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A review by kaulhilo
Broken Knight by L.J. Shen
5.0
okay. wow. so. everyone i’ve ever talked to about sos/ash all agreed that this book was, well, total crap. and so, i don’t know what it is- did i go into it with low expectations? is that why it didn’t disappoint me? i don’t know, actually, but what i do know that i loved it immensely and so fucking much. it was beautifully written and it made me cry so many, so, so many times over and over again.
let’s be real- the love story? probably not the best one i’ve come across. the angst was unnecessary, and maybe too winded up for no one’s good. it was a simple thing, a simple misconception and while i understand how it went from being something small to utter chaos- i also felt like it wasn’t really needed with everything else going on. maybe a different plot would’ve worked better? but i guess i won’t know, this is what happened and while it wasn’t very good or well executed, it is what it is.
what i really, really loved though- luna rexroth. from the start to the very last page, i’m in love with her, her choices and her decisions, her growth from who she felt comfortable being to who she wanted to be. the part where she finally talks to her dad, telling him about what she did- and the ink stain in the carpet- had me bawling. i’m not even kidding, i was weeping my heart out and it made me so fucking happy - because this, this, this scene was a happy ending, even if it happened in the middle of the book. this is what i’d be racing towards, trent and luna, finally finally finally. and i’m so happy it happened, i’m so in love with them- with edie and their little unlikely family with all the unconditional love in the world.
knight. knight was someone i didn’t think if i’d like- but like dean, he grew on me to the point where i had my fingers crossed the entirety of the book, just praying everything would resort itself to bliss- even when it looked like it never might. he reminded me of dean in so many ways, which was a wonderful thing. him fighting for luna over and over and her fighting for him, in turn, was probably my favorite thing in all sos/ash couples so far, however much i didn’t like the plot between “lunight”. knight giving his birth mother a chance was so heart warming too, and aah, i’m so happy half the things in this book happened the way they did.
(side note: i’m kind of getting super tired with the way the author writes all the books, so far, with one particular skeleton plot in mind. get! something! new! it’s always all the same with little things here and there changed up, and it’s getting kind of old now.)
but the sucky part- and i’m dreading even typing it out- rosie dying. felt like an ambush and i wanted to choke for the life of me, because it was brutal and rough and i know it was realistic and a good backdrop to everything that was happening- but on god if it didn’t feel like someone was actively hurting me. i loved rosie so much, back from the first book and especially during her own book and i spent all the interactions with her, just crying and crying and crying. (i knew beforehand that she’d die in this book)
her staying strong until the bitter end, and dying (literally) in dean’s arms........leave me alone for at least 400 years. jesus fuck. ride or die, baby leblanc. ride. always ride. (quoting from memory so don’t sue me)
i really did understand the author’s pov in making her pass on, but god, it hurt like a bitch and i’m so sad i just :( and i’m really not into the whole dean-moving-on thing right now? like? it’s only been 2 pages ma’am i’m getting whiplash.
aah. i really can’t remember anything else i wanted to rant about, i think i’ve got it all covered. i’m probably gonna do a proper review on this once my exams end. but jesus christ. this book made me go through so much, cry and laugh and be happy and in pain, and so. i didn’t plan on giving it 5 stars at any point, but i think i have to. (end note: i love luna rexroth (cole?) so so so so so much).
let’s be real- the love story? probably not the best one i’ve come across. the angst was unnecessary, and maybe too winded up for no one’s good. it was a simple thing, a simple misconception and while i understand how it went from being something small to utter chaos- i also felt like it wasn’t really needed with everything else going on. maybe a different plot would’ve worked better? but i guess i won’t know, this is what happened and while it wasn’t very good or well executed, it is what it is.
what i really, really loved though- luna rexroth. from the start to the very last page, i’m in love with her, her choices and her decisions, her growth from who she felt comfortable being to who she wanted to be. the part where she finally talks to her dad, telling him about what she did- and the ink stain in the carpet- had me bawling. i’m not even kidding, i was weeping my heart out and it made me so fucking happy - because this, this, this scene was a happy ending, even if it happened in the middle of the book. this is what i’d be racing towards, trent and luna, finally finally finally. and i’m so happy it happened, i’m so in love with them- with edie and their little unlikely family with all the unconditional love in the world.
knight. knight was someone i didn’t think if i’d like- but like dean, he grew on me to the point where i had my fingers crossed the entirety of the book, just praying everything would resort itself to bliss- even when it looked like it never might. he reminded me of dean in so many ways, which was a wonderful thing. him fighting for luna over and over and her fighting for him, in turn, was probably my favorite thing in all sos/ash couples so far, however much i didn’t like the plot between “lunight”. knight giving his birth mother a chance was so heart warming too, and aah, i’m so happy half the things in this book happened the way they did.
(side note: i’m kind of getting super tired with the way the author writes all the books, so far, with one particular skeleton plot in mind. get! something! new! it’s always all the same with little things here and there changed up, and it’s getting kind of old now.)
but the sucky part- and i’m dreading even typing it out- rosie dying. felt like an ambush and i wanted to choke for the life of me, because it was brutal and rough and i know it was realistic and a good backdrop to everything that was happening- but on god if it didn’t feel like someone was actively hurting me. i loved rosie so much, back from the first book and especially during her own book and i spent all the interactions with her, just crying and crying and crying. (i knew beforehand that she’d die in this book)
her staying strong until the bitter end, and dying (literally) in dean’s arms........leave me alone for at least 400 years. jesus fuck. ride or die, baby leblanc. ride. always ride. (quoting from memory so don’t sue me)
i really did understand the author’s pov in making her pass on, but god, it hurt like a bitch and i’m so sad i just :( and i’m really not into the whole dean-moving-on thing right now? like? it’s only been 2 pages ma’am i’m getting whiplash.
aah. i really can’t remember anything else i wanted to rant about, i think i’ve got it all covered. i’m probably gonna do a proper review on this once my exams end. but jesus christ. this book made me go through so much, cry and laugh and be happy and in pain, and so. i didn’t plan on giving it 5 stars at any point, but i think i have to. (end note: i love luna rexroth (cole?) so so so so so much).