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DNF @ 18%
Hm, nope.
A little friendly disclaimer: I'm not a fan of this author.
Why would I read a book by her though, you wonder? Well, I love shifter/paranormal romances and the first book sounded interesting enough. I actually read and finished book one much to my surprise so I was sorta looking forward to checking out the next one.
So, anyway... This was sorta entertaining for the first few chapters though it did relive a lot of the last chapters in the first book but from Masons POV. But again, this author's writing style is just so not my jam. Acquired tastes, personal preference... whatever you want to call it. Point is, I was reminded just how exhausting her writing is because they write way too much detail when a little goes a long way. Why is that bad? Well, honestly I personally don't see why every chapter has to be an endless stream of inner monologue by the character(s) where it goes on and on and then almost makes no sense to the point they've simply dissolved into rambling. It doesn't matter to the story telling IMO. It almost always reads like a bad info dump or someone's journal where they just mindlessly chatter without pause about everything that pops into their head. This can be entertaining and tolerable in some contexts but usually not. Now much of my opinion about this is based off of the fact I'm a very seasoned reader who is also very picky with what they read and knows what sort of writing and styles they like and don't. So, teenage me prob wouldn't have had an issue with this particular (amateur-ish) style. The narrative just doesn't work for me as a reader.
I found it exhausting.
Hm, nope.
A little friendly disclaimer: I'm not a fan of this author.
Why would I read a book by her though, you wonder? Well, I love shifter/paranormal romances and the first book sounded interesting enough. I actually read and finished book one much to my surprise so I was sorta looking forward to checking out the next one.
So, anyway... This was sorta entertaining for the first few chapters though it did relive a lot of the last chapters in the first book but from Masons POV. But again, this author's writing style is just so not my jam. Acquired tastes, personal preference... whatever you want to call it. Point is, I was reminded just how exhausting her writing is because they write way too much detail when a little goes a long way. Why is that bad? Well, honestly I personally don't see why every chapter has to be an endless stream of inner monologue by the character(s) where it goes on and on and then almost makes no sense to the point they've simply dissolved into rambling. It doesn't matter to the story telling IMO. It almost always reads like a bad info dump or someone's journal where they just mindlessly chatter without pause about everything that pops into their head. This can be entertaining and tolerable in some contexts but usually not. Now much of my opinion about this is based off of the fact I'm a very seasoned reader who is also very picky with what they read and knows what sort of writing and styles they like and don't. So, teenage me prob wouldn't have had an issue with this particular (amateur-ish) style. The narrative just doesn't work for me as a reader.
I found it exhausting.