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Consort of Secrets
by Eva Chase
Odd book. Started well but then my interest died. The weaker storyline would have worked better if shorter perhaps, but I couldn't retain interest. The author writes fine, but it reads like a Young Adult Reverse Harem - I don't like YA RH - but the character is 24.
I think the main problem was I became so frustrated with it all. If you think you're at that much risk and betrayal, why would you continue to stay in the house? What would you pretend and put yourself at risk? And even if you didn't suspect this was a scam, why would you act so weak-willed about just going to see friends or what you're really doing in town? She is not a child! I get it's a different culture, but that was too annoying to deal with the entire book. Why be a doormat to someone you hate, don't trust? If you find yourself at major risk, why stay until you can sort it out?
It doesn't make sense, and it makes the character too weak for me to deal with.
I also don't get the character she invented from loving books. It matches schizophrenia more than anything. It may tie into the magic later, but she has an imaginary character she knows isn't real who appears to her visually and they communicate in her mind. She speaks in her head to that character when with others, and speaks aloud to this character when she's alone, knowing people will think she's mentally ill if they witness it. The character is invisible from everyone else. She says the character came alive because she loved the book so much that she was born. ??
The men aren't bad but they just don't ring much other than good guys who are hopelessly committed. It's a pre-established (by years) relationship where they've been apart for years, which are both things that bug me when starting a new romance series. I like to see the first meeting and impressions, not years later when they catch back up again.
It's also multiple point of view, which isn't my preferred form for this type of genre. Some may prefer it so it's not black marks on the grade exactly, but another reason I couldn't get into it as well. The emotions are too there already, a little too clean and simplified.
I think the main problem was I became so frustrated with it all. If you think you're at that much risk and betrayal, why would you continue to stay in the house? What would you pretend and put yourself at risk? And even if you didn't suspect this was a scam, why would you act so weak-willed about just going to see friends or what you're really doing in town? She is not a child! I get it's a different culture, but that was too annoying to deal with the entire book. Why be a doormat to someone you hate, don't trust? If you find yourself at major risk, why stay until you can sort it out?
It doesn't make sense, and it makes the character too weak for me to deal with.
I also don't get the character she invented from loving books. It matches schizophrenia more than anything. It may tie into the magic later, but she has an imaginary character she knows isn't real who appears to her visually and they communicate in her mind. She speaks in her head to that character when with others, and speaks aloud to this character when she's alone, knowing people will think she's mentally ill if they witness it. The character is invisible from everyone else. She says the character came alive because she loved the book so much that she was born. ??
The men aren't bad but they just don't ring much other than good guys who are hopelessly committed. It's a pre-established (by years) relationship where they've been apart for years, which are both things that bug me when starting a new romance series. I like to see the first meeting and impressions, not years later when they catch back up again.
It's also multiple point of view, which isn't my preferred form for this type of genre. Some may prefer it so it's not black marks on the grade exactly, but another reason I couldn't get into it as well. The emotions are too there already, a little too clean and simplified.