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A review by ncssundormas
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
this was on my tbr for months and I was super excited to read it, but now having done so in 2 days, I was let down.
this book was falsely marketed as enemies to lovers, just as an fyi to anyone looking to pick it up. they kiss about 130 pages in!! the font isn’t big, ok, the story hasn’t progressed much by the time that happens. they’re not enemies either; they bicker like little kids in arguments that are very pointless to the plot and felt almost forced together. I won’t say anything about the lovers part since that’d be spoilers but don’t expect much
also, to anyone who said this book has a cliffhanger: where? can someone point me in the right direction? I didn’t see it, I feel like I missed something.
the ending, while on the subject, felt like it was supposed to be a big wow factor to lead into the next book, but for me I just sat there with a straight face ngl.
while I’m curious about where the story might progress from here, I doubt I’ll read the sequel. the characters were fun though, although Cyrus almost read out of character at times, which felt really weird. I thought he was an impostor at one point 😭 very weird. but yeah. Dante was probably my fav? Violet would have been, buther hesitation at rising for power with the Witch of Nightmares when that could've been such a cool villain arc 😭 not forgiving Cyrus for that one the writing style was simple to follow too. but I did find 4 typos, which had me boggled. how do you miss that many?
this book was falsely marketed as enemies to lovers, just as an fyi to anyone looking to pick it up. they kiss about 130 pages in!! the font isn’t big, ok, the story hasn’t progressed much by the time that happens. they’re not enemies either; they bicker like little kids in arguments that are very pointless to the plot and felt almost forced together. I won’t say anything about the lovers part since that’d be spoilers but don’t expect much
also, to anyone who said this book has a cliffhanger: where? can someone point me in the right direction? I didn’t see it, I feel like I missed something.
the ending, while on the subject, felt like it was supposed to be a big wow factor to lead into the next book, but for me I just sat there with a straight face ngl.
while I’m curious about where the story might progress from here, I doubt I’ll read the sequel. the characters were fun though, although Cyrus almost read out of character at times, which felt really weird. I thought he was an impostor at one point 😭 very weird. but yeah. Dante was probably my fav? Violet would have been, but