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The Beautiful
by Renée Ahdieh
I had extremely high hopes for this book. As a former twi-hard and with Dracula being one of my all time favorite books, I wanted this to be the beginning of a vampire resurgence. So so badly. I started the book and fell instantly in love and my high hopes seemed confirmed. I loved hearing New Orleans described that way and hearing all of the familiar street names and locations. I loved this language and writing style, and when listening to the audiobook, the narrator seems to transport you back in time. AND THEN... the narrator tried to narrate from a males point of view and her attempt was awful. It pained me. I had to speed it up during those parts being it was so painfully slow.
This book tried. Hard. Celine was supposed to be our “strong female lead”, yet every chapter, we were just hearing about her “breasts”, “bosom”, “chest” or whatever else was heaving. It got tiresome. I’m all for a character that uses their sexuality and isn’t afraid of it, but there’s a correct way to do it and this wasn’t it. I felt like she was reduced to whatever her chest was doing at the moment. The author also somehow managed to make a slow burn romance that was also insta-love??? At least that’s how it felt.
I loved the old school Dracula vibes at first, but then it didn’t capture my interest. I was so bored at the end that I almost DNFed it, but I was already so close to the end. It felt so slow and nothing made me care about the characters or the story. I wanted to like it so much. I am so disappointed.
2/5 stars. If you like vampires, you should definitely try it. But it definitely wasn’t for me...
This book tried. Hard. Celine was supposed to be our “strong female lead”, yet every chapter, we were just hearing about her “breasts”, “bosom”, “chest” or whatever else was heaving. It got tiresome. I’m all for a character that uses their sexuality and isn’t afraid of it, but there’s a correct way to do it and this wasn’t it. I felt like she was reduced to whatever her chest was doing at the moment. The author also somehow managed to make a slow burn romance that was also insta-love??? At least that’s how it felt.
I loved the old school Dracula vibes at first, but then it didn’t capture my interest. I was so bored at the end that I almost DNFed it, but I was already so close to the end. It felt so slow and nothing made me care about the characters or the story. I wanted to like it so much. I am so disappointed.
2/5 stars. If you like vampires, you should definitely try it. But it definitely wasn’t for me...