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A review by andreasromancebooks
Trick by Natalia Jaster
3.0
3.75 ⭐️ “The aloof, virginal Princess of Autumn loitering outside the Court Jester’s den of vice”.
Briar is the princess of Autumn, one in the four Dark Season’s courts that exist. While in the court of Spring, where all reigning sovereigns of each go the Seasons gather to partake in the 'Peace Talks', their new court jester has everyone enthrall. Everyone but Briar, that is. Poet is his name. He’s mysterious, funny, and the most sought out lover both from men and women alike. But no one in court knows how much the jester hides and how deep his true alliances lie, nor the fact that he’s willing to do anything to accomplish his one, true goal.
This book was so much, so over the top on every level! And I’m very aware that in any other day, this book would have not been a 3.75 star read. That alone makes it impossible for me to put this any higher than 4… Now, I don’t really know how, but everything else kind of really worked for me. Another thing I want to say is that, if you’re planning to read this, please mind that the world building here is extremely ableist, since it’s a big part of the plot of this book, and it can be very triggering. There is also a specific scene where a conversation brings up isolation and abandonment as a “solution”.
I admit that the length of this book is truly excessive. There’s a lot of repetition, to the point where entire pages could be skipped and, as a reader, you’d miss absolutely nothing. The spicy scenes are nice, but the narration is drawn out and, again, repetitive when there’s no need. This felt like a fantasy-telenovela, and although it was a bit difficult for me to get into it, once I did I couldn’t put the book down. And, yes, I’ll admit my bias because ended up falling head over heels in love with Poet (and Nicu).
This book is the only type of slow-burn I can feasibly do without wanting to rip someone’s hair out. The spend over 80% of the book doing nothing more than kissing and touching (mostly over the clothes stuff, but not always) and it felt like a low torture to the big moment, but it felt worth it. It was fun to read about the fmc exploring that side of her life so the first time, and although virgin fmcs are usually not my cup of tea at all, again, somehow this book made it work.
Do I think this book could have been edited and shortened so we could have gotten a more definitive ending and maybe there’d be no need for a second book? Absolutely, I do.
Will I regret reading the next book? I guess we’ll see, because I’m definitely reading it.
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 / 5
Briar is the princess of Autumn, one in the four Dark Season’s courts that exist. While in the court of Spring, where all reigning sovereigns of each go the Seasons gather to partake in the 'Peace Talks', their new court jester has everyone enthrall. Everyone but Briar, that is. Poet is his name. He’s mysterious, funny, and the most sought out lover both from men and women alike. But no one in court knows how much the jester hides and how deep his true alliances lie, nor the fact that he’s willing to do anything to accomplish his one, true goal.
This book was so much, so over the top on every level! And I’m very aware that in any other day, this book would have not been a 3.75 star read.
Spoiler
The MMC kisses the FMC’s best friend because he’s mad at her and just to be petty (I guess?) The best friend instigated it, since he was in love with the mmc first, but they ended up kissing and caressing each other.I admit that the length of this book is truly excessive. There’s a lot of repetition, to the point where entire pages could be skipped and, as a reader, you’d miss absolutely nothing. The spicy scenes are nice, but the narration is drawn out and, again, repetitive when there’s no need. This felt like a fantasy-telenovela, and although it was a bit difficult for me to get into it, once I did I couldn’t put the book down. And, yes, I’ll admit my bias because ended up falling head over heels in love with Poet (and Nicu).
This book is the only type of slow-burn I can feasibly do without wanting to rip someone’s hair out. The spend over 80% of the book doing nothing more than kissing and touching (mostly over the clothes stuff, but not always) and it felt like a low torture to the big moment, but it felt worth it. It was fun to read about the fmc exploring that side of her life so the first time, and although virgin fmcs are usually not my cup of tea at all, again, somehow this book made it work.
Do I think this book could have been edited and shortened so we could have gotten a more definitive ending and maybe there’d be no need for a second book? Absolutely, I do.
Will I regret reading the next book? I guess we’ll see, because I’m definitely reading it.
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 / 5