A review by aichaa
Broken Bonds by J. Bree

fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

the guys are annoying, uninteresting little bitches. gabe is always whining, nox needs xanax and north acts like he’s oli’s father AND parole officer. what about all that is sexy or exciting or fun?

there’s also the lack of world building. oli says something about the “human world” but we don’t get to know how that world and the world of the gifted divide. is it a shadowhunters thing where they live among people but like, hidden? or is it more of like another realm or something? oli also says “jesus christ” sometimes but we don’t know if there’s a belief system for the gifted.

i mean, this world building thing would be whatever to me if i liked the characters and the romance, and if i had fun. but i didn’t.

and this whole bond thing is so weird. they’re, like, biologically meant to be with specific people so they can strengthen their powers. that makes them feel this pull of attraction EVEN if they aren’t in love or even if they don’t actually wanna sleep with with the other person. that’s kinda weird.

atlas was totally right to want to knock nox out. why tf did he interpret bond attraction as the ultimate deciding factor of what oli truly wanted? lol

by the way, the guys hate oli with fiery passion because when she lost her family at 14 she ran away instead of finding them. they’re holding a grudge towards the decisions of a grieving 14 year old girl. they’ll not be able to handle teenage kids lol

also, imagine how weird would it have been if oli went to them when she was 14? gabe and atlas are around her age but north is a whole 10 years older. imagine him having to pratically raise her and then having to, yk, do the whole bonding thing. ewwww

anyway, i like sage, she’s cute with felix and i also like sawyer. atlas is cool. oli is whatever and she has no chemistry with the guys.

all that being said, i’d be pissed if everyone around me had cool names like nox, oleander and atlas, and i got stuck with “gabe” lol
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