I won a copy of Hotel Magnifique. I grabbed it because it seemed to be a stronger, better version of Carnivale. (I'm one of few who did not like that book jsyk.) So I wanted to give this book a chance because it seemed to have a darker, more serious plot.
1.) What hurts this book is that it is written for YA. But you know like some books that are written for YA that it is aware of the tone and doesn't talk down to people? Yeah, this book is one of those that talks down a bit to their readers. Which is upsetting because the characters feel really juvenile as do their experiences.
2.) The tone of this book, which could be linked with the audience and how it was written, is just... all over the place. I thought it would be a bit creepy and there was a mystery a-foot. No. No creepy and no real mystery happening.
3.) When books have a love interest and instead of going for a natural 'getting to know you before falling in love' goes for a instant attraction and we have to sit through this crappy done love/hate romance? Yep. Knocking that down a star or two.
4.) The plot is not very strong, and it relies on you understanding the magic and or not understanding the magic to be looped into understanding the magic until.... 60% into the book. WHAT. How is that possible. It's called 'getting off on withholding'.
5.) When people have characters with French accents but slap them into fantasy settings that do not correlate with the worlds around them? That pisses me off because it is a poor excuse of doing research on the place that you are setting your characters in.
... But will anybody care? No. This is for those people who liked Caravale. Who liked failed attempts at strong heroines who have lame will they / won't they relationships with their love interest.
I was interested only for the sister. The poor sister that was here and there through the plot that the lead is trying to save
1.) What hurts this book is that it is written for YA. But you know like some books that are written for YA that it is aware of the tone and doesn't talk down to people? Yeah, this book is one of those that talks down a bit to their readers. Which is upsetting because the characters feel really juvenile as do their experiences.
2.) The tone of this book, which could be linked with the audience and how it was written, is just... all over the place. I thought it would be a bit creepy and there was a mystery a-foot. No. No creepy and no real mystery happening.
3.) When books have a love interest and instead of going for a natural 'getting to know you before falling in love' goes for a instant attraction and we have to sit through this crappy done love/hate romance? Yep. Knocking that down a star or two.
4.) The plot is not very strong, and it relies on you understanding the magic and or not understanding the magic to be looped into understanding the magic until.... 60% into the book. WHAT. How is that possible. It's called 'getting off on withholding'.
5.) When people have characters with French accents but slap them into fantasy settings that do not correlate with the worlds around them? That pisses me off because it is a poor excuse of doing research on the place that you are setting your characters in.
... But will anybody care? No. This is for those people who liked Caravale. Who liked failed attempts at strong heroines who have lame will they / won't they relationships with their love interest.
I was interested only for the sister. The poor sister that was here and there through the plot that the lead is trying to save