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A review by moonlightmoths
Empire of Light by Alex Harrow
2.0
Rep: gay, brown mc, pansexual li, gay li, lesbian sc,
I wasn't a huge fan of this mainly because of the weird pacing and odd lack of character development. The story felt choppy at best, with uneven transitions between the action scenes. The character relationships were underdeveloped, so any emotional scenes lacked the gravity necessary to make me feel them. Damian and Raeyn's relationship was fun until it was revealed that [redacted] and suddenly there's all these weird undertones of jealousy and comparisons. Which made this story super awkward and I honestly never got over that revelation. I'm honestly over love triangles as a source of drama in stories and that was a major part of this one. Also taking the whole "found family" trope and slowly killing it was pretty disheartening, I'm not gonna lie.
What I will give this story credit for is an interesting plot and an AMAZING world. As a reader, I wish I could have had more information about the world this story takes place in. The premise of the story was uniquely told and had a lot of promise up until some of the bigger reveals happened that made it harder for me to read.
I wasn't a huge fan of this mainly because of the weird pacing and odd lack of character development. The story felt choppy at best, with uneven transitions between the action scenes. The character relationships were underdeveloped, so any emotional scenes lacked the gravity necessary to make me feel them. Damian and Raeyn's relationship was fun until it was revealed that [redacted] and suddenly there's all these weird undertones of jealousy and comparisons. Which made this story super awkward and I honestly never got over that revelation. I'm honestly over love triangles as a source of drama in stories and that was a major part of this one. Also taking the whole "found family" trope and slowly killing it was pretty disheartening, I'm not gonna lie.
What I will give this story credit for is an interesting plot and an AMAZING world. As a reader, I wish I could have had more information about the world this story takes place in. The premise of the story was uniquely told and had a lot of promise up until some of the bigger reveals happened that made it harder for me to read.