dpearson5257's reviews
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DNF @ 14%
Well that was short lived. 
This is not a long story but even within the first 2 chapters it’s just very odd and the writing is a bit choppy and disjointed. There’s no true depth to the character (I only met 1) and I get she’s a young adult in her 20’s, trying to figure things out for herself and her career but it felt less story and more cartoon show. Like 2 min in this scene with this conversation. 2 min of this character pondering. There was no flow. 

And the other character I did meet, I assume is a higher up in the work chain but dude was annoying and all he did was send 2 emails🤣🤣 

Hopefully the next buddy read will be better😅

This book has some magic sprinkled in it. I really enjoyed this and will be looking at the authors backlist. There’s quite a bit to pull apart. There’s a blended family, struggling with depression in kids, loss of loved ones, strong family/cultural ties and some history tidbits regarding a certain Native community in Washington, processing difficult decisions. So much that was done so well!!! 
Highly recommend!

This was so freaking good!!! Did I order the physical book bundle on Etsy…sure freaking did! Cant wait to read book 2!

So Im not a huge vamp girly but these characters I really didn’t mind too much. They were still mysterious and had likeable qualities, less annoying and creepy. But the world and magic system is really really cool! Can’t wait for me🥹

Interesting start, definitely enjoyed the writing and story telling more in a full length novel than Nnedi’s novellas. This definitely reads younger ya but I still enjoyed it. 

I was enjoying this until chapter 9 and I just couldn’t read past it. She is this well versed, well spoken, highly intelligent wildlife ecologist and just how she describes her infidelity just comes off as heartless and “I’ll just deal with the consequences when she gets back home”, mentality. And I just didn’t care to find out how that conversation went nor the rest of the story.

I’m so happy I continued this series. It may be a new favorite FanRo series with a political subplot, which hello who am I! This story just continues right where we left off in book 1. We’re building and building more with plot and the characters. I felt there was a good continuation and little pause for fillers. And again a cliffhanger that just keeps the ball rolling. 

Ummm

I need to come back with more thoughts. This initially started off on like a intriguing 4⭐️ and then something happened and then more silly ish happened and I had a couple more chapters and just gave up caring all together lol

Spoilers⬇️

- ok so overall if you’re looking for a medium paced romantic fantasy with a political foundation, this is for you 100%
- this is completely an underdog story, there is some violence/abuse ⚠️ underaged whippings
- arranged marriage trope
- what was long was the actual leaving of the damn castle! We spent 40% building up to this marriage for political gain, the consummation and then we finally left to go to the new land and I honestly thought I would really enjoy the mean old new hubby (can’t even remember his name) but then his character arc just plummeted expeditiously lol
- then there’s this Kings guard old friend person who has no back bone and is kind of dweeby and tries to tell the King hubby that that’s his lady🥴🤣 he tried I guess

Then we get to the dragons which I thought was a really interesting portion of this story…:until the giant fire breathing lizard birthed a human baby🤣🤣🤣 she lost me completely!

The last 30% if this story felt completely rushed. Kings Guard dude received word that a dragon killed this girl then he brings the Royal court to the King Hubby’s front gate. Just for the King Hubby to tell them oh we found her she’s actually not dead at all. Kings Gaurd doesn’t believe him. Then she WALKS OUT as proof and says I’m right here🤣 Kings Gaurd’s response “oh he wasn’t lying!”

Whaaaatttttt that’s it! You done marched the goon squad across the forest into someone else land just to say ahhhh he spoke some truth🤣 theeeeen the mens go to their warrior tent to talk about lord knows what(I started speeding thru at this point because I have no shits), and then the story ended lol 

That’s it. That’s the story. 2-3 decent smut scenes, 2 guys that are trying to see whose pickle is bigger. And a FMC whose character arc plummeted lol