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aphroboheaux 's review for:
Bound to the Shadow Prince
by Ruby Dixon
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Now, I have read Lord of the Ring/Hobbit and the A Song of Ice and Fire series, so a lengthy book is not one to deter me. I believe that once a fantasy book hits 15+ hours or over 350 pages, we, the reader, deserve "map/family tree in the front of the book" levels of world building. We should also have multiple character povs because this is a long book. That sadly is not what we got.
To be fair, there was some world building. It was however all smooshed at the end. It was as if the author had decided it was finally time for our libidinous leads to finally do something about the problems surrounding them so now here comes the plot. We were also only stuck with the POVs of our two main characters who were fine. I liked them enough. I believed in there love. They weren't annoying/offensive, they were fine.
The rushed plot at the end and 2 fine leads does not make this book live up to all 21+ hours for me. It was a book in need of editing. I have a feeling that since it was originally published episodically on Yonder, a lot of it was padded out (much like a Soap Opera) because one never truly knows when a reader is jumping into the plot. However when that is all put together, that same padding made portions of the book feel like the plot is standing still.
Outside of that, I liked the book. The plot was very interesting to me and I wish we had been able to truly explore that by having multiple povs (basically all of the sisters). I understand that one of them is the main villain however we could have maybe followed the men who helped her and then did a switch at the end. I dunno just spit balling.