I am so appreciative of the author sending me an eARC of this for an honest review, but unfortunately, this book and I are just not click
DNF @ 29%
I am so appreciative of the author sending me an eARC of this for an honest review, but unfortunately, this book and I are just not clicking. It's not an issue of poor writing by any means, I think I'm just the wrong reader for this story. I tend to struggle with fantasy novels that drop you right into the action without much explanation beforehand of what's going on, and I'm not enjoying the narrator very much in the way she interacts with the other characters. That said, I actually think this is a really well-written story that is going to make a LOT of readers very happy! If the plot interests you, I think you should, by all means, give it a try. ♥
Merged review:
DNF @ 29%
I am so appreciative of the author sending me an eARC of this for an honest review, but unfortunately, this book and I are just not clicking. It's not an issue of poor writing by any means, I think I'm just the wrong reader for this story. I tend to struggle with fantasy novels that drop you right into the action without much explanation beforehand of what's going on, and I'm not enjoying the narrator very much in the way she interacts with the other characters. That said, I actually think this is a really well-written story that is going to make a LOT of readers very happy! If the plot interests you, I think you should, by all means, give it a try. ♥...more
I'm not rating this because a) I didn't get far enough in to justify it, and b) it may just be a total preference thing, because frankly, I DNF @ 32%
I'm not rating this because a) I didn't get far enough in to justify it, and b) it may just be a total preference thing, because frankly, I could see a lot of people loving this book! That said, despite how excited for it I was and how convinced I was that I'd enjoy it, this did not work for me at all. It was an absolute chore to even reach the 32% mark because I was so miserably bored.
These characters feel tremendously one-dimensional, I'm having the worst time trying to actually believe anything about this entire situation (and normally I'm pretty good at suspending disbelief!), I don't sense any genuine chemistry between the characters besides "wow, he's so hot!", and most of all... y'all, I love food, I can spend entire days lost in cooking shows and competitions, I adore cooking, the whole works... but clearly I don't like the right kind of food for this book, because I seriously had to force myself not to start skipping entire paragraphs every time Miller and Clancy sat down for a meal. It just felt so forced and like it was trying so hard to make up for the total lack of depth in the characters and their actual romance.
Sigh. I feel horrible writing this review. I wanted so badly to love this book and I know there's a better audience out there for it than me, but I just really couldn't find anything redeeming here.
Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Merged review:
DNF @ 32%
I'm not rating this because a) I didn't get far enough in to justify it, and b) it may just be a total preference thing, because frankly, I could see a lot of people loving this book! That said, despite how excited for it I was and how convinced I was that I'd enjoy it, this did not work for me at all. It was an absolute chore to even reach the 32% mark because I was so miserably bored.
These characters feel tremendously one-dimensional, I'm having the worst time trying to actually believe anything about this entire situation (and normally I'm pretty good at suspending disbelief!), I don't sense any genuine chemistry between the characters besides "wow, he's so hot!", and most of all... y'all, I love food, I can spend entire days lost in cooking shows and competitions, I adore cooking, the whole works... but clearly I don't like the right kind of food for this book, because I seriously had to force myself not to start skipping entire paragraphs every time Miller and Clancy sat down for a meal. It just felt so forced and like it was trying so hard to make up for the total lack of depth in the characters and their actual romance.
Sigh. I feel horrible writing this review. I wanted so badly to love this book and I know there's a better audience out there for it than me, but I just really couldn't find anything redeeming here.
Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!...more
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