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A review by _winterwriter
The High Mountain Court by A.K. Mulford
1.0
Guys... this is literally a knock off of ACOTAR. Like, I can point out so many scenes that are as close to replicas of SJM's book while barely avoiding plagiarism. Hale and Remy are just cheaper and less interesting versions of Rhys and Feyre.
I get it. There's no such thing as an original story, just new ways of telling it. This was just blatant mirroring. Choppy writing really had me struggling early on (to the point I figured I was going to throw another book in the DNF pile). However, I had heard good things about this being a good fantasy romance with diversity (because we don't see enough of that in the fantasy world). Except that also fell flat--the characters felt forced and had no personality, we are only a few chapters in and suddenly everyone is buddies, and there is still this wishy-washy behavior between our MCs which had me wanting to pull out my hair.
I wish I wasn't so disappointed because I would love to have a fantasy story with good representation and strong women. I mean, I loved ACOTAR and was excited to get a book that people compared to the series... I was not expecting to basically read the exact same book down to specific scenes.
I get it. There's no such thing as an original story, just new ways of telling it. This was just blatant mirroring. Choppy writing really had me struggling early on (to the point I figured I was going to throw another book in the DNF pile). However, I had heard good things about this being a good fantasy romance with diversity (because we don't see enough of that in the fantasy world). Except that also fell flat--the characters felt forced and had no personality, we are only a few chapters in and suddenly everyone is buddies, and there is still this wishy-washy behavior between our MCs which had me wanting to pull out my hair.
I wish I wasn't so disappointed because I would love to have a fantasy story with good representation and strong women. I mean, I loved ACOTAR and was excited to get a book that people compared to the series... I was not expecting to basically read the exact same book down to specific scenes.