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A review by bookaroundandfindout
The Book Of Cin by H.M. Wolfe
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book was…incredibly disappointing.
I’ve been following the author for a while and was so excited to get this as an ARC read because from what I had seen from her promotions and the description of the book, it should be something I totally love. Right??
Wrong. I was so so wrong.
Let’s start with the storyline first. I totally the book begins by talking about a war that occurred and the set of tomes that were written to document everything. These are altered but it feels like we are being set up to look at the unraveling of the period after the Wars.
As the book progresses it’s harder and harder to figure out what the actual PLOT is ? It’s said that there is a child being hunted that has magical God like powers but then why are people coming to find this child so randomly ? Is this prophecy part of the wars? What was the point of the wars again? Even though there are mildly decent fight scenes there’s a bunch of random stories that don’t flow together at all and it leaves you feeling lost like what did I read?
The main characters 1. There are a TON, 2. This book would have done better with multiple POVs because looking at it from out FMC was exhausting the whole time and 3. Even as the main characters progress I have no idea how this is related to the plot.
The main FMC is literally the worst. She’s whiny and meek and that’s fine and all but her character development is terrible. She’s supposedly in an abusive relationship which is poorly represented and as she “asserts” herself it’s only because there’s another man there that’s caught her eye. The love triangle that is formed is super cringe and uncomfortable and doesn’t make much sense. It seems to me she’s just latching onto this new guy who treats her somewhat better and dumping all her trauma on him.
The side characters could have been more relevant as well and again this goes back to the wish for multiple POVs. It felt like she was setting all of them up for something but never executing it either.
The main male character who is supposed to be the love interest? GAG. There’s literally no generation of chemistry and he’s supposedly a King and it makes no sense. It’s such a turn off for me that I barely could stand the spicy scenes.
Overall with the books ending it feels haphazard and unsatisfying. I’m deeply disappointed because I really want to support this author but I can’t put out a fake review or be like yay you tried. Like you did and props to her for publishing but it just wasn’t for me at all
I’ve been following the author for a while and was so excited to get this as an ARC read because from what I had seen from her promotions and the description of the book, it should be something I totally love. Right??
Wrong. I was so so wrong.
Let’s start with the storyline first. I totally the book begins by talking about a war that occurred and the set of tomes that were written to document everything. These are altered but it feels like we are being set up to look at the unraveling of the period after the Wars.
As the book progresses it’s harder and harder to figure out what the actual PLOT is ? It’s said that there is a child being hunted that has magical God like powers but then why are people coming to find this child so randomly ? Is this prophecy part of the wars? What was the point of the wars again? Even though there are mildly decent fight scenes there’s a bunch of random stories that don’t flow together at all and it leaves you feeling lost like what did I read?
The main characters 1. There are a TON, 2. This book would have done better with multiple POVs because looking at it from out FMC was exhausting the whole time and 3. Even as the main characters progress I have no idea how this is related to the plot.
The main FMC is literally the worst. She’s whiny and meek and that’s fine and all but her character development is terrible. She’s supposedly in an abusive relationship which is poorly represented and as she “asserts” herself it’s only because there’s another man there that’s caught her eye. The love triangle that is formed is super cringe and uncomfortable and doesn’t make much sense. It seems to me she’s just latching onto this new guy who treats her somewhat better and dumping all her trauma on him.
The side characters could have been more relevant as well and again this goes back to the wish for multiple POVs. It felt like she was setting all of them up for something but never executing it either.
The main male character who is supposed to be the love interest? GAG. There’s literally no generation of chemistry and he’s supposedly a King and it makes no sense. It’s such a turn off for me that I barely could stand the spicy scenes.
Overall with the books ending it feels haphazard and unsatisfying. I’m deeply disappointed because I really want to support this author but I can’t put out a fake review or be like yay you tried. Like you did and props to her for publishing but it just wasn’t for me at all