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rebeccazh's reviews
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emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Now THIS is what I'm talking about. This installment is just. Chef's. Kiss.👌 An actual opposites-attract, enemies-to-lovers book with two MCs on equal footing, and actual character and relationship development. Their dynamic kind of reminded me of Hugh and Elara - cold competent asshole mmc x confident intelligent feminine fmc.
Stephanie Archer has finally found the winning formula and I hope she keeps at it for the other books in the series. IMO the previous installments, while fun, were waaay too long for the pairings that could have had their obstacles and tensions resolved much faster (I DNFed all the previous ones). Waiting with bated breath for the next book.
Stephanie Archer has finally found the winning formula and I hope she keeps at it for the other books in the series. IMO the previous installments, while fun, were waaay too long for the pairings that could have had their obstacles and tensions resolved much faster (I DNFed all the previous ones). Waiting with bated breath for the next book.
I am amazed at how a series with such a strong first book can get so much worse with every new book.
Book 2 was a drudge to read - Bree's strong characterization flew out of the window and she's constantly making dumb decisions. Not to mention the Black representation being a total mess - like Rose Summer's review said, she threw her people under the bus and spent the whole book pining after the two white guys in her life.
I thought book 2 had a case of middle book syndrome and #3 would redeem this series but this is even worse. 100s of pages and a significant number of chapters are devoted to side characters filling us in on the events, with Bree MIA (sidelined in her own narrative) and she had her memories erased and is going through a brutal training by her own choosing (why) with no one knowing where she is. It was a slog to get through. I give up on this. So much potential shown in book 1 and it is so disappointing to see it all flop so badly.
Book 2 was a drudge to read - Bree's strong characterization flew out of the window and she's constantly making dumb decisions. Not to mention the Black representation being a total mess - like Rose Summer's review said, she threw her people under the bus and spent the whole book pining after the two white guys in her life.
I thought book 2 had a case of middle book syndrome and #3 would redeem this series but this is even worse. 100s of pages and a significant number of chapters are devoted to side characters filling us in on the events, with Bree MIA (sidelined in her own narrative) and she had her memories erased and is going through a brutal training by her own choosing (why) with no one knowing where she is. It was a slog to get through. I give up on this. So much potential shown in book 1 and it is so disappointing to see it all flop so badly.
book 1 is the strongest of the trilogy. though once the romance starts, the MC gets very dumb. v similar vibes to Seraph Black by Jane Washington.
i mean i enjoyed this but also there wasn't much going on other than tropes and angst.
funny
informative
fast-paced
Short chapters, each devoted to a creepy and/or gross and/or cool fact about evolutionary adaptations of various species. You have the fungus that inspired The Last of Us, various wasps/creatures that inject other species with their eggs so that the poor victim becomes a living incubator, cool squids and fish... I wasn't very sure about this book at first, I thought the tone was too flippant, but the creepy/gross/cool facts won me over. A fast and entertaining read, and kind of made me realize again that Nature is both very cool and very scary.
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is quite good after I started skimming/skipping liberally until the plot happened. A charming romance.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The best KU and romance book I read recently. Wonderful slow-burn romance (it is ACTUALLY slow-burn), found family tropes, a mature heroine, and a wonderful maternal goddess depiction. A bit slow-paced though, I did skim/skip some scenes.