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A review by mollstothewall
God of War by Rina Kent
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
2.5
”Oh, the drama,” I deadpan.
This stopped making sense to me about 60% in.
Even with her Barbie sparkle✨ and manic💥 episodes to spice things up, Ava was a simpering doormat through and through. Authors, I beg you, quit doing this shit to your leading ladies.
I just didn’t find it engaging after a certain point. Look, did Eli even like her? I mean, actually like her. He wanted to own her, sure. Control her? Absolutely. Like her? Highly debatable. He kept pushing her away and she kept crawling back to him on her hands and knees with such utter desperation, it made me cringe. Reading about her disappointment every single time Eli rejected her again made her seem naive and dimwitted. Sure, she’s a cello prodigy, but her IQ is 42 on a good day. I very quickly started to lose interest in her, and I always think it’s sad when a book leaves you so disconnected you stop rooting for the main characters.
I wanted more groveling, suffering, and torment for Eli and we got absolutely none of it.
This stopped making sense to me about 60% in.
Even with her Barbie sparkle✨ and manic💥 episodes to spice things up, Ava was a simpering doormat through and through. Authors, I beg you, quit doing this shit to your leading ladies.
I just didn’t find it engaging after a certain point. Look, did Eli even like her? I mean, actually like her. He wanted to own her, sure. Control her? Absolutely. Like her? Highly debatable. He kept pushing her away and she kept crawling back to him on her hands and knees with such utter desperation, it made me cringe. Reading about her disappointment every single time Eli rejected her again made her seem naive and dimwitted. Sure, she’s a cello prodigy, but her IQ is 42 on a good day. I very quickly started to lose interest in her, and I always think it’s sad when a book leaves you so disconnected you stop rooting for the main characters.
I wanted more groveling, suffering, and torment for Eli and we got absolutely none of it.