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loverofromance 's review for:
Children of Fallen Gods
by Carissa Broadbent
My Review: (This review may contain spoilers, fair warning upon reading this review)
I was highly anticipating this one after the first book, everyone seems to rave about this book and this whole series. I was expecting this one to be a five star rated book actually. This week has NOT been good omens apparently because I had high expectations going into this one here and they just didn't meet up to what I expected.
This is a very fantasy heavy story. If you are expecting a fantasy romance....that is not what this is. the relationship is not focused hardly at all. I did end up reading till about 60% and they were apart the WHOLE time practically. So keep that in mind if you want to read this series, that the romance takes a backseat and you are going to have to push through heavy world building, many battles and dreary moments. So keep that in mind when investing in the series. Another issue I had that really I felt wasn't necessary was the added pov. This is where much of the POV could have been minimized, it felt way too drawn out and especially if you are listening on audio....its super distracting from the story itself. And the POV that it is....well quite frankly I don't really care to learn about the past of a evil being who made Max kill innocent people having such a focus in this story. She could have just had a prequel or something of this POV. Especially with how it is written, it takes you so much out of the story which makes it hard to really push through. So much of this story just didn't make sense. Its like all the work that happened in book one....just goes out the window for what .....to make the characters just go through hell I guess??? LOL I need it to truly have purpose and if I am reading what is reported to be a fantasy romance....I need the romance (crazy expectation I know haha) I am going to look into her other series (the vampire one) and see if that one is more romance focused and see if it works better for me. I am just really heartbroken because I wanted to LOVE this author so much and feel sick and very sad.
I was highly anticipating this one after the first book, everyone seems to rave about this book and this whole series. I was expecting this one to be a five star rated book actually. This week has NOT been good omens apparently because I had high expectations going into this one here and they just didn't meet up to what I expected.
This is a very fantasy heavy story. If you are expecting a fantasy romance....that is not what this is. the relationship is not focused hardly at all. I did end up reading till about 60% and they were apart the WHOLE time practically. So keep that in mind if you want to read this series, that the romance takes a backseat and you are going to have to push through heavy world building, many battles and dreary moments. So keep that in mind when investing in the series. Another issue I had that really I felt wasn't necessary was the added pov. This is where much of the POV could have been minimized, it felt way too drawn out and especially if you are listening on audio....its super distracting from the story itself. And the POV that it is....well quite frankly I don't really care to learn about the past of a evil being who made Max kill innocent people having such a focus in this story. She could have just had a prequel or something of this POV. Especially with how it is written, it takes you so much out of the story which makes it hard to really push through. So much of this story just didn't make sense. Its like all the work that happened in book one....just goes out the window for what .....to make the characters just go through hell I guess??? LOL I need it to truly have purpose and if I am reading what is reported to be a fantasy romance....I need the romance (crazy expectation I know haha) I am going to look into her other series (the vampire one) and see if that one is more romance focused and see if it works better for me. I am just really heartbroken because I wanted to LOVE this author so much and feel sick and very sad.