#dante is the only person with sense. camilla….maybe
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2022 reads // twitter thread    
Violet Made of Thorns
YA fantasy romance about a royal prophet and the cursed prince she saved when they were children
fairytale worldbulding, a magical cursed wood,
#Violet Made of Thorns#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#well.#WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I KNOW I AM NOT THE TARGET AUDIENCE………..this was terrible im sorry#literally just based around a attempt at enemies to lovers that has 0 substance or chemistry. like it’s stupid.#all the fairy tale aspects were interesting and i would have liked that to be more of a thing. like cinderella/rapunzel/beauty and the beast#narrative aspects in there as if it’s a mashup retelling. more emphasis of that could have been cool!#i was also interested in some of the raya (briar? whats her name) plot#but no it's just this weird focus on this prince she '''hates'''' even though it's supremely obvious it's trying to say they're in love with#each other - which is played as some reveal#she calls him princey all the time which just took me out of it sajdhgjs and random modern language which didn't feel like it fit#the love interest’s characterisation was so inconsistent#like i kept mixing him up with the friend#dante is the only person with sense. camilla….maybe#also i saw the author say she’s ace and you could read the mc as ace and i just want to know in what world because i do not know how you cou#could read as ace. the closest thing is she’s like “i don’t have time for romance” (implied because nobody would love her)#which is. not ace. every 5 minutes she’s mentioning how attractive the dude is#i would have dnf’d if i werent listening to the audiobook so whatever#tho......again. emily woo zeller's Love Interest Dude Voice is. not good. i think i need to skip audiobooks narrated by her#sorry#(well FLF was fine? maybe it's just the last 2 i've heard)
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