Status Updates From Medusa's Touch

Things are finally happening, I think. The relationship between Sherin and TiCara still doesn't make sense. There's lots of POV switching that just makes the story slow down. I hope things get better because I'm really disappointed in this novel so far.

Takes a third of this book for anything to happen, and it's little things so far. Sex scene w/ Sherin and TiCara had consent issues (Sherin was likely not in a state of mind to give good consent. TiCara even considers this but went ahead). TiCara and Sherin have yet to have a real conversation. Most chapters are 90% extraneous introspective narration telling the audience stuff we already know. This book is boring.

Not well written. This needed an editor to trim it down excessive narration. The attraction between TiCara and Sherin feels like something the author declared rather than an organic draw toward each other. There's no real reason TiCara finds her to be hot, she just is. Because the author said so. The ex-lover dynamic with Elia feels more real, but unless Elia plays a big part later, too much time was spent on it.

So far the attraction between TiCara and Sherin seems...pasted on. One thing that frustrates me about romances sometimes is that the protagonist never seems to have a reason or any specific attraction. It's just "wow they're hot, I wanna fuck them". Which means so far Sherin has the personality of lamp. Hoping that'll change soon.

Got this as part of the LGBT+ Story Bundle that’s available this month. First book from the bundle that I’m reading.