A review by inkandpaperandbook
Rhapsodic ​– Az Éjszaka Királya by Laura Thalassa

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

And the stars might fall from the heavens, and night might cloak the earth, but until darkness dies, I will always be yours.

Date: 2023.12.31
STOPPED AT 6%
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Date: 2025.03.12
I went into this thinking that I need some fantasy after bound by honor, because what was that. And now I'm here again with this what was that feeling. I liked the beginning, the goddess knows  that it was okay, interesting world building and a relatively okay start, nothing special. Then came the fall on my face.

At first I was like, okay, fairies etc not a big deal, nowadays all fantasy consists only of these. I'm swallowing it. But then, as everything started to build up, I knew I made a terribly wrong decision. It was the same as ACOTAR (which got 1 star from me), only in a cheaper and worse version.

Callypso was ANNOYING, with capital letters. So I just wanted to suffocate her for most of the book. This constant "my siren wants this, wants that", but "it can't be". WHO CARES? Not me. Stop complaining about everything. She was flat and superficial. The perfect Mary Sue (along with Feyre).

And there is Rhysand 2.0, sorrys Desmond. Why do all 500+ year old men (I have no idea how old he is, but he must be much older than Callie) want to fuck the 16-year-old protagonist?? This is disgusting and WRONG. Rhysand's personality and Rowan's look put together would be Desmond. It's horrible, but that's how it is. 

The romance (whether we can call it that, it is doubtful) is incredibly poorly executed, even with the most subtle adjective. And good lord this mate thing. There was no chemistry between them. Nothing.

And speaking of nothing; There was nothing unique about it. I had the feeling that the author had taken herself and randomly ripped out plot points from other books and vomited on it, just in case, and that's the book. This  child/women thread, I don't even know how I phrased it, to be honest, because the whole thing was so messed up. When I first read it I thought I was crazy lol. The time jump (running past & present in parallel) was a good idea, but I can only give it so much good. So the end (?) what it was, I don't know, perhaps some kind abomination.

So yes, I have to wash my eyes with acid and pray that some kind of amnesia will come to my short-term memory, because it was worse than any torture in the Middle Ages.
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