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jessicascott94 's review for:
The Glittering Court
by Richelle Mead
DNF @ 55%
Some parts I enjoyed but OMG did it drag. Some parts took forever to get through it seemed and I found myself glossing over them. It was also as if 3 or 4 books were just jammed together. A historical fiction jammed with a Wild West jammed with a Romance and all the while trying to pass for a fantasy. I'd like to know where this fantasy element was? The fantasy lands and cultures just sound like real ones. I suppose inspiration has to be gained from somewhere but I just don't see why it needed to be paraded as fantasy.
There was definite potential there, I didn't even mind the MC so much and the two female supporting characters I actually really liked, but the story just didn't quite hit the mark for me. I was super surprised by this, I obsessed over the author's Vampire Academy Series and it's spin off Bloodlines so I don't know how someone who wrote that, ended up with this.
I found the romance between the MC to be stilted and not drawn out nearly as much as it should've been. It felt a lot like insta-love but with no real substance for it to be even called love? And the plot twist of his secret he tried so very hard to keep quiet, wtf. He acted like he'd murdered someone, and I guess being in a religious cult isn't something to be shouted from the rooftops but it just came out of no where. I expected more on that front.
Very disappointing read for something I was really hyped about.
Some parts I enjoyed but OMG did it drag. Some parts took forever to get through it seemed and I found myself glossing over them. It was also as if 3 or 4 books were just jammed together. A historical fiction jammed with a Wild West jammed with a Romance and all the while trying to pass for a fantasy. I'd like to know where this fantasy element was? The fantasy lands and cultures just sound like real ones. I suppose inspiration has to be gained from somewhere but I just don't see why it needed to be paraded as fantasy.
There was definite potential there, I didn't even mind the MC so much and the two female supporting characters I actually really liked, but the story just didn't quite hit the mark for me. I was super surprised by this, I obsessed over the author's Vampire Academy Series and it's spin off Bloodlines so I don't know how someone who wrote that, ended up with this.
I found the romance between the MC to be stilted and not drawn out nearly as much as it should've been. It felt a lot like insta-love but with no real substance for it to be even called love? And the plot twist of his secret he tried so very hard to keep quiet, wtf. He acted like he'd murdered someone, and I guess being in a religious cult isn't something to be shouted from the rooftops but it just came out of no where. I expected more on that front.
Very disappointing read for something I was really hyped about.