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A review by a_h_haga
Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
2.0
I have a chest cold, so I'm not quite clearheaded, so sorry in advance if this review doesn't make much sense.
That said, my chest cold is also the main reason why I finished this book. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it wasn't for me. Honestly, it felt a little like a YA version of [b:Magic Lessons|50892349|Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)|Alice Hoffman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1593355938l/50892349._SX50_.jpg|75786942]. It wasn't really original in any way, but I guess for those that like YA, it'll fit great. There's a love-triangle that, to me, seemed thrown in there just for the sake of having one. There's sibling rivalry as well as mean girls.
I marked this book as historical fiction, and it kinda is. It's got horse drawn carriages and corsets and a male-dominated world. This world is a lot more so than it was, though, which is part of the historical fiction. And witches is something everyone know's real, because they used to rule the world.
I did like how Dubai was mentioned as a trendsetting and free country. It was an interesting twist.
One thing I didn't like, was how the author kept using the word ''invalid'' in the beginning. The only reason I can forgive it, is because that's the word used for disabled people at that time, but I'm really not a fan of it.
I don't think I'll be continuing on with the series. As I said, the main reason I finished this book was because I couldn't really do much else than listen to audio books int he last 24 hours. If not, and if the book had been any longer, I'd probably have DNFed it.
That said, my chest cold is also the main reason why I finished this book. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it wasn't for me. Honestly, it felt a little like a YA version of [b:Magic Lessons|50892349|Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)|Alice Hoffman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1593355938l/50892349._SX50_.jpg|75786942]. It wasn't really original in any way, but I guess for those that like YA, it'll fit great. There's a love-triangle that, to me, seemed thrown in there just for the sake of having one. There's sibling rivalry as well as mean girls.
I marked this book as historical fiction, and it kinda is. It's got horse drawn carriages and corsets and a male-dominated world. This world is a lot more so than it was, though, which is part of the historical fiction. And witches is something everyone know's real, because they used to rule the world.
I did like how Dubai was mentioned as a trendsetting and free country. It was an interesting twist.
One thing I didn't like, was how the author kept using the word ''invalid'' in the beginning. The only reason I can forgive it, is because that's the word used for disabled people at that time, but I'm really not a fan of it.
I don't think I'll be continuing on with the series. As I said, the main reason I finished this book was because I couldn't really do much else than listen to audio books int he last 24 hours. If not, and if the book had been any longer, I'd probably have DNFed it.