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A review by votesforwomen
Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift
2.0
*loooooong sigh*
Things I still need to learn: a brilliant concept doesn't always make a brilliant story
The tropes of arranged marriage and enemies to lovers are two of my favorites, but the problem, I found, was that those tropes themselves were the only things present. The characters weren't developed outside of them, and neither was the plot, really. Except for the presence of my single least favorite fantasy trope: common people are being denied magic, and only our intrepid protagonist girl (usually a royal) can save them.
I'M SURE IT CAN BE DONE WELL BUT THE LAST TIME I READ IT BEING DONE WELL WAS LIKE IDEK 2008
Also there was magical cage fighting and just...please, fantasy genre, can we PLEASE move past that please *sobs*
There were things to like--the magic system was very cool, and so was most of the side cast. Overall, not my cup of tea, which makes me SO sad because oh my GOSH I wanted so much to love it.
Things I still need to learn: a brilliant concept doesn't always make a brilliant story
The tropes of arranged marriage and enemies to lovers are two of my favorites, but the problem, I found, was that those tropes themselves were the only things present. The characters weren't developed outside of them, and neither was the plot, really. Except for the presence of my single least favorite fantasy trope: common people are being denied magic, and only our intrepid protagonist girl (usually a royal) can save them.
I'M SURE IT CAN BE DONE WELL BUT THE LAST TIME I READ IT BEING DONE WELL WAS LIKE IDEK 2008
Also there was magical cage fighting and just...please, fantasy genre, can we PLEASE move past that please *sobs*
There were things to like--the magic system was very cool, and so was most of the side cast. Overall, not my cup of tea, which makes me SO sad because oh my GOSH I wanted so much to love it.