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A review by rsales2
Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
2.0
Unpopular opinion: I didn’t care for this book.
It has such a great premise. I was so excited for it! But ultimately, I was...bored. The world building was sketchy at best-I still have no idea what this world looks like, how big this kingdom is (is the eastern pass from the mountains near the capital, because they get there real fast. Is the forest they start off in near...anything?). Also, insults were thrown around that didn’t even seem like insults. Ren is mad when another character repeatedly calls her “incendiary.” What is wrong with that. It actually sounds like a compliment. But she hates it.
The political palace intrigues I was so excited for were nonexistent.
The rebel group hates Ren for no reason.
Ren herself is just annoying. Dez is also a nothing character that I’m supposed to crazy love. Castian seems really interesting but I get like 4 pages of him, total. And of course we have our classic gay sidekick *sighs*
The amount of YA one liners was just the final straw for me (things like I’m the vengeance in the night or one memorable line “that’s one in a million.” “But it’s still a shot.” *eyes roll out of head and across the floor to go read another book*).
I appreciate the Latinx culture and characters, but this book just didn’t work for me. If you want a cool book about magic that is amplified by metals by the way, go read Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. The world building and characters are fantastic in that one.
It has such a great premise. I was so excited for it! But ultimately, I was...bored. The world building was sketchy at best-I still have no idea what this world looks like, how big this kingdom is (is the eastern pass from the mountains near the capital, because they get there real fast. Is the forest they start off in near...anything?). Also, insults were thrown around that didn’t even seem like insults. Ren is mad when another character repeatedly calls her “incendiary.” What is wrong with that. It actually sounds like a compliment. But she hates it.
The political palace intrigues I was so excited for were nonexistent.
The rebel group hates Ren for no reason.
Ren herself is just annoying. Dez is also a nothing character that I’m supposed to crazy love. Castian seems really interesting but I get like 4 pages of him, total. And of course we have our classic gay sidekick *sighs*
The amount of YA one liners was just the final straw for me (things like I’m the vengeance in the night or one memorable line “that’s one in a million.” “But it’s still a shot.” *eyes roll out of head and across the floor to go read another book*).
I appreciate the Latinx culture and characters, but this book just didn’t work for me. If you want a cool book about magic that is amplified by metals by the way, go read Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. The world building and characters are fantastic in that one.