Binks’s Reviews > Lakesedge > Status Update

Why are we still talking about the tea and the nightmares? It's beating a dead horse

I've been stuck on the same chapter for 3 days now. Ugh.... can't get through it.

There's a few threads in here that I do like. But it's not enough among all the slow pacing and endless repetiveness that's making this book hard to get through.

I adore the secret garden scene a lot.

She's discovered she can DO something! And it only took halfway through the book to figure it out 😅

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Leta might have powers... like I sorta guessed. And she has met the Lord Under. Sorta. Let's see what happens.

This book is so slooooooooow. And boring. It's killing me that Leta has zero agency.

Whoever did the developmental edits on this book (if it had any ...) and allowed it to stay like this did it a huge disservice.

Arien has all the agency. I feel with a different developmental editor this book could've been incredible. Like if Leta would've went down to Lakesedge herself to find Rowan the monster and ask him to help her hide her brother or something... anything... to give her agency and vulnerability and a story line

I feel like Leta is missing agency. She is the main POV MC but so far she only exists for her brother Arien. I dislike that. I feel like POV MCs should have agency and the stories should be *theirs* so I can't exactly route for her. That's what is wrong here. The emotional connection

I'm still not feeling this book. The beginning felt rushed. Something is just ... missing. Y'know? That extra special something that makes me LOVE other books.

Someone likes the word "Blighted" too much and overuses em dashes. I'm also pretty sure the word "shadow" is used a gazillion times in this book as well. Lol