This was a pretty cute little novella. It's no secret that I'm uh ...~not a huge fan~ of the original Beauty and the Beast because hello Stockholm SynThis was a pretty cute little novella. It's no secret that I'm uh ...~not a huge fan~ of the original Beauty and the Beast because hello Stockholm Syndrome and abusive relationship! But I do like to try out a retelling every now and again to see what an author can do with it. This was good because it removed the problematic elements of the story, but there was still enough left to recognize it as Beauty and the Beast. Overall I thought it was a bit simplistic, but it was a cute F/F romance story and dealt with a lot of restrictive historical gender roles as well as views on sexuality.
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This was a pretty cute little novella. It's no secret that I'm uh ...~not a huge fan~ of the original Beauty and the Beast because hello Stockholm Syndrome and abusive relationship! But I do like to try out a retelling every now and again to see what an author can do with it. This was good because it removed the problematic elements of the story, but there was still enough left to recognize it as Beauty and the Beast. Overall I thought it was a bit simplistic, but it was a cute F/F romance story and dealt with a lot of restrictive historical gender roles as well as views on sexuality....more
I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
I don't know why, but I just could not really get into this book. I think part of it the fact that tI received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
I don't know why, but I just could not really get into this book. I think part of it the fact that the pacing is sooo slooow. I don't know how many books the author has planned for this series but Alexander is still very young at the end of this one and I don't feel like a lot happened beyond 'he trained for the army for a bit and also had some lessons with Aristotle'. Also the epilogue was very weird and I didn't feel like it fit with the rest of the book at all. I assume it is setting up the next book, but I was honestly pretty out of it at that point.
I think this will still be a very enjoyable read for a lot of people, but I personally would have liked it if it had started when Alexander was a bit older I think. Also while the author obviously has a very impressive knowledge of the subject matter and general time period, it did make for rather dry reading some of the time and I could probably do without many of the random Greek words thrown into the text.
One thing I really did love about this particular retelling was Hephaestion's personality. You would think it would be the other way around but pretty much this whole book was Alexander going 'no, you're going to get in trouble!' and Hephaestion being like 'um, do I look like I care???' which I found absolutely hilarious. I guess it makes a certain amount of sense in this story with Hephaestion being several years old and having a different kind of upbringing, but it still took me by surprise.
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I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
I don't know why, but I just could not really get into this book. I think part of it the fact that the pacing is sooo slooow. I don't know how many books the author has planned for this series but Alexander is still very young at the end of this one and I don't feel like a lot happened beyond 'he trained for the army for a bit and also had some lessons with Aristotle'. Also the epilogue was very weird and I didn't feel like it fit with the rest of the book at all. I assume it is setting up the next book, but I was honestly pretty out of it at that point.
I think this will still be a very enjoyable read for a lot of people, but I personally would have liked it if it had started when Alexander was a bit older I think. Also while the author obviously has a very impressive knowledge of the subject matter and general time period, it did make for rather dry reading some of the time and I could probably do without many of the random Greek words thrown into the text.
One thing I really did love about this particular retelling was Hephaestion's personality. You would think it would be the other way around but pretty much this whole book was Alexander going 'no, you're going to get in trouble!' and Hephaestion being like 'um, do I look like I care???' which I found absolutely hilarious. I guess it makes a certain amount of sense in this story with Hephaestion being several years old and having a different kind of upbringing, but it still took me by surprise....more
cute short little story about a lesbian fairy couple. pretty good, although the sex was a bit awkward in places. maybe just because i don't like foot cute short little story about a lesbian fairy couple. pretty good, although the sex was a bit awkward in places. maybe just because i don't like foot stuff lmao. but it was a fun, quick read and it was free.
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cute short little story about a lesbian fairy couple. pretty good, although the sex was a bit awkward in places. maybe just because i don't like foot stuff lmao. but it was a fun, quick read and it was free....more
if i had a nickel for every time i rated the first book in a series 5 stars and could barely get through the second one i'd actually have a fuck ton oif i had a nickel for every time i rated the first book in a series 5 stars and could barely get through the second one i'd actually have a fuck ton of nickels so this is probably a me problem honestly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯...more
I've been trying to get through this for months and I think it's time to accept I'm just not that into it. The first book I thought waDNF @ around 45%
I've been trying to get through this for months and I think it's time to accept I'm just not that into it. The first book I thought was promising but the way this one is split up has made me realize that the only character I even mildly care about is Gabriel and even then unfortunately he's no Mia Corvere and this series is no Nevernight. Maybe I'll feel the urge to come back to it later but for now I'm just not into it enough for how ridiculously long these are. ...more
I was liking this at the beginning when it was focusing more on the science and technical aspects but I honestly have no idea what eactual rating: 2.5
I was liking this at the beginning when it was focusing more on the science and technical aspects but I honestly have no idea what even happened in the later half with who was really the double and the original etc etc and there was a romance plot thrown in right towards the end that felt entirely out of place. Maybe I just missed something but it felt like the whole thing took a very weird turn halfway through and it just never got back to the point where I found it interesting. I would have much rather had more focus on what was going on with the stretching room and all of that but it was really only mentioned with a quick 'explanation' in the very last chapter that I found incredibly unsatisfying....more
i'll be honest i haven't had any idea what's going on in this series for ages i'm here purely for vibes now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯i'll be honest i haven't had any idea what's going on in this series for ages i'm here purely for vibes now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯...more
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