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Roseblood
by A.G. Howard
2.5 stars - and I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to round up or down. In the end I chose to round down because the story took too long to get moving. There was no way this book needed to be 400+ pages. I actually really liked the ending, but it was a trudge to get there.
Rune is a talented operatic singer, but when she finishes an aria she becomes ill....at least that's what the book summary on Goodreads says. In the book she sings exactly once and gets sick. Every other time is a flashback to events before the book begins. As a result, I found it hard to believe she was as "sick" as she claimed to be. She also makes several stupid decisions, putting herself in unnecessary danger. And one of the things that annoyed me the most about her? The repeated mention of socks. It seemed like every chapter Rune talks about the socks she was knitting. I could see mentioning them once or twice, but mentioning them 12 (yes 12, I went back and counted!) times grated on my nerves. We get it, you knit socks. Can we move on please???
I liked the inclusion of Thorn's narrative and his backstory. However I did NOT care for him as a love interest. He was a peeping Tom who watched her sleep. Pretty creepy. Even weirder is that Rune doesn't mind this behavior???? Also - the "soulmates" trope is used way too often for my liking.
I will say that this book had a lot more paranormal elements than I was expecting, and that was kind of a turnoff for me. I'm not the biggest fan of paranormal stuff. (Not sure if that counts as a spoiler but I'm including it as one because there is nothing paranormal mentioned in the description of the book.)
Rune is a talented operatic singer, but when she finishes an aria she becomes ill....at least that's what the book summary on Goodreads says. In the book she sings exactly once and gets sick. Every other time is a flashback to events before the book begins. As a result, I found it hard to believe she was as "sick" as she claimed to be. She also makes several stupid decisions, putting herself in unnecessary danger. And one of the things that annoyed me the most about her? The repeated mention of socks. It seemed like every chapter Rune talks about the socks she was knitting. I could see mentioning them once or twice, but mentioning them 12 (yes 12, I went back and counted!) times grated on my nerves. We get it, you knit socks. Can we move on please???
I liked the inclusion of Thorn's narrative and his backstory. However I did NOT care for him as a love interest. He was a peeping Tom who watched her sleep. Pretty creepy. Even weirder is that Rune doesn't mind this behavior???? Also - the "soulmates" trope is used way too often for my liking.
I will say that this book had a lot more paranormal elements than I was expecting, and that was kind of a turnoff for me. I'm not the biggest fan of paranormal stuff. (Not sure if that counts as a spoiler but I'm including it as one because there is nothing paranormal mentioned in the description of the book.)