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A review by icedcoffeeandbookss
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
god this was something else and not in a good way for the most part. i will admit i did skim read/skip through the last 100 pages, but its my reading challenge so if i want to count it as read, im counting it as read. argue with a wall. for the first 50% of this book, i was having an okay time. i really liked Lark’s personality but was very confused with her backstory until we somewhat were told what happened to her? i guess i just wish we had gotten to see more of her history and what made her to be the killer she was. but i love her personality, so it makes up for that mostly. now on to lachlan.. he was lackluster for me. i’m sorry but i js couldn’t get what was so amazing about him. his broody side was fun to see with Lark but tbh he was a douche from the start and there was no redeeming that for me.
i really treasured Lark’s grandmother, she was quite the character. her relationship with Lark was so sweet, i appreciated that.
as for the overall plot, that’s what i didn’t like the most tbh. i was told by so many other readers that this was slow burn.. slow burn where? bc it went from nothing/pure hatred for each other to obsession and fucking in a split second. i didn’t feel hardly any chemistry from the two of them. like at all. i js don’t get it. maybe its just me, because a lot of people loved this. also.. maybe controversial opinion but idgaf, i hate the religious parts in this series. a lot of people believe and that’s great if you do, but i just don’t and i didn’t like it in these books. it felt so forced and unnecessary but who am i to judge. that’s pretty much it. oh and the food TW’s were not it. didn’t even compare to the parts in butcher and blackbird! also, you cannot convince me Lark and Lachlan have a better story/relationship than the OG Sloane and Rowan. i think the only redeeming parts about this book were by far when we got glimpses of Sloane and Rowan, Lark’s Grandmother and Lark’s awesome kick ass but sweet as hell personality and her crafts 😉
i don’t think i’ll be reading Scythe and Sparrow, i’m just over this series after being so let down with this second book. i feel like maybe i shouldn’t have read this second book and just stuck to my love for b&b. but i wanted to try it out. i regret doing so for the most part 🙃
i really treasured Lark’s grandmother, she was quite the character. her relationship with Lark was so sweet, i appreciated that.
as for the overall plot, that’s what i didn’t like the most tbh. i was told by so many other readers that this was slow burn.. slow burn where? bc it went from nothing/pure hatred for each other to obsession and fucking in a split second. i didn’t feel hardly any chemistry from the two of them. like at all. i js don’t get it. maybe its just me, because a lot of people loved this. also.. maybe controversial opinion but idgaf, i hate the religious parts in this series. a lot of people believe and that’s great if you do, but i just don’t and i didn’t like it in these books. it felt so forced and unnecessary but who am i to judge. that’s pretty much it. oh and the food TW’s were not it. didn’t even compare to the parts in butcher and blackbird! also, you cannot convince me Lark and Lachlan have a better story/relationship than the OG Sloane and Rowan. i think the only redeeming parts about this book were by far when we got glimpses of Sloane and Rowan, Lark’s Grandmother and Lark’s awesome kick ass but sweet as hell personality and her crafts 😉
i don’t think i’ll be reading Scythe and Sparrow, i’m just over this series after being so let down with this second book. i feel like maybe i shouldn’t have read this second book and just stuck to my love for b&b. but i wanted to try it out. i regret doing so for the most part 🙃