afoxswandering 's review for:

Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3 by priest

2.0

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Thoughts on vol 3 and the series overall : I genuinely had good hopes after volume 1, especially after learning who the ML was, but sadly the story didn't deliver (in my opinion obviously).

I'll share a few reasons why under spoiler tags (no big spoilers, more general thoughts, but don't look if you want to go into the story without any expectations!)

Spoiler

- the (strong) infodumping anytime there's a big reveal, usually through long-ass conversations : THANKS I HATE IT!!!
- still very much enjoyed the world-building and everything that concerned the netherworld (but only up to a certain point: when I reached the ending I was so fed up that even that part got boring sadly)
- I don't really like the mc and 3 books later I feel like i still don't KNOW HIM, which is a problem because then I don't understand why he does most things AND even more annoyingly I (almost) never understand why he comes to a particular conclusion??? Dude is gonna reveal that he realized something and I'll be like??????? help a girl out there???? explain????
- I didn't feel anything for the romance even though I should have (forbidden romance!!!!)—I think the culprit is the way Priest writes, I just felt detached and couldn't feel (also their dynamics were weird to me idk idk) (the fact that I didn't like the mc didn't help either