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A Court of Frost and Starlight [Dramatized Adaptation] #3.5 by Sarah J. Maas

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Xenofestation Sequence 1 - Principia Germinis: An omnibus novel of darkly erotic sci-fi adventures, alien encounters and oviposition (includes Xenofestation 1-01 to 1-06) (Xenofestation Omnibus by Paragonas Vaunt

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.

For an alien erotica, the lore and world building is fantastic and some of the best I've ever read. The author absolutely has talent and creative mind.

My biggest issue and the main reason why I stopped is because I disliked how almost every chapter focused on a different woman. I get that the author wants to write about multiple women doing the naughty with aliens, and give them interesting backgrounds and depth, but the constant change in POV is unpleasant. I was getting mental whiplash.

I do wish Paragonas Vaunt lowered the amount of women they wanted to write about for the first set of books, perhaps focused on just three to start with, then moved onto the next three. I got invested in Amber at first, and would have preferred to read just about her journey before moving onto the next gal.

And before anyone goes "Well this is an Omnibus, of course there will be multiple women!" A single Omnibus focusing on just a few women, and their entirely DONE stories, would have been far better. I went and checked to see when Amber's story actually concludes in the separated short stories, and as of the 13th book, it's still on-going. Meanwhile multiple new women are introduced throughout those books as well; that's a lot of constant changing plots, locations and individuals we're supposed care about.

Perhaps it's just me, but I'm not interested in that kind of storytelling, especially not for an erotica. I want to live vicariously through one women at a time.

A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

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