for star-crossed, together-against-all-odds lovers but the dynamic between Ford, Liv, Colm and Grant was just too much.
(some spoilers ahead)
Ford unknowingly sleeping with Colm's fiance and then keeping quiet about it? Grant (Ford's younger brother) always having a crush on Liv and struggling with living in Ford's shadow since childhood? Colm being an overprotective controlling ass to Liv and alternatively smothering her with either excessive unrealistic expectations and support (but only when it fit him)?
It's just TOO. MUCH.
As readers, we were basically told throughout the series that Ford and Colm were inseparable and the bestest of friends but only got a few real glimpses of it. So seeing how obviously Colm still hasn't forgiven Ford and how he lords that past mistake over him any chance he gets is at first painful and then just annoying. And then we have Liv in the middle, together with bunch of sibling drama. Add Ford's baby brother Grant, in package with another bunch of brotherly resentment and it's all one huge mess that kind of takes away from the romance, if I'm being honest.
Seriously, instead of rooting for Ford and Liv to make it, I was more interested in Liv's roommate Marisa and her football player friend LJ going for it and making it as a couple.
(P.S. Is there by any chance a book about them???)
As for the dysfunctional quartet, I was rather rooting for them to go their separate ways and stop the vicious circle of toxicity and resentment. That...didn't happen exactly but I guess that's material for Colm's book. I guessed who his LI would be back in Heath's book (logic and power of elimination, bless you xD) and I was excited but I'm just a little bit anxious to see how it's written.
Usually brother's best friend/best friend's sister/best friend's brother (any variation of this setup, pretty much xD) is one of my favourite tropes but this story didn't really move me.
First of all, it felt like the author overdid it on the angst front. I'm all for star-crossed, together-against-all-odds lovers but the dynamic between Ford, Liv, Colm and Grant was just too much.
(some spoilers ahead)
Ford unknowingly sleeping with Colm's fiance and then keeping quiet about it? Grant (Ford's younger brother) always having a crush on Liv and struggling with living in Ford's shadow since childhood? Colm being an overprotective controlling ass to Liv and alternatively smothering her with either excessive unrealistic expectations and support (but only when it fit him)?
It's just TOO. MUCH.
As readers, we were basically told throughout the series that Ford and Colm were inseparable and the bestest of friends but only got a few real glimpses of it. So seeing how obviously Colm still hasn't forgiven Ford and how he lords that past mistake over him any chance he gets is at first painful and then just annoying. And then we have Liv in the middle, together with bunch of sibling drama. Add Ford's baby brother Grant, in package with another bunch of brotherly resentment and it's all one huge mess that kind of takes away from the romance, if I'm being honest.
Seriously, instead of rooting for Ford and Liv to make it, I was more interested in Liv's roommate Marisa and her football player friend LJ going for it and making it as a couple.
(P.S. Is there by any chance a book about them???)
As for the dysfunctional quartet, I was rather rooting for them to go their separate ways and stop the vicious circle of toxicity and resentment. That...didn't happen exactly but I guess that's material for Colm's book. I guessed who his LI would be back in Heath's book (logic and power of elimination, bless you xD) and I was excited but I'm just a little bit anxious to see how it's written.