I have two. The Ritual and Drowning.
The Ritual is pure smut. 61 chapters and every one contains a graphic, demeaning sex scene. I’m convinced the author was an adult film screenwriter and decided to try their hand at writing a novel. There isn’t a single likable character in this book.
Drowning isn’t a great work of literature. I felt that the characters were very two-dimensional. I hated how naive the author made the protagonist. It made me have a lack of sympathy for her. The ending was series finale of Dexter bad.
I agree, no idea why you get downvoted. The book was hyped into oblivion and totally failed to deliver for me. Story didnt flow, MC felt like a self-insert, and there are sentences like:
The following is a part of a Goodreads review by Sarah Swanson, which I totally agree with:
Starting with the main event, we have frail young Violet who is SO relatable because she’s SO clumsy and SO bad at things! Simultaneously, she is SO smart (like smarter than everyone) and SO unique that she gets not one, but TWO dragons to bond with her! And of course, they’re both the rarest kind of dragons that exist!!! And naturally, everyone wants her dead for… reasons. But does her life being in danger give her any sense of self control? Absolutely not! She argues with everyone and throws her sass around to both peers and superior officers with little to no consequence. This woman has the survival skills of a fruit fly!! Additionally, her moods go back and forth quicker than an Olympic ping-pong match. First she hates Xaden because he’s a traitor. Then she loves Xaden because she decides to trust him. Then she hates Xaden because he’s a traitor. I’m expecting the cycle will continue in Book 2. Also, she starts off wanting to be a scribe and gets pissed when she’s thrown into the Rider’s Quadrant, then she decides she desperately wants to be a Rider because… because? The decision is given hardly any explanation or emotional weight.
I realise I’m probably reaching here but people with EDS tend to have unusually soft or velvety skin. Incredibly touchable! 🤓
“Flaming hot. Scorching hot. Gets-you-into-trouble-and-you-like-it level of hot.”
And this is about the point where I dropped it. This line just killed any interest I had in continuing.