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House of Pounding Hearts
by Olivia Wildenstein
I don't wanna be mean but I feel like it's gonna be mean. Sorry in advance.
I'm really mad about this book. Book 1 had good ideas and maybe some eh execution. Book 2? My biggest gripe is probablydefinitely Fallon. She is so fucking annoying. Her stubborn streak was meh if not a bit endearing in the first one, but I wanted to absolutely throttle her in this one. She's childish, petty, and honestly jus a fucking bitch. The plot was actually fine when it wasn't about Fallon being a whiny stubborn jackass hellbent on unaliving herself out of spite and causing massive problems for everyone around her. It's giving... Addie from HA. No that's not a good thing. Lorcan, we love. We stan. We want a Lorcan. Be my monster pls 👉👈
But Fallon. Fucking TSTL dumb bitch. Spoilers.It really irks me that after the whole book of her being an unbearable dickhead all it takes is grinding on his leg and learning he's not actually engaged for her to fully yeet herself into the mating bond. Like, what about the other reasons you had for being mad? Yeah them being mated is super cute but it falls flat when it was almost insultingly easy to flip the switch. It's really frustrating to have the whole thing not even be good banter (from her side, not you Lore my love) when she's purposely being a cunt and one single oopsie orgasm to undo all of it. It feels cheap. There's not enough fight on her side in terms of like "oh maybe I have feelings" for it TO NOT feel cheap.
I'm mad bcs I thought this was a duology not a trilogy, and now I'm invested (under duress). Will I like book 3? Tbh if I can somehow forget the arc of book 2, maybe. Also the title made me gag, but maybe now I'm being petty.
I'm really mad about this book. Book 1 had good ideas and maybe some eh execution. Book 2? My biggest gripe is probablydefinitely Fallon. She is so fucking annoying. Her stubborn streak was meh if not a bit endearing in the first one, but I wanted to absolutely throttle her in this one. She's childish, petty, and honestly jus a fucking bitch. The plot was actually fine when it wasn't about Fallon being a whiny stubborn jackass hellbent on unaliving herself out of spite and causing massive problems for everyone around her. It's giving... Addie from HA. No that's not a good thing. Lorcan, we love. We stan. We want a Lorcan. Be my monster pls 👉👈
But Fallon. Fucking TSTL dumb bitch. Spoilers.
I'm mad bcs I thought this was a duology not a trilogy, and now I'm invested (under duress). Will I like book 3? Tbh if I can somehow forget the arc of book 2, maybe. Also the title made me gag, but maybe now I'm being petty.