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A review by sshelbyreadss
A Vicious Game by Melissa Blair
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
DNF @ 17%
So I originally thought that I didn’t like the audiobook narration for the first 2 books. But then I got the arc for this and I realized that my problem with the audio narration is actually a problem with the writing style.
I’m not sure that the first person point of view helped the problem either.
Overall the writing feels stilted. And so over audio it comes across robotic. Like each sentence was recorded separately and then spliced together.
I also don’t really like Keera and Riven’s relationship. Fated mates is one of my least favorite romance tropes. Overall I just don’t like the arc of their relationship—we know they’re gonna end up together. And in a situation where so much of keeras life is out of her control—it would have been nice for her to have some autonomy and choice in the matter.
So I originally thought that I didn’t like the audiobook narration for the first 2 books. But then I got the arc for this and I realized that my problem with the audio narration is actually a problem with the writing style.
I’m not sure that the first person point of view helped the problem either.
Overall the writing feels stilted. And so over audio it comes across robotic. Like each sentence was recorded separately and then spliced together.
I also don’t really like Keera and Riven’s relationship. Fated mates is one of my least favorite romance tropes. Overall I just don’t like the arc of their relationship—we know they’re gonna end up together. And in a situation where so much of keeras life is out of her control—it would have been nice for her to have some autonomy and choice in the matter.