I’m not quite sure what to say. There was nothing outwardly bad about it; objectively it’s quite good. However, I don’t think it was the right fit forI’m not quite sure what to say. There was nothing outwardly bad about it; objectively it’s quite good. However, I don’t think it was the right fit for me. I’m a very character driven reader and the characters did not feel all that compelling. Rather, they felt like cardboard cutouts of people that was mainly meant to be a vehicle for the plot. And the plot had strong ~crime drama~ vibes which I’m very rare to lean toward. Even the elements of Magic just weren’t enough to fully sell me. There’s still a good chance I’ll continue the series just to see if it grows on me but it’s not a priority so it may be quite a while before I attempt book 2....more
I made it 5 minutes and 4 pages before coming to the fairly certain conclusion that I’ll be closing the book, if you will, on this series. It’s the imI made it 5 minutes and 4 pages before coming to the fairly certain conclusion that I’ll be closing the book, if you will, on this series. It’s the immediate fat shaming, self hating, toxic diet culture normalization for me. ...more
This story has SUCH good bones. What a fantastic idea. However, it's rife with casual racism and sexism. And rape is played off a2.5 stars, I suppose.
This story has SUCH good bones. What a fantastic idea. However, it's rife with casual racism and sexism. And rape is played off as a funny joke. Such a shame. ...more
This is one of those books where you're under no disillusion that it's actually good because it absolutely is not. But it's also oneLike 2.5ish stars?
This is one of those books where you're under no disillusion that it's actually good because it absolutely is not. But it's also one of those books where it's bad but not *bad*.
However this is SO MUCH wrong with this book in a hilarious way.
Firstly, the men. We get ruin, a cinamon roll who likes to push his limits in all manners, but especially spicy food...I guess. Kai is our resident speed reader who, er *checks notes* can like, absorb text so quickly he only needs to flip through the pages of a book real quick...okay. Jett is our artsy boi, who likes to stack things like textbooks on cups for, um, aesthetics. And paints using mediums like chicken wing hot sauce (on occasion) and his own blood (far too often). Which is like, fine. And we can't forget our fearless leader, Nox. And he - uh, he...leads, I guess.
You get ONE (1, numero uno, one singular) sex scene...in this book? A RH with four men? Puh-lease. And don't get me started on the second hand embarrassment fueled abomination that one sex scene was.
Also, why are ALL the other characters so abhorrent? It's more unrealistic to me than the gangster ghosts, just saying...
All that said, I will be reading at least book 2 because there's a plot line that I actually really wanna know the resolution for LMAO
The unicorns were the most believable part of the story because the characters were absurd. Not to mention they were so whiny!!This book was not good.
The unicorns were the most believable part of the story because the characters were absurd. Not to mention they were so whiny!! And I don’t think I have it in me right now to get even touch the gross virginity plot line, the even grosser rape plot line, the abhorrent parenting (and human-ing! What a bad human!), or the thin as fuck villainous plot line. Maybe I’ll have it in me later, but right after having spent nearly four hours binging the last half of this audiobook so I could rid myself of it, now I have nothing left.
There’s a book two and I’m sure as hell not reading it right now. There’s always the chance I’ll torture myself into completing book two eventually but that’ll be when, in the words of the great Taylor Swift “I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to.”...more
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