However, I didn’t feel like this delivered much in other areas. And it didn’t disappoint in that respect- this certainly had unique world building. I had heard it was flawed, but was curious about the unique worlds and writing style. Like I said: just don’t think about it.Įvery Heart a Doorway– I really like the concept of exploring what happens when children come back from a portal fantasy world- which is why I have been dying to pick up the Wayward Children series for some time. I felt like this is the kind of character who doesn’t know how to embrace gloomy, grim reality… and that made an odd sense. That said, I wasn’t exactly haunted by these flaws. It’s an oddly timed story where the main character is bouncing along with a ghost and trying to do some writing. And yet, it didn’t read like the heroine was struggling to come to terms with what would be fresh grief. I’m supposed to believe, for instance, this is happening in the immediate aftermath of a sudden death. So much so, the tone got lost and it didn’t quite work. Unfortunately, there were far too many subplots smooshed together. So if you want to read a cute romance and not have me kill the fun, look away now… Because it is a flawed book. And as long as I don’t think about it too much, a lot of the problems could remain unseen. Not trying to get all hot under the collar here- but this book really was not worth my time.ĭead Romantics– I want to say right away that I was dead impressed with a lot of things in this book.
Just know that the author thinks all women are dragons and hates men and is an intersectional feminist- because the author sure as hell wants you to know that (as she tells her way to a very, very corny World Peace ending). Which is still not as interesting as I’m making it sound. It actually gets very campy, with dragons walking round 1950s America with handbags and heels. They just kinda disappear and then *reappear*, whilst going about normal day-to-day things. There’s no sitting on piles of treasure and kidnapping damsels (presumably male ones in the case of this book). Especially as the dragons don’t do much dragonish things (beyond the initial human bonfires).
Sadly, I spent the entire time wondering BUT WHERE IS THE PLOT?! I just wanted to know where it was going and found myself bored.
(A concept that admittedly sounds rather badass even if you haven’t drunk the Kool-Aid). Spending (too many) pages slapping us round the face with a (bad) allegory, where the author imagines women take back their power and spontaneously transform into dragons. When Women Were Dragons– I’m not gonna blow smoke up anyone’s arse- this book was a great big NOTHING.
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