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A review by leonix
Riftborne by Parker Lennox, Bree Grenwich
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
I think I get it what the authors wanted to do here, dealing with themes of indoctrination, bigotry and colonialism. While it was even very obvious in some ways, I disliked how it was presented.
The mc is very naive, and passive, often doing what others asked her to do, and of course I see it's part of the themes, but it felt very flat and juvenile.
In some parts I swear I was reading some high school book where she goes on parties after class and pines after the hot teacher who treats her like shes a new pet (that 's the MMC, there's no really enemy to lovers dynamic bc she folds for him very fast cuz hes hot 😐) Her jealousy towards another girl was so cringy to read, what are you, sixteen having your first crush? Your people are being discriminated gurl.
Also this entire book could have been 140 pages, maybe half of a book easily.
Powered through to the ending, and well, hope it leads somewhere more intriguing.
The mc is very naive, and passive, often doing what others asked her to do, and of course I see it's part of the themes, but it felt very flat and juvenile.
In some parts I swear I was reading some high school book where she goes on parties after class and pines after the hot teacher who treats her like shes a new pet (that 's the MMC, there's no really enemy to lovers dynamic bc she folds for him very fast cuz hes hot 😐) Her jealousy towards another girl was so cringy to read, what are you, sixteen having your first crush? Your people are being discriminated gurl.
Also this entire book could have been 140 pages, maybe half of a book easily.
Powered through to the ending, and well, hope it leads somewhere more intriguing.