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Riftborne by Parker Lennox, Bree Grenwich
1.5
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had high hopes for this book. It did not meet any of them.

The world building was almost non-exsistent. The magic poorly utilized and badly explained. The pacing throughout the book was somehow both to fast and not fast enough. Bits we could have gladly skipped over were explained in detail where combat classes and strategy training it would have been fun to see were written of as "in the last weeks we....." constantly.

The romance was lackluster and fully unbelieveable. The MMC and FMC barely interact yet by the halfway mark of the book she's barely able to stop thinking about him and is jealous anytime he's with his female third in command. Even though she has no right or reason to be jealous.

A thoroughly disappointing read.