Scan barcode
A review by thindbooks
The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
4.0
*this arc was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*
This is an amazing debut! It's about a queer trio who want to live a reckless life of their choosing. When it comes to historical books, I'm not a huge fan of it unless it's an adult historical romance. After reading the summary of this one, I knew I had to check it out also the cover is very promising that it would be a great read. I enjoyed most parts of the writing where I really thought the old fashioned type writing was amazing but also very difficult at times to understand. It does give it the historical fiction vibe but for some readers like me, it could be hard to understand or slow. Well for me it wasn't slow as the pacing was great with all conflicts and actions thrown in at the right time. The plot was well structured and very original. This book is written in Asta and Erlend's pov which was hard to figure out as my copy didn't have the narrative names at the top of the chapter.
One of the great factors I enjoyed about this book was that all the main characters were queer and disabled. I have never seen a combination of both in a character in a book and it shows we need more books like this. There are three main characters: Asta, Erlend, and Gunnar who are all different and unique. Each character has an amazing character development and I loved going on a journey with them. There were also some great side characters but not many and I wish there were especially some diverse characters as I thought there will be some in this book. There is LGBTQ+ romance between certain couples but I didn't really enjoy it. It felt a little forced to me. I did enjoy the main character friendship group but the romance was not it.
The ending was well done and expected. This book was overall a great read with a few minor problems. I really enjoyed the queer and disabled characters in this book who weren't that perfect character we always read in books but had a different journey. This book didn't disappoint and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to reading this book. I can't think of any books like this from the top of my head but I can say it's kind of perfect for fans of A Spindle Splintered and Cemetery Boys.
This is an amazing debut! It's about a queer trio who want to live a reckless life of their choosing. When it comes to historical books, I'm not a huge fan of it unless it's an adult historical romance. After reading the summary of this one, I knew I had to check it out also the cover is very promising that it would be a great read. I enjoyed most parts of the writing where I really thought the old fashioned type writing was amazing but also very difficult at times to understand. It does give it the historical fiction vibe but for some readers like me, it could be hard to understand or slow. Well for me it wasn't slow as the pacing was great with all conflicts and actions thrown in at the right time. The plot was well structured and very original. This book is written in Asta and Erlend's pov which was hard to figure out as my copy didn't have the narrative names at the top of the chapter.
One of the great factors I enjoyed about this book was that all the main characters were queer and disabled. I have never seen a combination of both in a character in a book and it shows we need more books like this. There are three main characters: Asta, Erlend, and Gunnar who are all different and unique. Each character has an amazing character development and I loved going on a journey with them. There were also some great side characters but not many and I wish there were especially some diverse characters as I thought there will be some in this book. There is LGBTQ+ romance between certain couples but I didn't really enjoy it. It felt a little forced to me. I did enjoy the main character friendship group but the romance was not it.
The ending was well done and expected. This book was overall a great read with a few minor problems. I really enjoyed the queer and disabled characters in this book who weren't that perfect character we always read in books but had a different journey. This book didn't disappoint and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to reading this book. I can't think of any books like this from the top of my head but I can say it's kind of perfect for fans of A Spindle Splintered and Cemetery Boys.