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A review by a_chickletz
Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat
2.0
review to come later... meh
EDIT:
So, I read the first two books. I slogged through them, I originally enjoyed them... and it went downhill and fast.
I ... I don't know what to say about this series, this book in particular. I think the problem is that for it being a romance in a fantasy world, there is the slight fact that the world is REALLY crazy. I mean, what is this alternate universe historical? Fantasy? We'll just have to go with the both of those options.
Why can't the series with two people of the same sex be treated to a world that is somewhat... idk, normal. When I mean normal, I mean normal in the sense that there is no pedophilia, no overly abundance of nakedness, people using people left and right as sex slaves. If this is what the author intended for this series, consider me not a fan.
I also did not care for the lack of reason between the two main characters. Their love for one another boiled down to it being that they found one another hot. That's pretty much it. If I fell in love with someone who killed my sister, I'd be looking for the first way of throwing him (or her, if we're going to flip gazes here) in jail for the mere fact of killing my sister. But nope, it came down to they just fell in love with one another because they were hot.
I feel like there was a story in there, and I feel like there are interesting characters, but their basis and the world they inhabited was not one I was all for and that's my problem for the series. I have a couple other m/m books lined up with a fantasy/historical setting. Maybe that will make me forget about this series.
Again, if you enjoy it, great. I'm just sad that my first introduction to something I was excited to read ended up being meh. I want more, but not like this. For sure.
EDIT:
So, I read the first two books. I slogged through them, I originally enjoyed them... and it went downhill and fast.
I ... I don't know what to say about this series, this book in particular. I think the problem is that for it being a romance in a fantasy world, there is the slight fact that the world is REALLY crazy. I mean, what is this alternate universe historical? Fantasy? We'll just have to go with the both of those options.
Why can't the series with two people of the same sex be treated to a world that is somewhat... idk, normal. When I mean normal, I mean normal in the sense that there is no pedophilia, no overly abundance of nakedness, people using people left and right as sex slaves. If this is what the author intended for this series, consider me not a fan.
I also did not care for the lack of reason between the two main characters. Their love for one another boiled down to it being that they found one another hot. That's pretty much it. If I fell in love with someone who killed my sister, I'd be looking for the first way of throwing him (or her, if we're going to flip gazes here) in jail for the mere fact of killing my sister. But nope, it came down to they just fell in love with one another because they were hot.
I feel like there was a story in there, and I feel like there are interesting characters, but their basis and the world they inhabited was not one I was all for and that's my problem for the series. I have a couple other m/m books lined up with a fantasy/historical setting. Maybe that will make me forget about this series.
Again, if you enjoy it, great. I'm just sad that my first introduction to something I was excited to read ended up being meh. I want more, but not like this. For sure.