What I liked in this one is the same I liked in her other books. I think she does need to branch out a little bit or people will get bored. I’m not bothered by the repetitive nature of her stories…yet. Love on the Brain is my favorite Hazelwood so far. Lark should be happy with what she’s done. It definitely feels like a passion project and Ms. I’m glad I read this even though it wasn’t quite what I thought or hoped it would be. Anastasia’s siblings-especially her sisters-have my heart. I enjoyed a lot of the side characters and plots. The fire dance scene really stands out to me. I don’t want to go into spoilers, but there were some very beautiful moments in the romance. For a while I felt the attraction between Anastasia and Damien was forced for the sake of the plot.
I liked it-especially when it actually went somewhere. It was stressful waiting to see how she was going to resolve things. Generally, I liked what she did with all of that and I was often on the edge of my seat. There are a lot of the known players like the Tsar and Rasputin, but it’s in a fantastical way. Lark plays with the history of the Romanovs and the Russian uprising. He is a compelling man and I want to know more about him and his magic. I would’ve preferred more of his actual POV. She does also go on a very interesting journey.ĭamien is the love interest and a much easier character to like and connect with.
She’s raised in a very specific world which breeds some unlikable characteristics. I found her frustrating, but also fairly real. I can see people not liking her and DNF-ing because of that. I think this would be more enjoyable if you know most of it won’t be romance-heavy.Īnastasia is a difficult character. I’m not sure I can tell you how much romance you need to be classified as a romance, but I think there should be more. The last 30% or so felt like a romance, but not the rest. Is this a fantasy romance? I’m honestly not sure. I think tightening those things up would’ve shaved off like 10K words and made it better in my opinion. Some scenes were just repetitive or a tad navel-gazing like. I think it makes sense for this to cover as much time, but some things should’ve been more like a montage. This was long and I would argue too long. But that middle bit was a generous 2 star.
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