I did a class in gothic lit before and you aren’t wrong though Dracula is still a great read for me even if I found the other books to be a bit dull for my preferences I did learn a lot in that class.

I also remember reading a book about a Pope and it dealt with rape during that time that was terrifying when you consider home old the book was before the sexual harassments of the church came out.

Why do people read historical fiction if they don’t like it? I read fantasy romance/romance and you’d think some people were expecting epic fantasy from it and that’s not how it works.

I keep arguing against this because I work with AI and it tends to focus on a formal language model and wouldn’t spit out that many grammatical errors. It’s very much human written when you consider where AI is in terms of delivering realistic work.

I also have several prompts prepped for writing out technical analysis and have tried some for fantasy and fictional stories it just doesn’t work yet.

It was supposed to be two books and her editor said “it’s one” like how do you read the first manuscript of it and decide that when it’s clear the story is split into parts. They could have spent time fleshing out the second story and then built out the other one for book 3. Instead she has to info dump in the last 100 pages, which was weird because it messes up the pacing.

This book should not be aimed at the teen market with some of it’s scenes, but young adult for sure…over 18 for sure. I could see a parent letting their 14 year old read this and instantly regret it, but then again I’ve seen parents let their kid read Colleen Hoover books.

I literally loved it because it was an easy read. I’m not critiquing this from a literary stand point when I’m reading it and it’s not going to be the fantasy read of the century it however has made for some theorizing and internet memes and I appreciate that.

I disagree 20 year olds can definitely act like that. How old are you? Because if you’re older than the age range of characters you’re probably disassociated from how stupid and devolving relationships can be in your 20’s.

With that said this suffered a lack of editing for sure. I like the story and plot, but I’ve also read enough fan fiction to know this is not close to wattpad style writing. The colloquial used is very Gen Z and perhaps that’s the fault of RY hearing a lot of the vernacular while writing.

In terms of the overall plot it’s a borrowed rehashing of stories we’ve heard before which isn’t unusual in the fantasy realm.

This is also her first foray into fantasy romance so you have to consider that and the audience. Overall you may have hated it, but in turn I also hated things like 50 Shades of Grey the overall objective of publishers isn’t always to deliver literary masterpieces, but to get something that will appeal to a generally large audience.

I don’t think it’s a 5 star book, but also not a 1 star book and I’ve generally enjoyed hearing people theorize over it.