I kept seeing people talk about The Fourth Wing everywhere, and I decided that if I came across it at some point that I’d just see what all the fuss was about.
I was browsing Libby recently for audiobooks available now, and I saw what I thought I had remembered was the title. What I ended up checking out was called The Four Winds. I thought, great, this will be fine to listen to while I do chores and I can evaluate it for myself.
A couple hours in, I was like, wait a minute? Weren’t there supposed to be dragons in this? I don’t see how dragons will show up in Dust Bowl-era Texas. I realized my mistake, but I was invested at this point and ended up really liking the book.
Has something like this happened to you? What were the books and the outcome?
I don’t know if this counts but I bought a book once and turns out the publisher messed up and the first chapter was a completely different novel than the cover said. I went back to the bookstore and they were like, “oh, you want to exchange this one for the book on the cover?” I said, “no because I started reading this one and want to finish THIS story now”. Anyway, it got super complicated after that. I never did find the rest of that mystery novel. I can barely remember the title of the original. Something something winter? If anyone figures it out let me know.