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A review by rlstrayer1
Kingdom of Ashes by Elena May
Did not finish book.
DNF at 52%
I will make him say he is proud of me, Myra thought. And then, only then, can I start thinking about killing him
That sentence was the last straw. I can't take it anymore. The MC is one of the dumbest I have ever read, and I read the first 3 books of Falling Kingdoms.
The dialogue was horrific. It was stilted, overly dramatic, and it had no natural flow. All of the humans in this book were just stupid. I'm not sure if this was on purpose or not. The only enjoyment I got out of the book was the banter between Vlad, Tristan, and Armida...the 3 vampire MCs. Apparently they are the only characters who are capable of intelligent speech and thought. Vlad in particular I really liked...he loved to call out Myra's idiocy and I was rooting for his snark and sarcasm every step of the way. Myra was childish, immature, and way too naive for this world....it doesn't even make sense to the story. You would think that growing up a fugitive would harden a person, but no. Myra's main goal in life was to frolic in the meadows and dance in the rain. Barf. It's not often I cheer for an MC to be killed, but ughhh can we kill off Myra already and have this book just be Vlad and Co? I would read that.
Oh and this WeatherWizard thing? Totally extra and not even relevant to the story. It was just thrown in there for....reasons...that I should know by the 52% mark. But I don't. The most intriguing part of the whole story gets basically 0 page time.
This book was 99 cents. I will be asking for a refund.
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A beauty and the beast retelling with vampires?
Yeah sure why not
I will make him say he is proud of me, Myra thought. And then, only then, can I start thinking about killing him
That sentence was the last straw. I can't take it anymore. The MC is one of the dumbest I have ever read, and I read the first 3 books of Falling Kingdoms.
The dialogue was horrific. It was stilted, overly dramatic, and it had no natural flow. All of the humans in this book were just stupid. I'm not sure if this was on purpose or not. The only enjoyment I got out of the book was the banter between Vlad, Tristan, and Armida...the 3 vampire MCs. Apparently they are the only characters who are capable of intelligent speech and thought. Vlad in particular I really liked...he loved to call out Myra's idiocy and I was rooting for his snark and sarcasm every step of the way. Myra was childish, immature, and way too naive for this world....it doesn't even make sense to the story. You would think that growing up a fugitive would harden a person, but no. Myra's main goal in life was to frolic in the meadows and dance in the rain. Barf. It's not often I cheer for an MC to be killed, but ughhh can we kill off Myra already and have this book just be Vlad and Co? I would read that.
Oh and this WeatherWizard thing? Totally extra and not even relevant to the story. It was just thrown in there for....reasons...that I should know by the 52% mark. But I don't. The most intriguing part of the whole story gets basically 0 page time.
This book was 99 cents. I will be asking for a refund.
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A beauty and the beast retelling with vampires?
Yeah sure why not