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A review by gretchenplz
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I do NOT get the hype surrounding this book.
The first 200 pages were bad. The next 100 pages were better. The last 50 were epic.
I hate this new YA/NA romantasy formula — uber slow burn (both romance and plot), with a killer climax, and a cliffhanger to drive up the memorability.
What little dialogue there was was awkward. The reveal about the breakup/parting was drug out for so long that by the time it happened, I didn’t care.
Am I now going to read Book 2? Yes. Am I happy about it? Absolutely not.
The first 200 pages were bad. The next 100 pages were better. The last 50 were epic.
I hate this new YA/NA romantasy formula — uber slow burn (both romance and plot), with a killer climax, and a cliffhanger to drive up the memorability.
What little dialogue there was was awkward. The reveal about the breakup/parting was drug out for so long that by the time it happened, I didn’t care.
Am I now going to read Book 2? Yes. Am I happy about it? Absolutely not.