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A review by ssinforshort
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
1.5
When at least one of the Black MC's two love interests aren't Black, I know the book isn't for me. Not only that, the love interest is the colonizing rulers son? Like, come on.
Besides that, for a fantasy I feel like more should happen. There are so few real, flushed out characters in the story, that I felt like I was reading two very long conversations.
Plus, I'm not the biggest fan of enemies to lovers, but this was just felt so forced. Paraphrasing "he's evil and my enemy... look at his beautiful blue eyes in the sunlight." Eyerolling to oblivion.
Besides that, for a fantasy I feel like more should happen. There are so few real, flushed out characters in the story, that I felt like I was reading two very long conversations.
Plus, I'm not the biggest fan of enemies to lovers, but this was just felt so forced. Paraphrasing "he's evil and my enemy... look at his beautiful blue eyes in the sunlight." Eyerolling to oblivion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Colonisation
Moderate: Racial slurs and War