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A review by marysimii
Counterpart by Ella Pyne
Did not finish book. Stopped at 54%.
I really liked it for about 5-10% but after the LI was introduced I feel like things just started to go awry.
She has this strange attraction which I found odd, and I didn't like how random it was but I let that slide. I really enjoyed their interactions together and honestly like the romance it's just Leda. Leda is the PROBLEM.
She kept picking fights with him for NO REASON. And then she'd look back on the fight and be like 'I can't believe we had that fight 😢' WDYM WE??? It was just YOU🫵🏾.
There's this scene near the 50% mark where she gets whipped half to death. While tended to her wounds he finds out that she's taking something that isn't too good and decideds to consult with Royal medic and get her to wean of that substance since it will 'kill her by 30' he tells her about this when she wakes up and she's angry, and starts going on about how he's 'babying her' and tells him to stop.
I didn't think any of his actions were babying, but even if I did, the writer didn't have any build up to this- in the first 50% she never talks about him babying her but then has a whole Thing out of nowhere.
That's not even the most egregious one. Right before that one she says this in response to him asking how long she's been using this substance:
She has this strange attraction which I found odd, and I didn't like how random it was but I let that slide. I really enjoyed their interactions together and honestly like the romance it's just Leda. Leda is the PROBLEM.
She kept picking fights with him for NO REASON. And then she'd look back on the fight and be like 'I can't believe we had that fight 😢' WDYM WE??? It was just YOU🫵🏾.
There's this scene near the 50% mark where she gets whipped half to death. While tended to her wounds he finds out that she's taking something that isn't too good and decideds to consult with Royal medic and get her to wean of that substance since it will 'kill her by 30' he tells her about this when she wakes up and she's angry, and starts going on about how he's 'babying her' and tells him to stop.
I didn't think any of his actions were babying, but even if I did, the writer didn't have any build up to this- in the first 50% she never talks about him babying her but then has a whole Thing out of nowhere.
That's not even the most egregious one. Right before that one she says this in response to him asking how long she's been using this substance:
"So the royal tutor is curious, is he? I'm surprised you weren't able to tell immediately from the shape of my eyeballs or the length of my hair given your extensive studies." He didn't rise to her bait, and she couldn't help but be grudgingly impressed by his self-control.
'Bait'.So she's doing this on purpose.
But what is she trying to accomplish? What do you get out of making your ONLY FRIEND angry. The person who saved from being burnt to death. The person who goes out of his way to help you. The person who helps you read when it's forbidden for you to do so. The person who is tending to your wounds. WHY?
And she doesn't think anything of it, nothing.
Dropped this shi at 54%
I want my £4 back 😭