A review by seilahuh
Mistlefoe: A Mead Realm Tale by Kimberly Lemming

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

1.5

there are people who will love this. as for me, it all just read boring, and the anachronisms were really weird rather than funny. also whatever good abt the story i could've possibly found became nil after dealing with yet another boring, sexist trope when one of the meagre three female characters (including the fmc) was written as a jealous, conniving jilted lover of the mmc who's got it out for the fmc. i am not a fan of #notlikeothergirls writing, it's not 2014. i just can't find the romance, or eroticism in positioning these female characters in opposition and making the mmc choose between them nor could i really find it similarly in his own existence in opposition to regular men or demons 'who wouldn't center the fmc's pleasure'. lucca is a flat character tbh, and yes it is a novella with limited space for proper characterization, but ik more about the fmc and her father than i do him. again, someone will love this story, but it is not me 🙏🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

okay in my warnings where i list sexual harrssment, i place it here cause there's an instance where a demon is hunting the fmc to try and win a sexual favor, but it's very unwanted and feels weird, so that might trigger other people. it certainly didn't make me feel nice even if it was skipped over.