shawin02 's review for:

Bound to the Dark Elf King by Jessica Grayson

1.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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You know what, sometimes we shouldn’t try new things. Sometimes we shouldn’t trust a good cover and premise because people lie. Sometimes, books are published without ever being seen by an editor, and the only way it will meet one is in hell. 

I don’t know how to explain this, but in some fanfics the author gives a recap in every new chapter and this is exactly what happened in this book. Every new chapter began with a recap of the last one.

In all honesty, this book could have had an interesting premise but the lack of editing and the bad writing sent it straight to jail. The amount of repetitive dialogue, repeated monologues/thoughts and continuity errors were insane. It read like the author had an assignment with a word count and they were trying to fill it. 

I read the same exact paragraphs in several different chapters. In one chapter it just repeated the same conversation twice. The amount of repetition in this book I can’t even begin to describe. 

And I sweat if I read the sentence “masculine perfection made manifest” one more time I’m setting something on fire.