Scan barcode
A review by ong
Youngblood by Sasha Laurens
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I truly enjoyed this book. A fun, sapphic, low-fantasy vampire YA book. What more could a teenaged girl in her 20s ask for.
But. It does feel like the wokeness is a bit forced to your face in this one. Some things really needn’t be clarified that much. We get it. they’re two woke white girls against the world.
And again. Sometimes they’re just SO dumb and it’s just for the plot. Like c’mon. Stop giving supposedly “smart as fuck” characters zero deduction skills or even plain old common sense. Find an actual way to make the plot work.
But. It does feel like the wokeness is a bit forced to your face in this one. Some things really needn’t be clarified that much. We get it. they’re two woke white girls against the world.
And again. Sometimes they’re just SO dumb and it’s just for the plot. Like c’mon. Stop giving supposedly “smart as fuck” characters zero deduction skills or even plain old common sense. Find an actual way to make the plot work.