Quite honestly I can’t stand only a few books that I’ve read, recently The Awakening by Nora Roberts.
Holy crap, do I reallllyyyyy want my money back. I was bored. So. Bored. The magic system was subpar, the characters just….ew, everything was so, so boring. The MC is an idiot.
What book is a zero star read for you?
From Ash and Blood. It felt like fanfic written by some teenager. My first and only DNF book because of how god awful the writing and names were (e.g. Masadonia was the laziest name ever as it obviously came from the very real Macedonia; Tawny Lion is one of many stupid names; random things like “Rite” or “Blessing” were capitalized to create the impression of importance or ritual but is are adequately explained or justified….)
Agreed, so terrible. I honestly can’t believe so many people like her books. And Casteel is disgusting, everything he says makes me want to gag
Agreed, so terrible. I honestly can’t believe so many people like her books. And Casteel is disgusting, everything he says makes me want to gag
This book won the Goodreads Choice Award under the Romance category so I checked it out. I ended the book pissed at the predictable plot and the creepy male lead who doesn’t seem to know the meaning of consent. It was my first read of 2021 too so I was extra bitter.
This book won the Goodreads Choice Award under the Romance category so I checked it out. I ended the book pissed at the predictable plot and the creepy male lead who doesn’t seem to know the meaning of consent. It was my first read of 2021 too so I was extra bitter.
I haven’t read that one yet but there are honestly so many badly written books in the fantasy romance category, somehow so many badly written ones end up popular?! I recently tried a few of Scarlett St Clair’s books and DNF, they were that bad (King of Battle and Blood was especially painful to read). There are some really excellent authors (eg Illona Andrews) too though. I love the genre but you really have to weed though to find the good ones.
I started listening to it on audiobook and I quit after about 20 minutes. It was all gibberish and then I saw the audiobook was like 18 hours long and I decided not to waste that much of my life.
I haven’t read that one yet but there are honestly so many badly written books in the fantasy romance category, somehow so many badly written ones end up popular?! I recently tried a few of Scarlett St Clair’s books and DNF, they were that bad (King of Battle and Blood was especially painful to read). There are some really excellent authors (eg Illona Andrews) too though. I love the genre but you really have to weed though to find the good ones.
I started listening to it on audiobook and I quit after about 20 minutes. It was all gibberish and then I saw the audiobook was like 18 hours long and I decided not to waste that much of my life.
This entire series also revolves around vampires that she never calls vampires, just Atlantians. Which are also a thing. So she did not invent a new name for vampires either.
i HATED this book. one of my only DNF ever. after the 100th “bloody ribbons” my brain was melting.