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A review by shona_reads_in_devon
Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Hmm. As per the first one - this remains average.
I'm still struggling to find distinct narrative voices between Darcy and Tory. Only the plot points are distinguishing them for me. Same with the Heirs tbh.
My other issue with the writing quality is that first person POV - in trying to describe a scene it just falls awkwardly. No one is describing the way their hair falls for example.
I am starting to see the comparisons to HP in this book. But I don't mind that - I like the school elements. I'm also enjoying the plot. I'm not sure it needs to move this slowly. Like the action is kind of moderately fast paced but the overall story is moving kind of slowly and I'm not sure I'm going to last all 9 books or however long it is.
All in all, it's doing enough to keep me interested and it's a super easy read, each book isn't like 700 pages long so I'll keep going for now.
I'm still struggling to find distinct narrative voices between Darcy and Tory. Only the plot points are distinguishing them for me. Same with the Heirs tbh.
My other issue with the writing quality is that first person POV - in trying to describe a scene it just falls awkwardly. No one is describing the way their hair falls for example.
I am starting to see the comparisons to HP in this book. But I don't mind that - I like the school elements. I'm also enjoying the plot. I'm not sure it needs to move this slowly. Like the action is kind of moderately fast paced but the overall story is moving kind of slowly and I'm not sure I'm going to last all 9 books or however long it is.
All in all, it's doing enough to keep me interested and it's a super easy read, each book isn't like 700 pages long so I'll keep going for now.