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I think that this book has potential, but lacked in depth and development. It was an okay read, though, which is why this book has two stars. It was okay, but it wasn't necessarily over-enjoyable.
So the concept of the entire faerie being plants, I still liked, the same as I did when I was a teen, but it did seem as if the entire idea was not yet fully explored. Like there's still questions open about how plants work that she doesn't that I hope get answered in the next books, since I am curious enough to keep reading this. I hope there's more we can learn from this world, and these creatures.
The writing style was something I have taken note of -- it felt like it had way more space to mature. It felt kind of juvenile? And I don't necessarily mean it in an overly bad way, just that I felt I was reading a children's book.
The characters themselves are kind of a little bland, and in the first chapter already, I was kind of rolling my eyes at Laurel. She read like one of those "I'm not like other girls, but I'm still beautiful and desireable" and it was a little off-putting. The characters are also a little one-dimensional and it just feels unfinished, as if there was still more to explore and build.
So the concept of the entire faerie being plants, I still liked, the same as I did when I was a teen, but it did seem as if the entire idea was not yet fully explored. Like there's still questions open about how plants work that she doesn't that I hope get answered in the next books, since I am curious enough to keep reading this. I hope there's more we can learn from this world, and these creatures.
The writing style was something I have taken note of -- it felt like it had way more space to mature. It felt kind of juvenile? And I don't necessarily mean it in an overly bad way, just that I felt I was reading a children's book.
The characters themselves are kind of a little bland, and in the first chapter already, I was kind of rolling my eyes at Laurel. She read like one of those "I'm not like other girls, but I'm still beautiful and desireable" and it was a little off-putting. The characters are also a little one-dimensional and it just feels unfinished, as if there was still more to explore and build.