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Running With Lions
by Julian Winters
3.75/5 stars
I wanted to love this book but it felt very unorganized and lacked character development. I appreciated the Marvel references and the "dude" comments which had me laughing-out-loud! I enjoyed the side characters so much more than the main characters. Their romance was confusing and felt forced. Emir was such a jerk and I couldn't understand why Sebastian was attracted to Emir when he was so standoffish? Then, Emir blames it on his social anxiety and how he has trouble making friends but that's not an excuse. This book felt too much like fan-fiction and I understand this is the authors debut and I believe he can grow! He has the potential to write awesome books.
I wanted to love this book but it felt very unorganized and lacked character development. I appreciated the Marvel references and the "dude" comments which had me laughing-out-loud! I enjoyed the side characters so much more than the main characters. Their romance was confusing and felt forced. Emir was such a jerk and I couldn't understand why Sebastian was attracted to Emir when he was so standoffish? Then, Emir blames it on his social anxiety and how he has trouble making friends but that's not an excuse. This book felt too much like fan-fiction and I understand this is the authors debut and I believe he can grow! He has the potential to write awesome books.