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toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account · 4 months ago

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well guys.

there's no greater betrayal than finally starting to read a book you've had sitting for months on your shelf or your desk or your nightstand and then finding out it's bad. like. i gave you a fucking home.

#rags & shining talon were cute. there was an intriguing ensemble cast & interesting worldbuilding aspects #but... the plot of this book & its pacing were honestly very underwhelming #one of the main ensemble cast gets torn away from the group and doesnt meet up w/ them again until <50 pages from the end #and throughout the whole book theyre constantly spied on essentially at gunpoint so it just felt... hindered. from what i hoped #also. for all the focus I thought there would be on st & rags from the cover & synopsis #1. theres a whole ensemble cast & that is not mentioned ANYWHERE in the plot blurb (except for 'small ragtag army' which. is not apt)#2. SHINING TALON DOESN'T EVEN GET A POV HE'S LIKE AN OCCASIONALLY SAD FUCKING LAMP #'only rags & shining talon can stop him' that... that is a LITERAL LIE there's like five people in this main cast #and then they DON'T EVEN 'SAVE THE WORLD OF COURSE.' the fucking plot shelved the Great Paragon MacGuffin Quest #like. at the climax to switch to saving the fae children #i did like st & rags as a cute pair but. 'captivating and satisfying queer fantasy' my ass #sigh. wish i didnt annotate it so i could use it for store credit

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