Monica’s Reviews > Shield of Sparrows > Status Update

There's more time spent describing the marroweels and what it's like to do anything at all in gray dresses and skirts than there is convincing banter between our "enemies to lovers". At this point I'm kind of getting bored.

There could be so much more tension right now between Odessa and The Gaurdian if she would vocalize her internal thoughts about him but instead she gives us meek retorts and apologies.

Okay so I think my struggle with most Romantasy these days, is that the dialogue between characters can feel either too modern for the world/assumed time period they're in or, it feels childish to some degree. Especially if the characters are aged up.

Anywho, so far its not bad enough to make me stop reading but I do have my limits.

I wasn't sure I was going to include this in my Currently Reading bc tbh, romantasy hasn't been hitting the mark for me as of late and I was using this as a "filler read" while waiting for my little one to fall asleep during nap time. BUT THENNNNNN that little mic drop moment happened at the end of Chapter 3 and I am now suddenly invested in the drama that is about to unfold.