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A review by miras_booverse
Sovereign by Jane Henry
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
The book had the potential to be great and it really wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything special either. I had just passed the first 60 pages when I realized that no matter how fast and light it might be to read it couldn't grab me the right way. In general, I read it because I had it as a read, not because I wanted to read it that much.
Much of the time I had the feeling that the author is trying too hard to build her characters into the well-known stereotypes such as the mafia leader, who is alpha male, terribly dangerous and wants everyone to obey him and the FMC who does not know when to shut her mouth and deliberately gets on his nerves just to challenge him. However, this did not go very well, as everything seemed forced, hasty and the chemistry between the main characters lacked almost to the middle of the book, and was strongly pushed in the face of the reader from the third chapter which did not do it for me. In the beginning, things happened too quickly, which did not allow me to delve enough into the nature of the situation in which the FMC was, but later the pace slowed down a little, so not everything was so rushed. And speaking of the situation in which Aria had fallen, which was the beginning of the story, and after probably five chapters, everyone forgot about this storyline, except for the occasional mention that she needed protection and therefore married Mikhail.
✨"Oh, you look amazing. Of my brother doesn't swoon for you, I'll marry you myself."
"Now wouldn't that be a plot twist," I murmur.✨
The characters are not the most superficially built, although there is no real depth either. They weren’t even in the golden mean – the reader rather understands a little about them, just to see that they had some life before the beginning of the story and that's it.
As I said - even if I did not like them initially as a couple, or more precisely - if they were indifferent to me, around the middle of the book my feelings for them warmed up and I began to like them. I want to emphasize that their teamwork is great and the scene where they had to cooperate for the first time to get away from the bad guys was very cool. And yes, at one point their scenes were cute, but they weren't as hot as the author was trying to get them out and honestly - their erotic scenes weren't written well enough to flicker something inside me.
✨God, I love when he gets all bossy on me, and I can show off.✨
The dynamics of the book are quite good, and I really appreciate that it was not only about the relationship between the two main characters, but also about the mafia war that was being waged between Mikhail's family and another family. It was these different subplots that made the action constant.
And I get to the point where everything went well, but the author has decided that there should be a drama between Mikhail and Aria, so something popped up literally out of nowhere, and this is an approach that I really do not approve.
Overall - I'm not particularly fascinated, as "Sovereign" for me was nothing special, but it was still not the worst. It just couldn't spark my interest and make me like it enough.
~~~
Rating: 3/5⭐
✨~~~This book was provided to me by Valentine PR for my honest opinion.~~~✨
Much of the time I had the feeling that the author is trying too hard to build her characters into the well-known stereotypes such as the mafia leader, who is alpha male, terribly dangerous and wants everyone to obey him and the FMC who does not know when to shut her mouth and deliberately gets on his nerves just to challenge him. However, this did not go very well, as everything seemed forced, hasty and the chemistry between the main characters lacked almost to the middle of the book, and was strongly pushed in the face of the reader from the third chapter which did not do it for me. In the beginning, things happened too quickly, which did not allow me to delve enough into the nature of the situation in which the FMC was, but later the pace slowed down a little, so not everything was so rushed. And speaking of the situation in which Aria had fallen, which was the beginning of the story, and after probably five chapters, everyone forgot about this storyline, except for the occasional mention that she needed protection and therefore married Mikhail.
✨"Oh, you look amazing. Of my brother doesn't swoon for you, I'll marry you myself."
"Now wouldn't that be a plot twist," I murmur.✨
The characters are not the most superficially built, although there is no real depth either. They weren’t even in the golden mean – the reader rather understands a little about them, just to see that they had some life before the beginning of the story and that's it.
As I said - even if I did not like them initially as a couple, or more precisely - if they were indifferent to me, around the middle of the book my feelings for them warmed up and I began to like them. I want to emphasize that their teamwork is great and the scene where they had to cooperate for the first time to get away from the bad guys was very cool. And yes, at one point their scenes were cute, but they weren't as hot as the author was trying to get them out and honestly - their erotic scenes weren't written well enough to flicker something inside me.
✨God, I love when he gets all bossy on me, and I can show off.✨
The dynamics of the book are quite good, and I really appreciate that it was not only about the relationship between the two main characters, but also about the mafia war that was being waged between Mikhail's family and another family. It was these different subplots that made the action constant.
And I get to the point where everything went well, but the author has decided that there should be a drama between Mikhail and Aria, so something popped up literally out of nowhere, and this is an approach that I really do not approve.
Overall - I'm not particularly fascinated, as "Sovereign" for me was nothing special, but it was still not the worst. It just couldn't spark my interest and make me like it enough.
~~~
Rating: 3/5⭐
✨~~~This book was provided to me by Valentine PR for my honest opinion.~~~✨