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The High Mountain Court
by A. K. Mulford
Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins for the ARC, and I tried, I really did, but I DNF at around 25%.
The influence of Maas's books is quite overwhelming, and while I don't like the 'X of Y and Z' novels, I could at least get carried along in the storytelling to finish them. I really struggled to engage with this book though. Right out the gate I found myself questioning some of what we're told... such as 'red witches are hunted', and 'pubs are one of the few places that employ witches' and 'here's a red witch working with a bunch of other witches in a pub' who is now surprised that 'a witch hunter has found her' by page 9. I mean, if I was hunting witches of any 'colour', the pub is probably the first place I'd check.
With the meeting of Remy and the Prince, I was cringing a little at the 'banter' and how quickly so many YA novels resort to the male love interest blackmailing or kidnapping the heroine. There's nothing offensively bad about it, it was just too derivative.
The influence of Maas's books is quite overwhelming, and while I don't like the 'X of Y and Z' novels, I could at least get carried along in the storytelling to finish them. I really struggled to engage with this book though. Right out the gate I found myself questioning some of what we're told... such as 'red witches are hunted', and 'pubs are one of the few places that employ witches' and 'here's a red witch working with a bunch of other witches in a pub' who is now surprised that 'a witch hunter has found her' by page 9. I mean, if I was hunting witches of any 'colour', the pub is probably the first place I'd check.
With the meeting of Remy and the Prince, I was cringing a little at the 'banter' and how quickly so many YA novels resort to the male love interest blackmailing or kidnapping the heroine. There's nothing offensively bad about it, it was just too derivative.