Scan barcode
A review by natalielorelei
Silverwolf by Jacey Bedford
1.0
OH GOD, Y'ALL, THIS BOOK IS SO BAD. So. Bad.
Like, the first one wasn't great literature, but it was ridiculous and kind of fun and soporific in a helpful way! This one was too bad to be any of those things but the first one.
Basically, the fluffy privateers with magic (and an eye-roll-worthy side romance) series set up in the first book got rid of almost all of the privateering, put the very boring romance front and center, added a bunch of clunky exposition, a bunch of new, even more glaring plot holes, and then MADE 19TH CENTURY INDUSTRIALISTS THE HEROES OF THE NOVEL. I AM STILL SO ANGRY THAT THE AUTHOR WANTED ME TO SYMPATHIZE WITH PEOPLE WHOSE IDEA OF BEING GOOD BOSSES IS TO REFUSE TO HIRE CHILDREN UNDER 8, NO MATTER HOW DESPERATE THE PARENTS (WHO ALSO WORK FOR THEM) ARE. Maybe you could pay your adult employees a fucking living wage? UGH. Where's Mother Jones when you need her?
Like, the first one wasn't great literature, but it was ridiculous and kind of fun and soporific in a helpful way! This one was too bad to be any of those things but the first one.
Basically, the fluffy privateers with magic (and an eye-roll-worthy side romance) series set up in the first book got rid of almost all of the privateering, put the very boring romance front and center, added a bunch of clunky exposition, a bunch of new, even more glaring plot holes, and then MADE 19TH CENTURY INDUSTRIALISTS THE HEROES OF THE NOVEL. I AM STILL SO ANGRY THAT THE AUTHOR WANTED ME TO SYMPATHIZE WITH PEOPLE WHOSE IDEA OF BEING GOOD BOSSES IS TO REFUSE TO HIRE CHILDREN UNDER 8, NO MATTER HOW DESPERATE THE PARENTS (WHO ALSO WORK FOR THEM) ARE. Maybe you could pay your adult employees a fucking living wage? UGH. Where's Mother Jones when you need her?