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Love at First Book
by Jenn McKinlay
this was fine. mostly.
i didn't read book 1 and didn't feel like i was missing out on anything while reading this one, so that's a point in its favor.
the characters were okay, emily more so than kier, and the way he spoke to her when they first met and around the 80% mark was just unnecessary. the romance was mid and i genuinely couldn't see what they saw in each other, but i'll give it some credit and assume part of it was because em challenged kier and it helped him grow (not that it was her responsibility).
the writing is where it came crashing down. it felt repetitive at times and the excessive thesaurus usage was a bit grating. you can say a lot without using complicated words. there were some other issues, like too-long paragraphs that could've been edited down or used full stops instead of commas, and i felt like that dragged down the flow of the narrative.
overall, this was okay. not groundbreaking, but okay.
also this was published in 2024. it should go without saying that we don't need h*rry p*tter references in books anymore.
i didn't read book 1 and didn't feel like i was missing out on anything while reading this one, so that's a point in its favor.
the characters were okay, emily more so than kier, and the way he spoke to her when they first met and around the 80% mark was just unnecessary. the romance was mid and i genuinely couldn't see what they saw in each other, but i'll give it some credit and assume part of it was because em challenged kier and it helped him grow (not that it was her responsibility).
the writing is where it came crashing down. it felt repetitive at times and the excessive thesaurus usage was a bit grating. you can say a lot without using complicated words. there were some other issues, like too-long paragraphs that could've been edited down or used full stops instead of commas, and i felt like that dragged down the flow of the narrative.
overall, this was okay. not groundbreaking, but okay.
also this was published in 2024. it should go without saying that we don't need h*rry p*tter references in books anymore.