A review by naikoucat
Between Life and Death by Jaclyn Kot

1.0

DNF for me.

I think I need to take a break from romantasy because they all feel the same lately. I had high hopes for this one based off how the author advertised it on Instagram but this one isn't for me either.. side note- the authors own promotion spoiled the reveal for me so I knew about it going into it.

There's just nothing original here. I hate the trend of promoting books with their tropes because it feels like authors pick those tropes and then write the book based around those. Shadow daddy? Check. Fated mates? Check. Enemies to lovers? Check. But those tropes mean nothing when there's little to no world building, the characters aren't fleshed out, and the plot feels like an after thought.

And the writing didn't fit the old school fantasy setting in some instances which breaks immersion for me. Such as when the FMC is finding out life changing details and her response is "chuck that in the fuck-it-bucket."

This book isn't the worst but i I wouldn't say its worth the read either.