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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Ok, there’s a lot I have to say.
I hate and love the world building a lot. I mean, I’m a fan of Dune which I would consider one of the most in-depth, well done world building series ever written. So reading this, I can’t help but make critiques. There’s plot holes, a ton of them, but I’ve heard that more of the books closes them up. After 5 books, I still feel like I’ve read nothing. Over these 5 books it has literally spanned a year. Not even. I feel like over 5 books we should have some explanation of something, right? And when they do give us world building scenes, they’re poorly written and aren’t very detailed.
I’m gonna be honest though, I love the Scribe Virgin. I know some people absolutely despise her but I honestly see myself in her a lot. One of my favorite quotes from the book is “She was as she had always been:alone in the midst of the world she’d created”. God, I love that line. It adds a ton of depth to her character, especially over the course of the book with the sacrifice of the song birds. She’s well written, I just think everything else is shit. We barely get anything from the Omega, which is ok because the forelesser was killed last book. Ok. Understandable. Not a huge fan but I can get over it, besides I don’t like reading the lesser POV all that much.
Now the romance. Jane, a smart doctor or whatever is a typical woman. I mean, sure she’s smart and definitely a smart ass, but she has no substance. Mary is my favorite girl so far and I feel like Jane is just Mary in a different font. She has no motivation except for her dead sister and now V. Ugh. Give me something!!!! I hate that the author (A WOMAN) can’t even write a good character who is in fact the same gender as she is!! Like hello!!! You have tons of experience!
There are things I liked about Jane but they mostly have to do with V. I like that she’s open minded. That’s about it. I thought her ending was very weird, I mean, a ghost? Really? Was that the best we could do? Ok sure, I can look over it but at this point I have a whole list of things I’m trying not to think about anymore. I cant even write more about her because she has nothing to offer. I must admit though, the beginning with the ouija board was perfectly written. It was so good, I just wish they had gone a little more in depth with her figuring out his name. Anyway, that’s it for her.
V. An abused smart asshole who is in love with his best friend until Jane shows up. I love V and Butch’s friendship, they would have been cute together. Give us at least one lgbtq+ character PLEASE. And she did. And they didn’t even get together. Nope. V ends up with bland ass Jane. It’s fine.
Anyway. V is kinky as shit. Good for him. I mean, he was all weirded out by himself saying how was a pervert but come on the kink wasn’t even that bad. Bland. Also; he was a terrible dom. He never gave aftercare, or breaks, or even cared at all. I know it ties into his past blah blah blah and Jane is the first to get care from him bUT IT WAS STUPID. GOD I JUST WANT ONE GOOD BDSM SCENE THAT IS WELL WRITTEN AND CORRECT AND NOT SOME WEIRD UNCONSENSUAL/TERRIBLE DOM THING. ITS ALL I ASK FOR. IF YOURE NOT GONNA WRITE A GOOD WOMAN CHARACTER AT LEAST GIVE IS WELL WRITTEN SEX SCENES.
I also am not a huge fan of Phury. I know they’re setting him up for next book but he’s annoying me. I love John Matthew so goddamn much and his relationship with Z is perfect. I also love Blay and Qhuinn. Anyway. Yeah.
That’s all I have for right now considering it’s 2 in the morning and I haven’t slept.
I hate and love the world building a lot. I mean, I’m a fan of Dune which I would consider one of the most in-depth, well done world building series ever written. So reading this, I can’t help but make critiques. There’s plot holes, a ton of them, but I’ve heard that more of the books closes them up. After 5 books, I still feel like I’ve read nothing. Over these 5 books it has literally spanned a year. Not even. I feel like over 5 books we should have some explanation of something, right? And when they do give us world building scenes, they’re poorly written and aren’t very detailed.
I’m gonna be honest though, I love the Scribe Virgin. I know some people absolutely despise her but I honestly see myself in her a lot. One of my favorite quotes from the book is “She was as she had always been:alone in the midst of the world she’d created”. God, I love that line. It adds a ton of depth to her character, especially over the course of the book with the sacrifice of the song birds. She’s well written, I just think everything else is shit. We barely get anything from the Omega, which is ok because the forelesser was killed last book. Ok. Understandable. Not a huge fan but I can get over it, besides I don’t like reading the lesser POV all that much.
Now the romance. Jane, a smart doctor or whatever is a typical woman. I mean, sure she’s smart and definitely a smart ass, but she has no substance. Mary is my favorite girl so far and I feel like Jane is just Mary in a different font. She has no motivation except for her dead sister and now V. Ugh. Give me something!!!! I hate that the author (A WOMAN) can’t even write a good character who is in fact the same gender as she is!! Like hello!!! You have tons of experience!
There are things I liked about Jane but they mostly have to do with V. I like that she’s open minded. That’s about it. I thought her ending was very weird, I mean, a ghost? Really? Was that the best we could do? Ok sure, I can look over it but at this point I have a whole list of things I’m trying not to think about anymore. I cant even write more about her because she has nothing to offer. I must admit though, the beginning with the ouija board was perfectly written. It was so good, I just wish they had gone a little more in depth with her figuring out his name. Anyway, that’s it for her.
V. An abused smart asshole who is in love with his best friend until Jane shows up. I love V and Butch’s friendship, they would have been cute together. Give us at least one lgbtq+ character PLEASE. And she did. And they didn’t even get together. Nope. V ends up with bland ass Jane. It’s fine.
Anyway. V is kinky as shit. Good for him. I mean, he was all weirded out by himself saying how was a pervert but come on the kink wasn’t even that bad. Bland. Also; he was a terrible dom. He never gave aftercare, or breaks, or even cared at all. I know it ties into his past blah blah blah and Jane is the first to get care from him bUT IT WAS STUPID. GOD I JUST WANT ONE GOOD BDSM SCENE THAT IS WELL WRITTEN AND CORRECT AND NOT SOME WEIRD UNCONSENSUAL/TERRIBLE DOM THING. ITS ALL I ASK FOR. IF YOURE NOT GONNA WRITE A GOOD WOMAN CHARACTER AT LEAST GIVE IS WELL WRITTEN SEX SCENES.
I also am not a huge fan of Phury. I know they’re setting him up for next book but he’s annoying me. I love John Matthew so goddamn much and his relationship with Z is perfect. I also love Blay and Qhuinn. Anyway. Yeah.
That’s all I have for right now considering it’s 2 in the morning and I haven’t slept.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
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