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A review by unlimitedhappylife
Bound by the Summer Prince by Mistral Dawn
Did not finish book.
2.0
So after reading up to 70% I took a break from it because I found myself bored and/or annoyed. When I ended up going back to finish I just found myself pushing through instead of actually enjoying it so I DNF. Obviously, there are many people who enjoyed this book so it might be a personal preference.
I think the big reason I did not enjoy the book is I did not like the heroine, Roni. Roni is not your typical heroine which is fine but I feel like she was trying so hard not to be the typical heroine that it got annoying. At a certain point, she was adamant about leaving but she even questioned why considering she had nothing to go back to and was growing to care for Uaine so before a reason came up that made sense it sounded like she wanted to leave because that was what she was supposed to do as a heroine in the story to create tension. It just didn't make sense to me half the time. I also didn't like her manipulation tactics and character in general after a while. I could understand that she did what she did in the past to survive but it becomes hard to read about how the heroine you are supposed to root for manipulated and stole from people and is also attempting to manipulate the hero no matter how unsuccessful she is at it half the time.
I do think this author has great ideas. They have built a very interesting world that is very well done. I just wish that the same amount of effort and thought that was put into the world-building was put into the main characters and their story/relationship.
I think the big reason I did not enjoy the book is I did not like the heroine, Roni. Roni is not your typical heroine which is fine but I feel like she was trying so hard not to be the typical heroine that it got annoying. At a certain point, she was adamant about leaving but she even questioned why considering she had nothing to go back to and was growing to care for Uaine so before a reason came up that made sense it sounded like she wanted to leave because that was what she was supposed to do as a heroine in the story to create tension. It just didn't make sense to me half the time. I also didn't like her manipulation tactics and character in general after a while. I could understand that she did what she did in the past to survive but it becomes hard to read about how the heroine you are supposed to root for manipulated and stole from people and is also attempting to manipulate the hero no matter how unsuccessful she is at it half the time.
I do think this author has great ideas. They have built a very interesting world that is very well done. I just wish that the same amount of effort and thought that was put into the world-building was put into the main characters and their story/relationship.