Auntie Terror’s Reviews > Aetherhertz > Status Update

I'm very determined to get this one "out of the way" today. I believe there is something like a reader's block: when you read one book that really isn't as great as you expected, and you don't actually want to read on but for that tiny spark of hope that a change might still come, it drains the reading speed out of all you're reading.

My edition is only 313 pages long, so this is the last third of the book. And suddenly there's magic now. I'm not sure how I like that - it seems too sudden, and too late.

The story isn't exactly picking up pace, the love interest seems to be there mainly for the sake of getting some steampunkish cogs, wheels and gagets in, and I don't yet see the point of all the side-storylines...

For me, this could use a little less lovestory and a little more speed of progress on the actual storyline instead. I especially don't need to hear about every romantic moment from her AND his pov.

Getting used to the heroine, and really curious about the bigger story here.

Not love at first line, this one, but lets see. Maybe it's just reading in German again after quite some purely "English" weeks ^^'