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Glow by Raven Kennedy
3.0
This book took me 25 days to finish, which is borderline unheard of for me. I normally take a week, max... this, I genuinely debated DNFing at the 76% mark because it just felt so ... dry.
It was a lot of prologue of Slade's childhood, which was great but felt misplaced. This is the 4th book in a 6 book series, and the prologue for him is happening now?
Osrik and Rissa's POV felt misplaced as well, I did not give a single care in the world during their chapters. I had books worth building up for Slade and Auren, and their "enemies to lovers" felt more like instalust because it was a five-page timespan of 5 pages.
I understood the premise of working through Auren's trauma and showing the juxtaposition how Slade is so amazing with all birds and how he's always cared for them and then Auren's nickname as Goldfinch. I enjoyed the last 90% of the book especially with the tension and Slade and Auren and the cliffhanger was a really good one.
Overall though, this book dragged. I'll still pick up the next book, but it wasn't nearly as captivating and consuming as Gleam.
It was a lot of prologue of Slade's childhood, which was great but felt misplaced. This is the 4th book in a 6 book series, and the prologue for him is happening now?
Osrik and Rissa's POV felt misplaced as well, I did not give a single care in the world during their chapters. I had books worth building up for Slade and Auren, and their "enemies to lovers" felt more like instalust because it was a five-page timespan of 5 pages.
I understood the premise of working through Auren's trauma and showing the juxtaposition how Slade is so amazing with all birds and how he's always cared for them and then Auren's nickname as Goldfinch. I enjoyed the last 90% of the book especially with the tension and Slade and Auren and the cliffhanger was a really good one.
Overall though, this book dragged. I'll still pick up the next book, but it wasn't nearly as captivating and consuming as Gleam.