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It’s getting easier but I still do not care for Ali’s pov lol

No one talk to me I’m grieving my husband





(I know Dara will come back. That relic is still there. He has to come back. I’m not delusional)

For the love of god please do not let Ali and Nahri be endgame

Nahri’s stronger than me cause I would have left already

DARA 😵‍💫😵‍💫😩😩😏😏😛😛

I really reeeally don’t care about Ali’s pov ㅠ.ㅠ

I reeeeeaaaally like this but I need to concentrate so hard while reading this ;-;

Why did the story and writing suddenly become so juvenile????

It’s unfortunately obvious that the author cannot support the vision she has. The writing doesn’t hold up, neither do the characters or their dialogue. Reveals are badly executed. There is no tension. The timeline doesn’t make much sense for what is happening.

Whoever said this was slow burn was a liar

The training is so random? A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and oh yeah we could do this too for a couple of seconds


The passage of time also doesn’t seem to correlate to their training

How unfortunate that her training is not much training at all. Soren simply… does things with her magic. She doesn’t have to explore or learn. She throws out her hand does as she’s told - and she’s not even instructed properly.

I fear I will have to dnf this one. The writing is just not immersive at all and I cannot overlook it because it doesn’t allow me to connect with the world or its characters. I skipped ahead and it’s not going to get better so it’s not looking good

I am here again to say I hate the writing. The author writes as though we see where we are. We’re in a city that doesn’t get described. We’re walking up a main road that leads to the castle ahead - A CASTLE? WHAT CASTLE? WHAT MAIN ROAD? WHAT CITY ARE WE IN???????? What does anything look like????????????

The writing is very flat and feels disjointed. While there is a lot of internal reflection and interior monologue, we’re missing many descriptors for the outside world and its people. We’re missing certain sensations. One second we’re in a forest I don’t know anything about, the next second we’ve entered into a city??? How much time has passed? Etc. etc.
It’s why the writing feels a little immature.

I love when characters say things that are simply false to generate quotes.

Also: MMC has admitted he loves FMC and she clearly loves him too. Her motivation to marry Noé is so escape the cloister. But now, all the stakes are gone. Just run off into the sunset with MMC. Or scheme with him to stay in the trial but lose to find the key and killer. Why are you making this unnecessarily dramatic?

I’m so over this book

Nothing about the emotional progression between the MMC and FMC feels natural. It feels like the author had a couple of vague ideas and tropes, write some quotable passages, and then molded the story around it. The romance is horrendous and the leads are insufferable when they’re around each other

Unfortunately, the FMC is utterly too stupid and makes mistakes too grave for her to be as smart and witty as she is supposed to be. (Also - of course Noe is the dude who took the book from the library and Ophelia’s correspondence. Please put two and two together as quickly as you catch feeling for a man you don’t know)

The banter is good but the romance is coming too fast. We need more pining, something more to base their feelings on. These people don’t know each other, they haven’t spent much time together, and since arriving at the palace, only 3 days have passed. The few fleeting interactions they do have don’t support any romantic feelings.
It’s too fast too soon!

So what is the color of his eyes? Gold? Green? Hazel? Which one is it? Or are we going to rotate through the color wheel and the reader can just pick whichever one they like the best like we’re at build a bear?

While I like the concept of the story and the writing, this book reads really slow. I fight for every sentence. It’s not as engaging as it should be.

Also, if Eliot is supposed to be the FMCs LI, then he’ll need to have a ton to make up. He’s not left a single good impression yet

Her father’s murderer is out on bail? How much do you want to bet he’s going to hunt down Bree and then archer has to save her

This man needs a therapist. Not a girlfriend

““Well he doesn’t exactly speak,” I said.
“Huh?” she and Jordan both said at the same time.
I told him about archer and how he had been raised, a little bit about his uncle and what I knew about his accident even though he hadn’t told me anything personally about it.”

WHY WOULD SHE SPREAD GOSSIP ABOUT ARCHER TO HER BFFS??? I hate Bree omfg

It’s soooooo corny and cringeeeee omfg get me out of here

It’s kind of wild how often they spend their time together in silence because the author didn’t know what they would potentially talk about that wasn’t big or emotional

Why are they always grinning ??? Calm tf down

“Of course not Hazan.” “She’d been decided by the devil” no. She simply jumped to conclusions. For supposedly being so smart, Alizeh is pretty dumb

I’m sorry but why are they kissing? ㅠㅠ none of the emotions hit tbh because it’s been… what - 2 days? They don’t know each other.
I think this romance isn’t endgame anyway but it should at least spin a believable illusion ;-;

What’s with the lack of urgency on her part here? She knows the prince, knows he sent people to kill her, now he’s in her room and she’s just… talking? Asking him to leave to go back to her duties? Thinking about attending the ball? I don’t understand what’s the standing in the way of just fleeing as she’s always done?