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kim03's review against another edition
4.0
This book didn't need to make me this emotional ✋😭-
Still don't know who is taller. Both look down and up on the other? So.
Still don't know who is taller. Both look down and up on the other? So.
katieandrews658's review against another edition
challenging
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, and Suicide attempt
rosewelsh's review
2.0
This is a short supernatural tale if you're in the mood for that this holiday season!
For me, the writing wasn't to the level I would normally enjoy, but that's a personal thing. The author chooses to write in a way that is wonderfully accessible, but she uses a lot of adverbs to start sentences. Normally that's not a thing that would bother me, but it happens a lot, enough to be noticeable. The author also tends to write super short sentences which feel somehow out of place coupled with the sexually charged comments passed back and forth. Some sentences would have this evocative, romantic language partnered with short two or three-word sentences which made the pacing feel off the whole time. This is a novella more than anything so I can forgive quite a bit but the whole plot of this book moved far too quickly for me to feel connected with either of the characters. They go from basic strangers to sharing an apartment within fifteen pages and I am much more of a medium to slow-burn kinda gal, so that wasn't for me, but again that entirely depends on personal preference. The plot is odd because there's basically no tension at all aside from a random family situation that pops up out of nowhere to add a bit of drama, and it felt entirely out of place and something only included to give the book some aspect of stress.
I enjoyed this for the Winter Solstice/Supernatural/Fantasy aspect, which I thought was done well enough. The characters were interesting enough; they just didn't have enough time to develop. If this book was a bit longer I think I would have enjoyed learning more about the characters' motivations more rather than being explicitly told this is why they act like this and this is what they are thinking at all times.
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For me, the writing wasn't to the level I would normally enjoy, but that's a personal thing. The author chooses to write in a way that is wonderfully accessible, but she uses a lot of adverbs to start sentences. Normally that's not a thing that would bother me, but it happens a lot, enough to be noticeable. The author also tends to write super short sentences which feel somehow out of place coupled with the sexually charged comments passed back and forth. Some sentences would have this evocative, romantic language partnered with short two or three-word sentences which made the pacing feel off the whole time. This is a novella more than anything so I can forgive quite a bit but the whole plot of this book moved far too quickly for me to feel connected with either of the characters. They go from basic strangers to sharing an apartment within fifteen pages and I am much more of a medium to slow-burn kinda gal, so that wasn't for me, but again that entirely depends on personal preference. The plot is odd because there's basically no tension at all aside from a random family situation that pops up out of nowhere to add a bit of drama, and it felt entirely out of place and something only included to give the book some aspect of stress.
I enjoyed this for the Winter Solstice/Supernatural/Fantasy aspect, which I thought was done well enough. The characters were interesting enough; they just didn't have enough time to develop. If this book was a bit longer I think I would have enjoyed learning more about the characters' motivations more rather than being explicitly told this is why they act like this and this is what they are thinking at all times.
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lottpoet's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Child abuse
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