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penosa16 's review for:
This Cursed Light
by Emily Thiede
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a total miss for me. I'm so disappointed because I had such high hopes after really enjoying the first one. I don't even know where to begin...
The only things I enjoyed were some of the sweet moments between Alessa and Dante. They were my favorite part of the first book so it makes sense that they are the highlight here. Their yearning for one another is cute.
However... they are so insufferable here! They lie and hide crucial things from one another. They both fuck up constantly, by accident or on purpose. It just made me think they would break up instantly if they were in the real world. There's a moment a character confronts Alyssa about her attraction to Dante and it being circumstantial, and vapid. I found myself agreeing with her. A lot of lust and not enough communication for it to feel like true love.
They weren't the only terrible characters. Basically everyone was getting on my nerves every page. Kaleb and Addrick were so uninteresting, everyone knew where it was going and I just wanted them to shut upppp. Talia was annoying because of her character trope (rude, direct, prejudiced). And... Kamara just spouting quirky nonsense that was supposed to come across as flirty/funny but it was so tone-deaf. Not a single likeable character in sight.
So, the actual plot is based on a final bet between the two gods of this universe. No idea why the question "Would you let your significant other die to save the world?" would be such a relevant dilemma for two immortal gods. The story doesn't know how to navigate that situation anyway and nothing matters in the end. The ghiotte don't matter, the side-characters don't matter, the war is useless and please go back in time and stop me from reading this book.
This probably is an okay book, but coming off from the high that was reading the first one, it is just a complete disappointment and waste of potential.
The only things I enjoyed were some of the sweet moments between Alessa and Dante. They were my favorite part of the first book so it makes sense that they are the highlight here. Their yearning for one another is cute.
However... they are so insufferable here! They lie and hide crucial things from one another. They both fuck up constantly, by accident or on purpose. It just made me think they would break up instantly if they were in the real world. There's a moment a character confronts Alyssa about her attraction to Dante and it being circumstantial, and vapid. I found myself agreeing with her. A lot of lust and not enough communication for it to feel like true love.
They weren't the only terrible characters. Basically everyone was getting on my nerves every page. Kaleb and Addrick were so uninteresting, everyone knew where it was going and I just wanted them to shut upppp. Talia was annoying because of her character trope (rude, direct, prejudiced). And... Kamara just spouting quirky nonsense that was supposed to come across as flirty/funny but it was so tone-deaf. Not a single likeable character in sight.
So, the actual plot is based on a final bet between the two gods of this universe. No idea why the question "Would you let your significant other die to save the world?" would be such a relevant dilemma for two immortal gods. The story doesn't know how to navigate that situation anyway and nothing matters in the end. The ghiotte don't matter, the side-characters don't matter, the war is useless and please go back in time and stop me from reading this book.
This probably is an okay book, but coming off from the high that was reading the first one, it is just a complete disappointment and waste of potential.