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Reign by Elizabeth Knox
3.0
(Actual rating 2.75, this doesn't quite make it to 3 as it needs ALOT more, not just a little).
I really freaking struggled to rate this book! I was super excited for this book after reading the synopsis, it was set to be an absolute winner! Until it wasn't.
The epilogue was cracking, it identified the change, the event that set everything in motion. It was written well and grabbed you. I was seeing a 5-star book already! What was Elena going to do? How tough was she? So many questions were posed making you read the next chapter.
Then chapter one, I was reading it and I was ready to scream in excitement and anticipation for this book. Again 5-star feelings. Elena is kick as confident and you get some really bad ass chick moments. You are all hopped up in all the female badassery! I'm thinking winner winner chicken dinner! This is going to be epic.
Then, we get the strongest and quickest insta-love I have ever seen. This wasn't too bad though, Elena just caught her soon to be hubby doing the naughty. Who doesn't need a rebound? Right? Still going good!
Then we get a time jump!! What?! No. Three weeks later. No building a relationship, no journey with the characters. Nothing at all but sex in a car and then a big ass time jump. Really?! Elena is now In a relationship and practically living at the MC.
Still, a little hope was there. I was thinking ok, this is fine the author has just got an epic plot coming that will make up for it. Right?! No.
A little sex, barely any dialogue and BOOM another three week time jump.
I just couldn't believe it! This book was so lacking in detail it is absurd. It had such potential. A stupid amount of potential and it just flopped. It all happened to quick, and there were events that happened that just wouldn't roll out the way they did.
My main issue was the pacing as well, this all happened to quick and there was no detail at all. Everything was brief and barely touched upon. Which in turn reduced the dimensions of the characters and the plot. The characters were fairly dull when I think back and had very little substance if any. I couldn't really tell you much about them. This book could have been more. So much more. It is truly a shame.
I had so many of the other books in this series tagged to read and they will now all be removed from my list because if they are all written in like this one they will be lacking any detail and are not worth reading despite their potential.
Genuinely gutted! :/
I really freaking struggled to rate this book! I was super excited for this book after reading the synopsis, it was set to be an absolute winner! Until it wasn't.
The epilogue was cracking, it identified the change, the event that set everything in motion. It was written well and grabbed you. I was seeing a 5-star book already! What was Elena going to do? How tough was she? So many questions were posed making you read the next chapter.
Then chapter one, I was reading it and I was ready to scream in excitement and anticipation for this book. Again 5-star feelings. Elena is kick as confident and you get some really bad ass chick moments. You are all hopped up in all the female badassery! I'm thinking winner winner chicken dinner! This is going to be epic.
Then, we get the strongest and quickest insta-love I have ever seen. This wasn't too bad though, Elena just caught her soon to be hubby doing the naughty. Who doesn't need a rebound? Right? Still going good!
Then we get a time jump!! What?! No. Three weeks later. No building a relationship, no journey with the characters. Nothing at all but sex in a car and then a big ass time jump. Really?! Elena is now In a relationship and practically living at the MC.
Still, a little hope was there. I was thinking ok, this is fine the author has just got an epic plot coming that will make up for it. Right?! No.
A little sex, barely any dialogue and BOOM another three week time jump.
I just couldn't believe it! This book was so lacking in detail it is absurd. It had such potential. A stupid amount of potential and it just flopped. It all happened to quick, and there were events that happened that just wouldn't roll out the way they did.
My main issue was the pacing as well, this all happened to quick and there was no detail at all. Everything was brief and barely touched upon. Which in turn reduced the dimensions of the characters and the plot. The characters were fairly dull when I think back and had very little substance if any. I couldn't really tell you much about them. This book could have been more. So much more. It is truly a shame.
I had so many of the other books in this series tagged to read and they will now all be removed from my list because if they are all written in like this one they will be lacking any detail and are not worth reading despite their potential.
Genuinely gutted! :/