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A review by 7sofia7
The Shield and the Thistle by Jillian Bondarchuk
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
I appreciated the shortened version of Outlander but one thing is beeing inspired but this is fanfiction at best, copyright infringement at worst.
There are some men that are physically pursuing her with malicious intent (attempted sexual assault), it's understandable being scared and angry but this description doesn't sit well with me
I felt a strange, unhinged joy break through my fear when the first stone connected with the back of his ear.
Especially because the whole scene lasts 1 minute at best with her running away. Yes it's terribly scary but violence shouldn't galvanize people.
But then the characterization is not consistent because a few moments later:
Y-you killed them,” I whispered, refusing to look again at the dead men. It was a sight I doubted I’d ever forget, anyway. Dead or alive, their faces were sure to haunt me in my dreams for years to come.
She's not fazed that much by the temporal shift and her happy go lucky attitude seemed a bit out of context. I would be anxious as f is a stranger had just killed two men for me and I found myself in his castle, I wouldn't be happily dancing and flirting (but that could be just me). She was too certain to be able to go back.
She's a tease.
Her chapters are in first perona present tense; his are in third person past tense. It's pretty distracting and the flow is broken.
The antagonist was a bit too cartoonishly villanous
TW: mention of rape of minor (not mc)
I dnfed at the end of ch 12
It's a much quicker and typical romance book but the writing was mediocre (characterization lacking) and this book has not one ounce of ingenuity.
There are some men that are physically pursuing her with malicious intent (attempted sexual assault), it's understandable being scared and angry but this description doesn't sit well with me
I felt a strange, unhinged joy break through my fear when the first stone connected with the back of his ear.
Especially because the whole scene lasts 1 minute at best with her running away. Yes it's terribly scary but violence shouldn't galvanize people.
But then the characterization is not consistent because a few moments later:
Y-you killed them,” I whispered, refusing to look again at the dead men. It was a sight I doubted I’d ever forget, anyway. Dead or alive, their faces were sure to haunt me in my dreams for years to come.
She's not fazed that much by the temporal shift and her happy go lucky attitude seemed a bit out of context. I would be anxious as f is a stranger had just killed two men for me and I found myself in his castle, I wouldn't be happily dancing and flirting (but that could be just me). She was too certain to be able to go back.
She's a tease.
Her chapters are in first perona present tense; his are in third person past tense. It's pretty distracting and the flow is broken.
The antagonist was a bit too cartoonishly villanous
TW: mention of rape of minor (not mc)
I dnfed at the end of ch 12
It's a much quicker and typical romance book but the writing was mediocre (characterization lacking) and this book has not one ounce of ingenuity.