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So far this is just a generic enemies-to-lovers that definitely needed more editing. Thereʼs probably no saving the lackluster world-building or shallow character work but hereʼs hoping the new publisher will at least attempt to give it a polish before the trad release.

Why is there a whole sex scene with some random dude we (the reader) have just met? So unnecessary. The emotional beats have no weight to them because we were literally just introduced to this guy at the beginning of the scene, and everything the author is trying to convey about Shadera either has already been said another way or could easily be inferred in observing her behavior.

The narratorʼs British accent is fighting so hard to break through every word of the American charactersʼ dialogue

you know an audiobook is good when youʼre looking for shit to do so you can keep listening. these characters are fantastic, the world is so interesting, and Iʼm loving the pace of the story too.

picking this back up after a soft dnf, trying to power through for a book club meeting but this is ROUGH. reads like a first draft written by a very horny AI that was prompted to spit out as many romantasy tropes as possible

time for my annual reread ♥️

so much spice and so little substance, I am bored out of my mind