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pagesinthedunes's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Fun, silly, adventure romance set in the Amazon. Miri the Archeologist is trying to prove herself and meets up with Rafa, a magazine journalist with secrets. She’s klutzy, dorky, and smart, while he’s brooding, worldly, and handsome. However, he does give her the nickname Pringles and uses it frequently. Rafa is half Indigenous Brazilian and Miri seems to be white. Lots of swinging from vines, getting muddy and caught in the rain, patching each other up, and close proximity shenanigans.
Content Warnings
Minor: Violence and Death of parent
The mother of the male character died before he can remember. Mild bad guy punching, threatening with a knife and a gun, sort of stuff.vinreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Raiders of the Lost Heart was the first book I read in 2024, and really hyped me up for the other books I read in the months following. I stand by the belief that the first book you read in a year sets the tone for the rest of your bookish year to come. And if that's really true, I'm screwed.
I was so excited when I found this in my B&N early. I wasn't about to open my loud mouth and tell the workers they put the book out a week to early, no sir! I should've. I was skeptical in the first place when I heard Segura's sophomore book would have nothing to do with Corrie and Ford, whom I loved. A lot of people had negative feelings about them as well, due to Ford setting out to sabotage Corrie after all they'd been through together in school. Yes, I thought Ford's underhanded tactic of dating the daughter of the man who could get him places, the man who was going to offer Corrie big things until Ford came along and swooped in and took from her the lead in the expedition where Corrie was definitely more educated was shitty, but Ford changed throughout the book. He fell for Corrie over time, and felt guilty about what he did to her. He came clean, and Corrie was rightfully mad, but he showed that he was sorry, and he kinda had a reason for being the way he was. I'm sorry, but if my mother had cancer, I'd be doing whatever I could to pay her hospital bills too!
Rafael?? He fucked with Miriam's expedition because his daddy told him to. Wah wah, I'm a grown ass man who can't think for himself. I'm supposed to feel sorry for that man? And when he feels guilty about all this but then goes, welp, guess I have no choice but to continue fucking with her dig and put everyone in danger while we're at it! Fuck that noise, honestly.
There's a million things I could nitpick about this book, too. I don't care for insta-lust, the re-using the same villain for the second book was really unoriginal. The name Rafael calls her during sex? Get outta here. The fact that the epilogue in ROTLH teased Corrie and Ford's next adventure only for it to be about Miriam? Miriam, who spends the entire book asking what would Corrie Mejia do? (WWCMD?) and then proceeding to make the stupidest goddamn decisions, endangering her crew, and then crying when her crew decides to leave. The antagonists were ruthless to her, and I kinda think they were right. She can't do this shit. She was an assistant on many digs, but never a lead, and when she suddenly gets thrust into a solo lead position, she crumbles. She doesn't grow as a person, she lets Rafael walk all over her and turn her into even more of a bumbling fool, and I'm supposed to believe that that's a forgiveable offense and she's actually in love with him after two months of forced proximity? Nah, I'm good.
If anyone needs me I'll be crying into my special edition sprayed edges signed copy of ROTLH and wondering why we couldn't have just had a Corrie and Ford sequel.
I was so excited when I found this in my B&N early. I wasn't about to open my loud mouth and tell the workers they put the book out a week to early, no sir! I should've. I was skeptical in the first place when I heard Segura's sophomore book would have nothing to do with Corrie and Ford, whom I loved. A lot of people had negative feelings about them as well, due to Ford setting out to sabotage Corrie after all they'd been through together in school. Yes, I thought Ford's underhanded tactic of dating the daughter of the man who could get him places, the man who was going to offer Corrie big things until Ford came along and swooped in and took from her the lead in the expedition where Corrie was definitely more educated was shitty, but Ford changed throughout the book. He fell for Corrie over time, and felt guilty about what he did to her. He came clean, and Corrie was rightfully mad, but he showed that he was sorry, and he kinda had a reason for being the way he was. I'm sorry, but if my mother had cancer, I'd be doing whatever I could to pay her hospital bills too!
Rafael?? He fucked with Miriam's expedition because his daddy told him to. Wah wah, I'm a grown ass man who can't think for himself. I'm supposed to feel sorry for that man? And when he feels guilty about all this but then goes, welp, guess I have no choice but to continue fucking with her dig and put everyone in danger while we're at it! Fuck that noise, honestly.
There's a million things I could nitpick about this book, too. I don't care for insta-lust, the re-using the same villain for the second book was really unoriginal. The name Rafael calls her during sex? Get outta here. The fact that the epilogue in ROTLH teased Corrie and Ford's next adventure only for it to be about Miriam? Miriam, who spends the entire book asking what would Corrie Mejia do? (WWCMD?) and then proceeding to make the stupidest goddamn decisions, endangering her crew, and then crying when her crew decides to leave. The antagonists were ruthless to her, and I kinda think they were right. She can't do this shit. She was an assistant on many digs, but never a lead, and when she suddenly gets thrust into a solo lead position, she crumbles. She doesn't grow as a person, she lets Rafael walk all over her and turn her into even more of a bumbling fool, and I'm supposed to believe that that's a forgiveable offense and she's actually in love with him after two months of forced proximity? Nah, I'm good.
If anyone needs me I'll be crying into my special edition sprayed edges signed copy of ROTLH and wondering why we couldn't have just had a Corrie and Ford sequel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent