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A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (Married to Magic, #5)
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2.5/5.0
I usually thoroughly enjoy Ms. Kova’s books, and fly through them in a day - two at the most (for the longer ones). This one took me almost five days to finish. So I’ve really had to contemplate why…
Reasons:
1. There is so much filler wrapped around what is actually happening! So many words that don’t progress the actual story - explanations of stuff that don’t matter etc. I would often find my mind wandering as I read, then decide to do something else because I was BORED!
2. Faelyn is the most vapid FMC I have read in a Looooong time. And, I honestly love female characters who are kind and optimistic, so it’s not that. Her actions and responses were just so… childish? Wimpy? Wish-washy? I honestly can’t find the words… and then what was still a three star read hit one star FAST! ⬇️
3. Chapter 32 nailed the coffin on ANY enjoyment I found in reading a book with this main character. Here, Faelyn exhibited the most STUPID, RIDICULOUS, UNFORGIVABLE actions for any woman that can process a sentence in her brain! Luckily the overall story’s action and suspense near the end caught my interest enough that I could squeeze that rating up a bit later.
4. Evander’s secret is eye-rollilngly obvious from the minute his character hits the page. Ms. Kova must have done that intentionally. Just not sure why, because it just makes Faelyn look that much worse.
5. Also not sure why, but the over abundance of time spent on sex scenes just didn’t fit well. Maybe it’s Faelyn’s character, maybe this particular storyline didn’t progress smoothly with the sex. *shrugs*
6. The ending. While there is a quick HEA, this book is supposed to be the ending of a series. So, one would think we would get an overall wrap-up and HEA for the world as a whole. In fact, when the topic of the Elf king and his human queen was introduced, I was almost sure we would get to see everyone we fell in love with in previous books - then mold it all into one great ending. More fool, me. Nothing. Nothing at all.
*sigh* My disappointment is deep - yet my faith in Ms. Kova still stands.
I usually thoroughly enjoy Ms. Kova’s books, and fly through them in a day - two at the most (for the longer ones). This one took me almost five days to finish. So I’ve really had to contemplate why…
Reasons:
1. There is so much filler wrapped around what is actually happening! So many words that don’t progress the actual story - explanations of stuff that don’t matter etc. I would often find my mind wandering as I read, then decide to do something else because I was BORED!
2. Faelyn is the most vapid FMC I have read in a Looooong time. And, I honestly love female characters who are kind and optimistic, so it’s not that. Her actions and responses were just so… childish? Wimpy? Wish-washy? I honestly can’t find the words… and then what was still a three star read hit one star FAST! ⬇️
3. Chapter 32 nailed the coffin on ANY enjoyment I found in reading a book with this main character. Here, Faelyn exhibited the most STUPID, RIDICULOUS, UNFORGIVABLE actions for any woman that can process a sentence in her brain! Luckily the overall story’s action and suspense near the end caught my interest enough that I could squeeze that rating up a bit later.
4. Evander’s secret is eye-rollilngly obvious from the minute his character hits the page. Ms. Kova must have done that intentionally. Just not sure why, because it just makes Faelyn look that much worse.
5. Also not sure why, but the over abundance of time spent on sex scenes just didn’t fit well. Maybe it’s Faelyn’s character, maybe this particular storyline didn’t progress smoothly with the sex. *shrugs*
6. The ending. While there is a quick HEA, this book is supposed to be the ending of a series. So, one would think we would get an overall wrap-up and HEA for the world as a whole. In fact, when the topic of the Elf king and his human queen was introduced, I was almost sure we would get to see everyone we fell in love with in previous books - then mold it all into one great ending. More fool, me. Nothing. Nothing at all.
*sigh* My disappointment is deep - yet my faith in Ms. Kova still stands.
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Reading Progress
August 5, 2024
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August 5, 2024
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August 8, 2024
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August 8, 2024
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August 8, 2024
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fantasy
August 8, 2024
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Finished Reading
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Aug 13, 2024 12:50PM
I was really hoping it would at least rope in the elf king and his human bride. They talked about asking them for help so much to just - not see them lol like what??!
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Erica wrote: "I was really hoping it would at least rope in the elf king and his human bride. They talked about asking them for help so much to just - not see them lol like what??!"Me too!!! I thought for sure we would at least see them. Then hear about what the others were doing... That's all we needed.
I enjoyed the other books in this series and now I'm wondering if I should actually pick this one up.
ehhhh…. I really enjoyed the first books, as well. Not sure what happened here but… it fell flat - at least for me.
