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House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
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bookshelves: urban-fantasy, published-2020, new-adult, read-2021, did-not-finish
Jan 05, 2021
bookshelves: urban-fantasy, published-2020, new-adult, read-2021, did-not-finish
I didn't expect earth shattering literature but I expected to be entertained. I did 240 pages of this, then went and googled a summary. Even the summary couldn't really keep my attention. I kept stopping and going "who? Who is this?"
Who killed her best friend? Idk it's like Clue. 5 different answers.
Look, I love crazy books. I love Urban Fantasy. I even loved ACOTAR. But this is beyond boring. It hits every issue I have with people assuming they can just info-dump world building and expect me to care. The only person I kind of cared about was Connor, and I knew he would die because Hunt is the love interest. I was hiking whilst listening to the audiobook, because I expected a SJM audiobook to HOLD MY ATTENTION FOR 27.75 HOURS. Oh I got distracted on this point. It didn't hold my interest. It actually is one of the reasons I decided to end my hike early. I'm not hard to please. I can walk for hours with a good audiobook.
Also any review telling me the first 600 pages aren't great but the last 200 are worth it triggered my flight response before I even started. So maybe that's part of the issue. Thanks Dark Crown book name I can't remember.
Honestly, I expected the "might be an assassin roommate/friend" to have been the killer. I think it that had been the case I would have at least given it another 100 pages.
ALSO LIKE. Her brother lowkey definitely wants to fuck her right?
Who killed her best friend? Idk it's like Clue. 5 different answers.
Look, I love crazy books. I love Urban Fantasy. I even loved ACOTAR. But this is beyond boring. It hits every issue I have with people assuming they can just info-dump world building and expect me to care. The only person I kind of cared about was Connor, and I knew he would die because Hunt is the love interest. I was hiking whilst listening to the audiobook, because I expected a SJM audiobook to HOLD MY ATTENTION FOR 27.75 HOURS. Oh I got distracted on this point. It didn't hold my interest. It actually is one of the reasons I decided to end my hike early. I'm not hard to please. I can walk for hours with a good audiobook.
Also any review telling me the first 600 pages aren't great but the last 200 are worth it triggered my flight response before I even started. So maybe that's part of the issue. Thanks Dark Crown book name I can't remember.
Honestly, I expected the "might be an assassin roommate/friend" to have been the killer. I think it that had been the case I would have at least given it another 100 pages.
ALSO LIKE. Her brother lowkey definitely wants to fuck her right?
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
May 29, 2019
– Shelved
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
long-term-to-read
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
urban-fantasy
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
published-2020
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
new-adult
January 5, 2021
– Shelved as:
read-2021
January 5, 2021
– Shelved as:
did-not-finish
January 5, 2021
– Shelved as:
did-not-finish
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Jan 06, 2021 10:38AM
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Renata wrote: "you right"If you end up reading the sequel, please let me know how it is/summary of what happens/who the "real soulmate" of the MC is please!

