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books_and_tea_with_v 's review for:
Vivatera
by Candace J. Thomas
This is an ARC review.
There are too many coincidences and very weak character motives used to push the plot forward. Weirdly the plot moves quickly, while at the same time, not much happens. By the end, I felt like I had finished reading a prologue... This should not take almost 400 pages to do.
The worst aspect for me was the poorly written romance. It's a pet peeve of mine when romance is done badly, and when one character kidnaps another and abandons them at a camp they can't escape from with so much as a goodbye... Only for the book to then tell me they both have fallen madly in love with each other??? I don't get it.
There are some redeeming parts. The writing isn't bad and I do like some of the characters. As for the Magic system, there are interesting aspects (magical stones) and then moments of magic being powerful with no explanation (yay plot armour!).
There are too many coincidences and very weak character motives used to push the plot forward. Weirdly the plot moves quickly, while at the same time, not much happens. By the end, I felt like I had finished reading a prologue... This should not take almost 400 pages to do.
The worst aspect for me was the poorly written romance. It's a pet peeve of mine when romance is done badly, and when one character kidnaps another and abandons them at a camp they can't escape from with so much as a goodbye... Only for the book to then tell me they both have fallen madly in love with each other??? I don't get it.
There are some redeeming parts. The writing isn't bad and I do like some of the characters. As for the Magic system, there are interesting aspects (magical stones) and then moments of magic being powerful with no explanation (yay plot armour!).