Marli’s Reviews > Shield of Sparrows > Status Update

Self-pity and angst covered up with a bow of a plot. As if romance and possession can save the world. No one can free someone, that's a false premise. The locus of control just switches source. I do wish for less simplistic interpretations of what romantic love looks like in these novels. Even the dialogues are exactly the same tired circular repetition of insecurity. Romantasy authors could use some philosophy.