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A review by breezie_reads
The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
This book just didn't do it for me. I was bored and uninterested. I managed to get to chapter 16, but trying to read chapter 16 was my breaking point. I couldn't read any more of it without getting annoyed, and it was mostly just because I was somewhere between bored and disappointed. Disappointed because I did genuinely want to enjoy this, but the writing style just wasn't for me, I'm not a romantasy fan, and the cliches that riddled this book were all over-used and in my opinion poorly executed.
The characters themselves were what started to aggravate me because they weren't well written. They were flat and not fleshed out in the world or in their interactions. Darmik especially was so contradictory he might as well have been two separate characters. And let's not forget about Rema, the golden child who is so different and strong and stubborn, and let's not forget she's the only person in the entire island with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Which then leads me into the world building, because that was also something that I tried to look past and just couldn't. It didn't make any sense. Maybe I would have understood more if I had actually finished the book, but based on the reviews of people who had finished the book, it doesn't get any more fleshed out. Why are people tattooed? Why is no one allowed to travel? What's the history, and why, if the royal family was blonde with blue eyes, did no one think to put two and two together and think "oh maybe that girl who's the only person on the island with blonde hair and blue eyes is related to the royal family in some way."
I didn't pay money for this book because I got it during one of those Stuff Your Kindle Day sales, and I'm so glad I didn't waste even $1 on this. Note to self for the future: just stay away from romantasy, because it will disappoint.
The characters themselves were what started to aggravate me because they weren't well written. They were flat and not fleshed out in the world or in their interactions. Darmik especially was so contradictory he might as well have been two separate characters. And let's not forget about Rema, the golden child who is so different and strong and stubborn, and let's not forget she's the only person in the entire island with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Which then leads me into the world building, because that was also something that I tried to look past and just couldn't. It didn't make any sense. Maybe I would have understood more if I had actually finished the book, but based on the reviews of people who had finished the book, it doesn't get any more fleshed out. Why are people tattooed? Why is no one allowed to travel? What's the history, and why, if the royal family was blonde with blue eyes, did no one think to put two and two together and think "oh maybe that girl who's the only person on the island with blonde hair and blue eyes is related to the royal family in some way."
I didn't pay money for this book because I got it during one of those Stuff Your Kindle Day sales, and I'm so glad I didn't waste even $1 on this. Note to self for the future: just stay away from romantasy, because it will disappoint.