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annouk 's review for:
The Beholder
by Anna Bright
Beginning: Confusing
Middle: Fun
End: Messy
Hotel: Trivago
So many mixed emotions. On one hand, there were some plot twists that I didn’t see coming (though I probably should have). On the other, Anya just saying « lol bye » to Asgard and ruining Selah’s chances with the dude she loves? Hated that. Picture this: your new girl friend has fallen in love with one of your OG homies, but it’s forbidden love (gasp). One night, your super hot boyfriend that you’ve known for 12 days (which is like 2 years book time so no worries) is like « wear your favourite dress » (but what he really means is I’m gonna wife you up) so you’re obviously very excited. Then, your new girl friend just doesn’t show up to dinner which is sketch because you doesn’t love food. Suddenly, your boyfriend’s dad is like « you’re evil and I won’t let you marry my son because my daughter is late to dinner » and you’re like « excuse me? You know what, to PROVE that I’m not evil I’ll go find your daughter because I’m just that nice ». Then you huddle your girl friend’s brothers (boyfriend included) and you’re like « um hey guys...so I actually don’t know where she is » and they’re like « yeah neither do we so you gotta skrt so that our dad doesn’t, like, kill you or whatever. » so you make your Sweet Escape™️ to your swaggy boat and who’s there? YOUR GIRL FRIEND with your OG homie that she’s shacked up with. Um...so I don’t know about you, but if that I was Selah, Anya would be off my boat and back in the great hall real quick. You don’t get to ruin my life and then sail off into the sunset on my sick whip.
What I’m trying to say is that this book really tests the limits of my suspension of disbelief. Like, by the last 50 pages, my disbelief was hanging on a thread and about to crash down in a fiery light show. Actual rating: 3/5 stars for pissing me off.
P.S. How much are we willing to bet that Selah is going to fall in love with the Imperial dude and forget about the other two, since that’s exactly what she did with both of them (forgot about Peter with Bear and then forgot about Bear with Thorden or whatever his name was (I call him budget Thor)). We love a fickle queen who falls I love in 2 weeks and then dumps her boyfriend whenever there’s a minor inconvenience instead of working it out!!!
Middle: Fun
End: Messy
Hotel: Trivago
So many mixed emotions. On one hand, there were some plot twists that I didn’t see coming (though I probably should have). On the other, Anya just saying « lol bye » to Asgard and ruining Selah’s chances with the dude she loves? Hated that. Picture this: your new girl friend has fallen in love with one of your OG homies, but it’s forbidden love (gasp). One night, your super hot boyfriend that you’ve known for 12 days (which is like 2 years book time so no worries) is like « wear your favourite dress » (but what he really means is I’m gonna wife you up) so you’re obviously very excited. Then, your new girl friend just doesn’t show up to dinner which is sketch because you doesn’t love food. Suddenly, your boyfriend’s dad is like « you’re evil and I won’t let you marry my son because my daughter is late to dinner » and you’re like « excuse me? You know what, to PROVE that I’m not evil I’ll go find your daughter because I’m just that nice ». Then you huddle your girl friend’s brothers (boyfriend included) and you’re like « um hey guys...so I actually don’t know where she is » and they’re like « yeah neither do we so you gotta skrt so that our dad doesn’t, like, kill you or whatever. » so you make your Sweet Escape™️ to your swaggy boat and who’s there? YOUR GIRL FRIEND with your OG homie that she’s shacked up with. Um...so I don’t know about you, but if that I was Selah, Anya would be off my boat and back in the great hall real quick. You don’t get to ruin my life and then sail off into the sunset on my sick whip.
What I’m trying to say is that this book really tests the limits of my suspension of disbelief. Like, by the last 50 pages, my disbelief was hanging on a thread and about to crash down in a fiery light show. Actual rating: 3/5 stars for pissing me off.
P.S. How much are we willing to bet that Selah is going to fall in love with the Imperial dude and forget about the other two, since that’s exactly what she did with both of them (forgot about Peter with Bear and then forgot about Bear with Thorden or whatever his name was (I call him budget Thor)). We love a fickle queen who falls I love in 2 weeks and then dumps her boyfriend whenever there’s a minor inconvenience instead of working it out!!!