Letscelebratethedrama's Reviews
All the reviews Letscelebratethedrama has submitted for authors' ARC books.
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ARC REVIEW through PenPinery I couldn't get into this book. I liked that the beginning of the book started with a letter as a way of explaining what had happened in the previous book. However, I didn't read the previous book, that's on me although as far as I'm aware it wasn't a requirement, and so the letter explained absolutely nothing to me. I had no idea what was going on based on that letter. The dialogue feels, as far as I've read it, clunky and unnatural. The non-dialogue parts of the book are often much better although it does rely on a lot of info dumping (i.e. name dropping) and I found it hard to keep track of who is of and who is on which side etc. etc. The swearing in the dialogue also takes me out of the story. As far as I'm aware, this is not a contemporary story, so why are we swearing like it is? I really wanted to like this because the premise and the setting is right up my street, and also, it is an ARC - so I wanted to give it a real good try. But unfortunately, it wasn't for me. At 31% it was strongly heading into the insta-love/lust trope (because the MC's haven't actually spend that much time on paper together yet, so for the time they are together it IS insta) and I'm a slow burn girlie through and through. |
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“Empty is not dead.”
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Spoiler content – click to revealARC REVIEW through Pen Pinery. The writing is very descriptive (although the ARC is seriously lacking some comma's) and while it's nice in a way, it doesn't make it an easy read. I notice myself having to reread passages a lot because the writing didn't stick. And this might be on me, but I don't really care for / about fireflies so that part of the story is kinda wasted on me. There is a lot of exposition in this book and too little dialogue to make a real connection with the MC's. Their relation also does not really feel based..? I have too little to go on to feel their connection. The sexual scenes aren't bad, but -again, and I know I'm repeating myself here- are lacking dialogue for me to get immersed. I've truly never read a fictional book with less dialogue. This book really isn't that long and yet it feels endless. It is marketed as a slow burn but for a slow burn you need (at least in my book) yearning. There is no yearning. And the firefly storyline? It kinda fizzles out halfway through the story and we don't really get answers on who did it, why, how, who kidnapped her and why, and what was all this for? I gotta be honest, the only reason I finished this book is because it's an ARC, my first one ever, and I want to honour writing a review but this book unfortunately wasn't for me. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just not what I like in my books. I therefore give it a 3 star rating because I'm sure it will be up on other people's streets and I want them to find this book. |