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navardareads's review against another edition
I've been trying to make a point of not rating my DNF books this year, but I feel like this one needs some recognition.
At 46% this was a messy, chaotic, and poorly written dumpster fire. I won't go into details (in case someone wants to read it anyway) but the writing it's self gave me the ick far more than the content. The content on the other hand felt like it was written for shock factor and virtually nothing else.
Wanting to give it the benefit of the doubt, and assuming I was being too harsh and potentially missing something, I popped online... only to find we have an author behaving badly. From being petty and using a negative review to promote their book in a tasteless way (IE mean girl level of pettiness and shade throwing to the reader), to bullying reviewers in comment sections... yeah no, that solidified my choice to DNF, and never read one of Shores books again.
I understand an author defending their book
They have the right to feel angry or upset about negative reviews. But readers also have the right to feel negatively about a book WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THEN BEING PUT ON FUCKING BLAST BY THE AUTHOR FOR THEIR LEGITIMATE AND FAIR REVIEW.
At 46% this was a messy, chaotic, and poorly written dumpster fire. I won't go into details (in case someone wants to read it anyway) but the writing it's self gave me the ick far more than the content. The content on the other hand felt like it was written for shock factor and virtually nothing else.
Wanting to give it the benefit of the doubt, and assuming I was being too harsh and potentially missing something, I popped online... only to find we have an author behaving badly. From being petty and using a negative review to promote their book in a tasteless way (IE mean girl level of pettiness and shade throwing to the reader), to bullying reviewers in comment sections... yeah no, that solidified my choice to DNF, and never read one of Shores books again.
I understand an author defending their book
They have the right to feel angry or upset about negative reviews. But readers also have the right to feel negatively about a book WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THEN BEING PUT ON FUCKING BLAST BY THE AUTHOR FOR THEIR LEGITIMATE AND FAIR REVIEW.
djbrinsky's review against another edition
Super sexual without any build up. Characters make no sense.
dana_yamaguchi's review against another edition
2.0
“More than my Queen, Quintessa.
The fire of my heart. And it’s beat.
You are my lust and love.
They called you gray and cold and numb, little better than the dead.
But to me, you burn bright enough to make all the stars of the heavens envious.
You are the monstress in my blood... always.”
-Drago
emilyyyread's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jolan89's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
wicked_bibliophile's review against another edition
First 30% awesome book! Then those sex scenes started to become annoying and childish. Can't do it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content