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A review by bizknitsbooks
Meant to Be Immortal by Lynsay Sands
1.0
*CW: Police brutality, violence against POC*
Okay, I have read all the preceeding books and typically enjoy this series as a light read that I can crush in a couple days. I know that the Argeneau novels are what they are. I understand they aren't meant to be great books, or socially/culturally accurate for the most part. But I'm growing less and less impressed with these books, hence the 1 star (which I don't want to give but it's honest).
You can still have trashy romance AND create a plot that is representative of the time we live in without doing it half assed. Like, do a little research before including police brutality in your story. Don't write characters relating to this part of the story in a suggestive way that leads the reader to assume they are POC WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING IT. Straight up say they are Black or non Black POC and move on with respect. Dancing around the issue only perpetuates stereotypes and does more harm than good. I get that people don't want their leisurely reading to get political, that's fine, BUT DON'T INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF CURRENT EVENTS AND TRIGGERING CONTENT IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO DO IT RIGHT OR RESPECTFULLY. End of discussion. Obviously I don't start these books expecting great quality writing, but even this one was a huge turn off.
Also, we are 32 books in. Do we really need an internal discussion on the explanation of nanos/immortals in every book?! Especially when there are barely descriptions about the MCs? Come on. The intimacy and life mate stuff is pretty much the same old song and dance which is fine, that part is expected at this point. However, due to the aforementioned this might be the last Argeneau novel I read. I'm pretty mad about this one.
Okay, I have read all the preceeding books and typically enjoy this series as a light read that I can crush in a couple days. I know that the Argeneau novels are what they are. I understand they aren't meant to be great books, or socially/culturally accurate for the most part. But I'm growing less and less impressed with these books, hence the 1 star (which I don't want to give but it's honest).
You can still have trashy romance AND create a plot that is representative of the time we live in without doing it half assed. Like, do a little research before including police brutality in your story. Don't write characters relating to this part of the story in a suggestive way that leads the reader to assume they are POC WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING IT. Straight up say they are Black or non Black POC and move on with respect. Dancing around the issue only perpetuates stereotypes and does more harm than good. I get that people don't want their leisurely reading to get political, that's fine, BUT DON'T INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF CURRENT EVENTS AND TRIGGERING CONTENT IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO DO IT RIGHT OR RESPECTFULLY. End of discussion. Obviously I don't start these books expecting great quality writing, but even this one was a huge turn off.
Also, we are 32 books in. Do we really need an internal discussion on the explanation of nanos/immortals in every book?! Especially when there are barely descriptions about the MCs? Come on. The intimacy and life mate stuff is pretty much the same old song and dance which is fine, that part is expected at this point. However, due to the aforementioned this might be the last Argeneau novel I read. I'm pretty mad about this one.