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A review by seskuh
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Why the hell is Diem so willfully ignorant and stupid???
You mean to tell me that every time she meets a new character in the book and they ask her if she's a descended... she never questions her identity???
Regular shmegular mortals can't have an appearance like hers, which is closer to that of a descended, but she never questions her own?
Am I as a reader supposed to believe that Diem, never once in her 20 years of life, questioned her Identity or questioned her appearance/identity? That she bought the idea that every magical thing that happened by her hand was just a hallucination? That despite when other people saw her do magical things she continues to insist that it's a hallucination?
That doesn't even make sense for what her character is supposed to be, or what the author wants the reader to think her character is supposed to be.
And I don't care about the brief mentions of her sheltered life. The author clearly didn't care enough to incorporate that supposedly important fact of the character's life to make it actually matter.
If we had flashbacks with Diem's mother and her sheltered like before everything happened, maybe just maybe would I try to care enough to believe that Diem could be so stupid.
Also, a badass female protagonist isn't badass because she points out male genitalia. It just makes her sound like a middle schooler trying to come up with insults.
She's an adult and baddassery comes from more than "tough" words that sound like they're coming out of an uncensored Disney character lead's mouth.
Show me she's badass through her perseverance, through her desire for answers, through her anger, through her actions.
Her saying a guys dick is small is none of that. Authors really need to give protagonists characteristics that make someone "cool" or "badass" rather than hiding them through powerless words.
Diem's reckless decisions don't make her badass. Nowhere in any palace with a dying king, would there be a lack of guards. They'd be scattered everywhere and they would never lose sight of a girl running.
It just amazes me how illogical a lot of the story was.
And no, just saying you hate the mysterious hot prince without reason does not make it enemies to lovers.
I'm glad we cleared that up.
You mean to tell me that every time she meets a new character in the book and they ask her if she's a descended... she never questions her identity???
Regular shmegular mortals can't have an appearance like hers, which is closer to that of a descended, but she never questions her own?
Am I as a reader supposed to believe that Diem, never once in her 20 years of life, questioned her Identity or questioned her appearance/identity? That she bought the idea that every magical thing that happened by her hand was just a hallucination? That despite when other people saw her do magical things she continues to insist that it's a hallucination?
That doesn't even make sense for what her character is supposed to be, or what the author wants the reader to think her character is supposed to be.
And I don't care about the brief mentions of her sheltered life. The author clearly didn't care enough to incorporate that supposedly important fact of the character's life to make it actually matter.
If we had flashbacks with Diem's mother and her sheltered like before everything happened, maybe just maybe would I try to care enough to believe that Diem could be so stupid.
Also, a badass female protagonist isn't badass because she points out male genitalia. It just makes her sound like a middle schooler trying to come up with insults.
She's an adult and baddassery comes from more than "tough" words that sound like they're coming out of an uncensored Disney character lead's mouth.
Show me she's badass through her perseverance, through her desire for answers, through her anger, through her actions.
Her saying a guys dick is small is none of that. Authors really need to give protagonists characteristics that make someone "cool" or "badass" rather than hiding them through powerless words.
Diem's reckless decisions don't make her badass. Nowhere in any palace with a dying king, would there be a lack of guards. They'd be scattered everywhere and they would never lose sight of a girl running.
It just amazes me how illogical a lot of the story was.
And no, just saying you hate the mysterious hot prince without reason does not make it enemies to lovers.
I'm glad we cleared that up.