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Threads That Bind
by Kika Hatzopoulou
Hm.
Hm….
Okay, so. This book is just “The X-Men mutants are greek mythology” which, neat cool, fun way to base a magic system.
And it’s a murder mystery! Fuck with a murder mystery in my fantasy, fuck with any fantasy that isn’t about saving the world from certain destruction.It did fail on this part but at least it was an end reveal so like… maybe i could ignore it? Oh who am I kidding…
Soulmates! Little bit of a mixed bag outside of the realm of fanfiction where you have an auto-buy in and so a hard sell for someone romance averse/skeptical. But Edei is cute and endearing (even if I have no clue how to pronounce his name. Ee-dee? Ee-day? Google says the former but I spent over half the book reading it the other way) and so i’m content keeping him aroundalso the answer is “good enough” for something as outlandish as “fate thread connects you to someone you’re destined to have a strong bond with”. Even if it feels like a bit of a cop-out to give multiple characters the “oh they could just be a friend or an ally” and then the minute he shows up on page he’s immediately romance coded. I could see how one could get the ick from that. I almost got the ick from that.
But like… what was that ending? This book never struck me as having a great grip on its tone throughout, swinging wildly from action packed genre fiction and inwardly focused character drama with some magical realism. Great separately but never perfectly married. I’ll accept being in the minority about the characters (I liked Io a bit as someone who has a panic attack every time they see a hot person and Nico’s endearing) but like MAN that ending. I’m not sure if it works, everyone’s motivations get a little soupy at the end and the details are a little sloppy and so it’s a “is it just emotional or does it make sense” and I suspect that it’s maybe answered in the next book?
I don’t know, I kept telling my friend that it was compelling me just enough to keep turning pages but not enough to love it so… do with that what you will.
Hm….
Okay, so. This book is just “The X-Men mutants are greek mythology” which, neat cool, fun way to base a magic system.
And it’s a murder mystery! Fuck with a murder mystery in my fantasy, fuck with any fantasy that isn’t about saving the world from certain destruction.
Soulmates! Little bit of a mixed bag outside of the realm of fanfiction where you have an auto-buy in and so a hard sell for someone romance averse/skeptical. But Edei is cute and endearing (even if I have no clue how to pronounce his name. Ee-dee? Ee-day? Google says the former but I spent over half the book reading it the other way) and so i’m content keeping him around
But like… what was that ending? This book never struck me as having a great grip on its tone throughout, swinging wildly from action packed genre fiction and inwardly focused character drama with some magical realism. Great separately but never perfectly married. I’ll accept being in the minority about the characters (I liked Io a bit as someone who has a panic attack every time they see a hot person and Nico’s endearing) but like MAN that ending. I’m not sure if it works, everyone’s motivations get a little soupy at the end and the details are a little sloppy and so it’s a “is it just emotional or does it make sense” and I suspect that it’s maybe answered in the next book?
I don’t know, I kept telling my friend that it was compelling me just enough to keep turning pages but not enough to love it so… do with that what you will.