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?
A good 15 years ago, one of my friends had read a book and recommended it to me. I believe it was called Nicholas Flamel, probably featuring the namesake as protagonist. Either way, I forgot the name and instead bought Artemis Fowl, thinking it was the book I was recommended. I quickly learnt that it was not, but I also quickly started waiting for the next book in the series.