A review by joygarcialim
A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The narrative and prose are enchanting, the characters were well constructed and the first 3/5th of the plot was really good, well on its way to a 5 star rating. However, whatever happened on the last 2/5th seemed kind of disjointed, rushed and unfleshed out and my enjoyment radically declined.

Here are two main characters who were really likeable(maybe not if they were actual people, but the actual character writing is immaculate). The psyche/mentality of these characters, motivations and personality are all extremely coherent with each other and consistent character writing is such a delight, so thank you to the author.

The romance between the two MCs
reached a conflict
, and it seemed glossed over without
any proper conflict resolution other than the characters being way too obsessed with each other.
It would have been a lot more engaging if they
didn't just looked at each other and decided that a fight wasn't worth it.

The author did not give this subplot of having this colonisation stuff going a lot of attention, so it did not resolve itself well imo and also somehow resolved itself without any proper conclusion?? Also there really wasn't any updates on Niahm's friend that was talked about in the beginning, she just kinda MIA-ed and wasn't written about much after, like the author kinda forgot that Niahm has a friend.
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