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Furyborn by Claire Legrand
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I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. As always, thank you Netgalley and

DNF'd at 42%.

I wanted to like this book. I love murderous angels, and I loved the concept of 2 women across 1000 years being intertwined! Unfortunately, it just didn't grab me for a few reasons:

1. The writing didn't grab me like I wanted it to. Given my relationship with YA Fantasy at the moment, I pushed through. Angels! Murderous angels!! She killed the king and MURDEROUS ANGELS!

2. I am all for sex-positive, sexually active women characters. I am not all for characters that are borderline obsessed with sex. Eliana literally meets a dude who is one of the only ones who can kill her, and her instinct is to push out her boobs and flirt? Rielle lusts after her bestie who is engaged to her other bestie while also constantly flirting with a dude (who I assume is twice her age as he's been training her since she was 5?) But mostly, Eliana defaults to sex mode as a way to....distract? fight? I don't know.

3. RIELLE STARTS HEARING A MALE VOICE IN HER HEAD AND HER FIRST INSTINCT IS TO BE TURNED ON. Sorry, but I frequently wondered growing up as the point where the line of "voices in my head" and "what is my mind" crossed and if I was insane.

4. This book takes place in an alternate universe or thousands of years ago....and the use of the term "girlfriend" was too jarring for me.

5. Rielle's story becomes focused on these 7 trials she needs to complete. It's in the summary. But given that chapter 1/the prologue is in the future, there is no suspense?

6. Most of the characters in Eliana's time period I had to stop and think who they were because they just weren't developed enough for me to care.

I tried. If this hadn't been a Netgalley book, I would have put it down around 100 pages, which seems respectable. And I am sincerely bummed I didn't like this book.
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Reading Progress

February 28, 2018 – Shelved
February 28, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read
February 28, 2018 – Shelved as: arcs
February 28, 2018 – Shelved as: young-adult
February 28, 2018 – Shelved as: published-2018
March 27, 2018 – Shelved as: next-up
March 27, 2018 – Shelved as: netgalley
March 27, 2018 – Shelved as: fantasy
April 25, 2018 –
page 37
7.39% "So far... I am not sold on this book. I feel like I'm supposed to understand the backstory without having the backstory."
April 25, 2018 –
page 62
12.38%
May 2, 2018 –
page 98
19.56% "I....am not feeling this. But I'll give it a few more pages."
May 2, 2018 –
page 139
27.74%
May 3, 2018 –
page 179
34.96%
May 4, 2018 –
page 210
41.92% "I can't get a feel on this book, nor do I care about either of the main characters. I'm giving it to the halfway mark before I DNF it though (if I do) because it is a Netgalley book."
May 5, 2018 – Shelved as: did-not-finish
May 5, 2018 – Shelved as: read-2018
May 5, 2018 – Shelved as: new-adult

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