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nicoelena_lvr 's review for:
Fear the Flames
by Olivia Rose Darling
The prologue was the best thing about this book lol.
I’d definitely call this a romance in a fantasy setting. There was more focus on the romance and had barely any stakes (but we’re told they’re forbidden !). The fantasy element was shallow and almost superficial. It felt like there was a huge chunk missing from the book bc of all the unexplained world building.
The writing read very melodramatic, like the inner monologue went on for ages, the dialogues felt unoriginal and overstated.
It’s a very mindless read tbh. And very trope soupy.
The fmc, Elowen, was rlly good and everything but again her inner monologue was soooo dramatic I just got bored. I mean she was funny and all but the repetitiveness of her thoughts was tiring. I could skip three pages and i wouldn’t miss a single thing.
The mmc, cayden was one of the reasons I stayed till the end lmao. His obsession with her is still somewhat of a ?? for me bc like why was he following her for ages. But whatever idc bc his obsession was so tea 😋😋 his quips were funny and I liked it.
This would’ve done numberssss if it was YA. They had tension and chemistry in spades (well at least for the first three quarters of the book) but the smut did nothing for me at all 😭 (was kinda cringey bc it felt like the author was trying too hard for it to be edgy 💔)
The plot was good. The story has so much potential. I will be reading the sequel but I’m not keeping any great expectations.
ೃ⁀➷ Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine for the ARC! ♥︎
I’d definitely call this a romance in a fantasy setting. There was more focus on the romance and had barely any stakes (but we’re told they’re forbidden !). The fantasy element was shallow and almost superficial. It felt like there was a huge chunk missing from the book bc of all the unexplained world building.
The writing read very melodramatic, like the inner monologue went on for ages, the dialogues felt unoriginal and overstated.
It’s a very mindless read tbh. And very trope soupy.
The fmc, Elowen, was rlly good and everything but again her inner monologue was soooo dramatic I just got bored. I mean she was funny and all but the repetitiveness of her thoughts was tiring. I could skip three pages and i wouldn’t miss a single thing.
The mmc, cayden was one of the reasons I stayed till the end lmao. His obsession with her is still somewhat of a ?? for me bc like why was he following her for ages. But whatever idc bc his obsession was so tea 😋😋 his quips were funny and I liked it.
This would’ve done numberssss if it was YA. They had tension and chemistry in spades (well at least for the first three quarters of the book) but the smut did nothing for me at all 😭 (was kinda cringey bc it felt like the author was trying too hard for it to be edgy 💔)
The plot was good. The story has so much potential. I will be reading the sequel but I’m not keeping any great expectations.
ೃ⁀➷ Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine for the ARC! ♥︎