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A review by serahlunareads
Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark
3.0
I'll be honest, I'm new to the world of dark romance, but I still feel like this is pretty light in comparison to what's out there. Callum and Aida are the true definition of enemies to lovers, seeing as they're actively trying to kill each other throughout the first half of the book. Sadly, I didn't find the progression to lovers to be very convincing. With how much they hated each other I think the book needed to spend more time in that transition phase. I spent much of the book just feeling "meh" about the characters and the storyline because it just seemed like something was missing.
Aida's fiery, rebellious attitude compared to Callum's icy, structured one was so fun, and one of the biggest redeeming factors about the book. The spice is frequent and detailed, but just like the rest of the book, sometimes it just felt like something was missing. There are also illustrated photos throughout the book, which at first was fun and exciting, but eventually it felt like it took away from my enjoyment of the story. The characters didn't match what I pictured in my head even a little bit and it really threw me off.
I think this was a fun read, and the plot and characters have a lot of potential. Unfortunately I think it suffers from mostly "telling" rather than "showing" and the character development falls short because of it. Not sure if I'll carry on with the series.
Brutal Prince was originally self-published, and was recently picked up by @read_bloom and republished on 7/25/23. Thank you to the publisher for my advanced reader copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Aida's fiery, rebellious attitude compared to Callum's icy, structured one was so fun, and one of the biggest redeeming factors about the book. The spice is frequent and detailed, but just like the rest of the book, sometimes it just felt like something was missing. There are also illustrated photos throughout the book, which at first was fun and exciting, but eventually it felt like it took away from my enjoyment of the story. The characters didn't match what I pictured in my head even a little bit and it really threw me off.
I think this was a fun read, and the plot and characters have a lot of potential. Unfortunately I think it suffers from mostly "telling" rather than "showing" and the character development falls short because of it. Not sure if I'll carry on with the series.
Brutal Prince was originally self-published, and was recently picked up by @read_bloom and republished on 7/25/23. Thank you to the publisher for my advanced reader copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.