BOOKS I LIKE THAT EVERYONE ELSE HATES

to me it seems like perfect for people who are fans of fantasy that has a mix of both the fantastical and the romantic without being too much of one or the other it's a really nice blend i think and as far as retellings go of beauty and the beast i think it's a stronger one

so then it felt like a plot convenience plus it's just way more action and the emotions just weren't there as much for me so i'm just i'm just against the grain on this one

i still think that the book was fun it also is one of the few fantasy books that has zero romance it has more of a found family type of trope within it which i think was really sweet and i think it's great for young readers

but i just think red rising has the emotional pool at the beginning and then it does have a more familiar type of story throughout the first one but what i appreciated about that is it kind of settled me into the world so that i felt comfortable with it and then as we moved into the series i didn't feel like i was constantly having to learn new things

when i read season of storms i thought it felt like a fun side quest which maybe that's just the video game fan in me appreciating that aspect of it

but it is quite metaphorical and i loved what how the parallels between the magical realism fantasy aspects of the story and then the historical fiction aspects of the story and i'm not even a fan usually of magical realism but i fell in love with the story

this book is stunning the writing is absolutely beautiful it's a standalone which is pretty rare in adult fantasy or just in fantasy in general i think it's very well written it's boring i always have to say yes i agree it's kind of boring it's very slow it took me forever to read and i can understand why if you pick it up and you're bored i totally get it but i still think that it's very well written

i think the writing style is quite straightforward but still engrossing and not overly basic i enjoy seeing the main character be this flawed main character