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A review by astridlovesbooks
Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
I was given an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
You had me at "lush gothic fantasy" and lost me at annoying main character.
I DNF'd this book because the main character is the WORST, most annoying, whiny little girl. She acts like a 12 year old throwing a fit. She tries to be "protective" of her little brother but instead she smothers him. All she does is get in his way and mess things up for him and then tries to play the victim when things don't go her way. Her brother meets someone who not only accepts his magic but understands it and him and all Leta does is whine about being left out and then try to run away or interfere in any way possible. I have not a read a book where I hated the main chatacter ao much in a very long time, if ever. Since Leta is the narrator, her patheticness made the book INSUFFERABLE.
You had me at "lush gothic fantasy" and lost me at annoying main character.
I DNF'd this book because the main character is the WORST, most annoying, whiny little girl. She acts like a 12 year old throwing a fit. She tries to be "protective" of her little brother but instead she smothers him. All she does is get in his way and mess things up for him and then tries to play the victim when things don't go her way. Her brother meets someone who not only accepts his magic but understands it and him and all Leta does is whine about being left out and then try to run away or interfere in any way possible. I have not a read a book where I hated the main chatacter ao much in a very long time, if ever. Since Leta is the narrator, her patheticness made the book INSUFFERABLE.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
In the first chapter of this book Leta and her brother are abused and emotionally manipulated by their adopted mother. The brother is forced to hold his hands over an open flame and Leta is forced to kneel on broken glass.