A review by exlibris__
Cookies For My Orc Neighbor by Michele Mills

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This story has a lot of repeat phrases back to back so the reading wasn’t enjoyable and was extremely redundant. The way the scenes were set up also felt very odd and not organic at all. Example: he goes to take off her boots and explains overly much about how she doesn’t have socks because she was in such a rush to see him. The scene in and of itself is cute but the added language detracted from the vibe. Very easily coulda said “he was greeted with bare feet and cute pink polish” and her response of “I was in a bit of a rush to get to you in time….” Would have felt natural gotten the point across and not felt so stilted and weird. But it’s a short read and I felt like the author forgot she was suppose to write this and then it was crunch time. Very 1:00 am  paper that’s due the next day vibes. Maybe just not the author for me. Still they’ve published quite the number of stories so that’s not nothing.