tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570507407569672764.post1590313322541396743..comments2024-03-29T01:56:23.215+00:00Comments on A Reader's Diary: TBR Challenge: Lucy Parker - Battle RoyalS.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010038911071421007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570507407569672764.post-45675004520446212442022-03-19T09:32:08.294+00:002022-03-19T09:32:08.294+00:00I understand what you say.
But it's interesti...I understand what you say. <br />But it's interesting because, for me, my favorite book by her was Act Like It, which was the first in a series and somehow it all worked out so well.<br />Meaning, the author can do it but here something extra was missing.<br /><br />Thank you for commenting!S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12010038911071421007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570507407569672764.post-48892661451775194482022-03-18T18:36:16.598+00:002022-03-18T18:36:16.598+00:00this step of falling in love seemed to be a little...<i> this step of falling in love seemed to be a little too stilted for what I expected.</i><br /><br />This was how I felt about this one, too. I'm a fan of Parker's style but the warm fuzzy emotions of the two coming together weren't fully there for me in this one; I didn't "see" the emotions. I think this feel to first in a series syndrome with all the world building. Whiskeyinthejarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732905501896356961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570507407569672764.post-69206978897527215512022-03-17T09:26:00.275+00:002022-03-17T09:26:00.275+00:00Very well said! I don't think this author does...Very well said! I don't think this author does that badly, sometimes it can be some other detail that makes the whole thing feel differently. But there have been other books by other authors where what you said happened.<br />Thank you for commenting :)S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12010038911071421007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570507407569672764.post-81068995691982910552022-03-16T19:27:58.193+00:002022-03-16T19:27:58.193+00:00I find that the balance of enemies to lovers can b...I find that the balance of enemies to lovers can be hard to find when the author has done a bit too good a job of setting the enmity up; go a bit too far in one direction, and I won't believe the redemption to love. Go a bit too far in the other, and I won't believe they ever disliked each other, making the pretend enmity into immaturity on one or both their parts.aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.com