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A review by bubblewombat
Spiral by Bal Khabra
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
I really liked Collide, and was hoping I'd love this one too, but Spiral wasn't as good.
My main issue is that I couldn't feel any tension on chemistry between the MCs, even though I liked the story. Both of their interactions with each other felt very flat, and their fake relationship had no stakes.
What also bugged me is how Eli's celibacy was handled. It felt like the only reason it was added, was to stop them from getting together too soon / so it would be more of a slower burn.
When Sage finds out Eli's celibate, she starts slamming down drinks as if he just told her he's really sick and about to die like...girl it's not that serious???
Now, I will say that Eli kept starting stuff with Sage and not finishing it, so some of this is on him too.
And the reason he finally breaks it, is jealousy, which...okay, I guess, whatever.
I'll still read book three, hopefully it'll be more like book one and not like book two.
My main issue is that I couldn't feel any tension on chemistry between the MCs, even though I liked the story. Both of their interactions with each other felt very flat, and their fake relationship had no stakes.
What also bugged me is how Eli's celibacy was handled. It felt like the only reason it was added, was to stop them from getting together too soon / so it would be more of a slower burn.
When Sage finds out Eli's celibate, she starts slamming down drinks as if he just told her he's really sick and about to die like...girl it's not that serious???
Now, I will say that Eli kept starting stuff with Sage and not finishing it, so some of this is on him too.
And the reason he finally breaks it, is jealousy, which...okay, I guess, whatever.
I'll still read book three, hopefully it'll be more like book one and not like book two.