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The Dangerous Ones
by Lauren Blackwood
What a fantastic concept for a story. The Civil War, the Underground Railroad, vampires, werewolves, and vampire hunters. If I were a teen this would check all my boxes including the ones I didn't know I had.
I've been contemplating how I should review this. As a woman in my 40s who has read many many books in my lifetime, this was a story that kind of fell short of my expectations. I loved the idea of the thing. I loved the setting and the backstory. But every time it was a section where the main characters interacted, it was awful. The MMC was in love with the FMC from the beginning, and she was supposedly his friend. Frienemy? She was always putting him down, even when she was a attracted to him, while he was always trying to make her feel safe. Then when the frienemies become more, there are over-the-top pet names and cutsie fawning IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR! On top of this, it is set in a time period, but the dialogue is constantly using modern slang and terminology.
I actually kept thinking this was Twilight for historical fantasy. SO many people loved Twilight. It is exactly the story formula for a teenager to potentially fall in love with history and learn something. That definitely redeems my experience a little bit, to be honest. I'm no longer a teenager, so it's ok that this book wasn't for me. I think there is definitely a reader base who will absolutely love this story.
Content contains violence, trauma from enslavement, and nudity.
Thank you to St. Martin Press and Netgalley for sending me a complimentary ARC. All the opinions in this review are my own.
I've been contemplating how I should review this. As a woman in my 40s who has read many many books in my lifetime, this was a story that kind of fell short of my expectations. I loved the idea of the thing. I loved the setting and the backstory. But every time it was a section where the main characters interacted, it was awful. The MMC was in love with the FMC from the beginning, and she was supposedly his friend. Frienemy? She was always putting him down, even when she was a attracted to him, while he was always trying to make her feel safe. Then when the frienemies become more, there are over-the-top pet names and cutsie fawning IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR! On top of this, it is set in a time period, but the dialogue is constantly using modern slang and terminology.
I actually kept thinking this was Twilight for historical fantasy. SO many people loved Twilight. It is exactly the story formula for a teenager to potentially fall in love with history and learn something. That definitely redeems my experience a little bit, to be honest. I'm no longer a teenager, so it's ok that this book wasn't for me. I think there is definitely a reader base who will absolutely love this story.
Content contains violence, trauma from enslavement, and nudity.
Thank you to St. Martin Press and Netgalley for sending me a complimentary ARC. All the opinions in this review are my own.