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readingwithmrleo 's review for:
The Dangerous Ones
by Lauren Blackwood
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This book wasn't for me, and on top of that I wasn't a fan of the narration (the breathings made me want to throw my phone at the wall). I did listen to the last 30% of it at quite a fast pace which indicates that truly I should have DNFed but at this point I just wanted to finish it (I need to get better at DNFing).
The premise of this one intrigued me right away. A romantic historical fantasy set in the American Civil War with vampires and people with demigod-like abilities, it sounded so awesome. But I was quickly let down. I just couldn't wrap my mind about the time period because of the language used, but that honestly is the lesser of my issues. I also felt like the whole "Saint" part with their powers and all was a bit underdeveloped, but it had so much potential.
The major thing for me though is that I really couldn't help hating our FMC. She was truly awful. I get it, you had a lot of unfair stuff happen to you, trauma and all, but that doesn't give you the right to literally HATE everyone and act as if they did something bad to you when you haven't even met them yet. That is not a trait I like. She was always so mad at everything and had such harsh language all the time it was irritating. Grow up.
The main reason I continued the book was Alexei. He was perfection and I loved him, loved his voice looooooved his personality. So you can guess where I'm going... The way Jerusalem was treating him was absolute bullshit. He has been in love with her since the first moment he saw her and she treated him like shit. Even though she started having feelings for him, she continued treating him like shit... and why? Because she wasn't okay with those feelings... way to go girl. He deserved so much better. This was such an abusive relationship and he still stayed with her like she was some queen. I just couldn't enjoy any of their interactions.
Last thing: 15 chapters for a book over 350 pages? Hell no, this should be illegal. I'm a super fan of short chapters, like give me a place to pause, I can't go on for this long. Literally the audiobook chapters were all over 1 hour long... just nope. And the chapters were so confusing, switching through memories and present time like it was nothing all the time. Didn't like that at all.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.
The premise of this one intrigued me right away. A romantic historical fantasy set in the American Civil War with vampires and people with demigod-like abilities, it sounded so awesome. But I was quickly let down. I just couldn't wrap my mind about the time period because of the language used, but that honestly is the lesser of my issues. I also felt like the whole "Saint" part with their powers and all was a bit underdeveloped, but it had so much potential.
The major thing for me though is that I really couldn't help hating our FMC. She was truly awful. I get it, you had a lot of unfair stuff happen to you, trauma and all, but that doesn't give you the right to literally HATE everyone and act as if they did something bad to you when you haven't even met them yet. That is not a trait I like. She was always so mad at everything and had such harsh language all the time it was irritating. Grow up.
The main reason I continued the book was Alexei. He was perfection and I loved him, loved his voice looooooved his personality. So you can guess where I'm going... The way Jerusalem was treating him was absolute bullshit. He has been in love with her since the first moment he saw her and she treated him like shit. Even though she started having feelings for him, she continued treating him like shit... and why? Because she wasn't okay with those feelings... way to go girl. He deserved so much better. This was such an abusive relationship and he still stayed with her like she was some queen. I just couldn't enjoy any of their interactions.
Last thing: 15 chapters for a book over 350 pages? Hell no, this should be illegal. I'm a super fan of short chapters, like give me a place to pause, I can't go on for this long. Literally the audiobook chapters were all over 1 hour long... just nope. And the chapters were so confusing, switching through memories and present time like it was nothing all the time. Didn't like that at all.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.