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nottkaro 's review for:
Lady of Shadows
by Melissa K. Roehrich
One line review: Scarlett wants to be like Aelin but with this personality she can hardly be Chaol.
Where do I even start? Do I even WANT to start writing this review? Probably not.
Scarlett is the most insufferable main character I’ve met in months. She is arrogant, infuriating, inconsequential and, on top of all that, acting like a fucking child. We get it, babe. You didn’t want to be a queen. Alright. THEN DON’T BECOME ONE.
She is such a brat. She knows nothing about ruling and the lands she’s supposed to rule over but when someone more experienced ( and with at least one brain cell) is giving her advice she throws tantrums like a baby. She expects Sorin to tell her everything while she keeps secrets from him ALL THE FUCKING TIME and disrespect his personal boundaries. Fucking idiot.
Also, the pacing of this book was so bad. We could get a 20 pages long chapters about Callan reading books or moping because Scarlett rejected him (run dude!!!) but when the main character is making a life altering decision, it literally happens within 3 pages. UGH. No.
The writing??? The amount of times the words “Interesting” or “intriguing” OR (my personal favourite) any variation of “That they are.” were used in dialogues makes my blood boil. I know it’s hard to tell a story not through dialogue but… please stop.
I wish someone told the author that the best place for fanfiction is AO3, not a publishing house. I know that certain tropes and elements will be used repeatedly by hundreds of authors, especially in fantasy, but when you use exactly the same ones as one particular author (maybe two), it becomes a problem. Examples below:
— an Oracle who appears to everyone “wearing” a different face
— Blood Marks (weird Marks no one understands but the main character learns how to DRAW and use them with her blood)
— Inner Circle (I don’t know why people insist on copying characters like Morrigan from ACOTAR when she has literally zero personality. 10 points to Hufflepuff for giving the “edgy, quiet” SPY guy ASH riding ((????)) powers instead of shadows though.)
— Sorin is literally Rowan but without tattoos on his face. I won’t be elaborating on this
— the Keys and the LOCK???? Please be at least a little original
Where do I even start? Do I even WANT to start writing this review? Probably not.
Scarlett is the most insufferable main character I’ve met in months. She is arrogant, infuriating, inconsequential and, on top of all that, acting like a fucking child. We get it, babe. You didn’t want to be a queen. Alright. THEN DON’T BECOME ONE.
She is such a brat. She knows nothing about ruling and the lands she’s supposed to rule over but when someone more experienced ( and with at least one brain cell) is giving her advice she throws tantrums like a baby. She expects Sorin to tell her everything while she keeps secrets from him ALL THE FUCKING TIME and disrespect his personal boundaries. Fucking idiot.
Also, the pacing of this book was so bad. We could get a 20 pages long chapters about Callan reading books or moping because Scarlett rejected him (run dude!!!) but when the main character is making a life altering decision, it literally happens within 3 pages. UGH. No.
The writing??? The amount of times the words “Interesting” or “intriguing” OR (my personal favourite) any variation of “That they are.” were used in dialogues makes my blood boil. I know it’s hard to tell a story not through dialogue but… please stop.
I wish someone told the author that the best place for fanfiction is AO3, not a publishing house. I know that certain tropes and elements will be used repeatedly by hundreds of authors, especially in fantasy, but when you use exactly the same ones as one particular author (maybe two), it becomes a problem. Examples below:
— an Oracle who appears to everyone “wearing” a different face
— Blood Marks (weird Marks no one understands but the main character learns how to DRAW and use them with her blood)
— Inner Circle (I don’t know why people insist on copying characters like Morrigan from ACOTAR when she has literally zero personality. 10 points to Hufflepuff for giving the “edgy, quiet” SPY guy ASH riding ((????)) powers instead of shadows though.)
— Sorin is literally Rowan but without tattoos on his face. I won’t be elaborating on this
— the Keys and the LOCK???? Please be at least a little original