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A review by umbreen
Lost Princess by Dani-Lyn Alexander
2.0
I received a digital edition of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a review.
Let me begin by saying that I didn't realize this was the second in a series when I requested it. I suppose things made sense without reading the first, but I probably wouldn't have requested it if I knew it was the second and I wouldn't normally have read it without reading the first. The next thing I have to say is that I did not finish this novel. I read about a third of the way through and had to stop. I will be using this review to explain why I stopped.
To begin with, I will say that I thought the premise was interesting. The description of the story made me excited to read it at first.
My main complaint was with the two main characters, Ryleigh and Jackson. From what I saw, Ryleigh is completely useless. All she did was complain and cry about things she didn't seem to really understand in the first place. As for Jackson, he is hot-tempered in the most unattractive way possible, and he seems to make a big deal about how nobody understands his struggles even though he never actually seems to do anything. (Again, I only read a little more than a third of the way through, so maybe he changes?) He also came across as slightly abusive and misogynistic, and I doubt that was what the author intended. None of the side characters were particularly interesting.
The writing itself is okay. It didn't do much to keep my interest, but there wasn't anything particularly bad about it, except maybe that it was on the simplistic side. I'm giving it two stars instead of one because I haven't read the complete novel nor have I read the first in the series, and I thought it deserved the benefit of the doubt. Aside from that, I thought the premise of another realm that kills people in the human world in order to make them into their own soldiers and the other fantasy aspects in general were very creative and interesting.
Personally, I didn't feel like completing it was worth my time, but I could see how other people enjoyed it.
Let me begin by saying that I didn't realize this was the second in a series when I requested it. I suppose things made sense without reading the first, but I probably wouldn't have requested it if I knew it was the second and I wouldn't normally have read it without reading the first. The next thing I have to say is that I did not finish this novel. I read about a third of the way through and had to stop. I will be using this review to explain why I stopped.
To begin with, I will say that I thought the premise was interesting. The description of the story made me excited to read it at first.
My main complaint was with the two main characters, Ryleigh and Jackson. From what I saw, Ryleigh is completely useless. All she did was complain and cry about things she didn't seem to really understand in the first place. As for Jackson, he is hot-tempered in the most unattractive way possible, and he seems to make a big deal about how nobody understands his struggles even though he never actually seems to do anything. (Again, I only read a little more than a third of the way through, so maybe he changes?) He also came across as slightly abusive and misogynistic, and I doubt that was what the author intended. None of the side characters were particularly interesting.
The writing itself is okay. It didn't do much to keep my interest, but there wasn't anything particularly bad about it, except maybe that it was on the simplistic side. I'm giving it two stars instead of one because I haven't read the complete novel nor have I read the first in the series, and I thought it deserved the benefit of the doubt. Aside from that, I thought the premise of another realm that kills people in the human world in order to make them into their own soldiers and the other fantasy aspects in general were very creative and interesting.
Personally, I didn't feel like completing it was worth my time, but I could see how other people enjoyed it.