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A review by charliauthor
Guarded Treasure by Mae Lovette
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
My first DNF of the year unfortunately and im really sad about it. I really tried to push through with this The Mummy inspired tale but it just didnt raise me from the ashes like the Book of the Dead.
While much better than attempt What the River Knows in a few places, I mostly couldnt get over the constant change in POV mid sentence/paragraph/chapter. It was just really random and kept pulling me put of the story as I had to figure out who was speaking every other sentence.
It was confusing and longwinded and i couldnt get into what could have been such a fun story, inspired by one of my favourite films!
Things felt a little coincidental in terms of the tomb/excavation but from the elusive dialogue and excessive descriptions, anything of substance just got lost.
I skipped ahead to see if the spice was spicing and it gets a solid 🌶️🌶️🌶️but it also didnt really fit with what was going on around it, the settinf etc. which was odd for me cause smut ahouldnt really fit in Regency romance for example but it can and does.
Le sigh, not a great one but feel free to check it out.
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While much better than attempt What the River Knows in a few places, I mostly couldnt get over the constant change in POV mid sentence/paragraph/chapter. It was just really random and kept pulling me put of the story as I had to figure out who was speaking every other sentence.
It was confusing and longwinded and i couldnt get into what could have been such a fun story, inspired by one of my favourite films!
Things felt a little coincidental in terms of the tomb/excavation but from the elusive dialogue and excessive descriptions, anything of substance just got lost.
I skipped ahead to see if the spice was spicing and it gets a solid 🌶️🌶️🌶️but it also didnt really fit with what was going on around it, the settinf etc. which was odd for me cause smut ahouldnt really fit in Regency romance for example but it can and does.
Le sigh, not a great one but feel free to check it out.
#books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookreviewersofinstagram #bookreviewer #bookreviewers #bookish #bookshelf #shelfie #reader #bibliophile #wellreadblackgirl #bookblog #blogposts #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #readersofinstagram #readerreviews #booktok #booktoker #bookfluencer