Status Updates From The Empress: a Towerfall novel

The plot emerges… and she’s going to make the MMC even hotter than she’s already made him out to be. I ned to check if he introduced himself or not…

This FMC is an annoying brat. The story is still fun and I want to see it progress, but she’s a pain in the butt, bullheaded, and as smart as a handful of rocks…

Ooo, this opens quickly and reads really easily.

Romantasy? ✅️
Portal fantasy? ✅️
Tarot Cards? ✅️
Author of a series I loved as a young teenager? ✅️

With all of those elements you'd think I'd be eating this book up. But the writing? Yikes. The main character is also maybe the most annoying person ever. I'm going to continue though because I literally dreamt of writing a book like this at one point and it feels wrong to give up on it so soon.

Hard DNF

I appreciate that the FMC is TRULY clumsy and awkward, and not just in a "not like other girls" occasional way.

The work presentation was a big YIKES, and despite her work rival being truly a mean girl, it was truly Hannah who'd screwed that presentation up. Her awkward encounter with her then-boyfriend was also cringy in a good way, and her "entering the door" moment was relatable and not at all graceful.