funstm
Written on Aug 30, 2020
This isn't a perfect book but it's pretty damn good and it's very enjoyable. Flick and Achilles were both snarky and adorable. Flick was wicked badass. I loved her insecurity and her journey to confidence. I loved how Achilles' challenged her to be better, to be more. I didn't love all the complications in their love story (show spoiler)[ the hookers just about killed me ] but it made sense I guess - I just didn't like it.
This book is dark, but not as dark as I was expecting. It's pretty tame in a lot of ways. It reminded me a lot of Batman. I guess I kept thinking of Carova as Gotham. There's violence but not overwhelming violence once you get past the start. To be honest I would've appreciated more violence. (show spoiler)[ Particularly with the ending - it made no sense that Achilles didn't kill Molten. He should have. But then I guess Achilles' totally reforms - but I wouldn't have hated an ending with him not giving up his life of crime and Flick decides to join in. She does wield a hammer very well. ] There's swoonworthy romance and flirting but although it's NA there aren't a bunch of explicit sex scenes.
I didn't think the storyline with Finn worked all that well (show spoiler)[ (it didn't really make sense why he called her sweetheart, or cared for her wellbeing) ] but it was easy enough to ignore. (show spoiler)[ I preferred to just think they were old friends or something. ] I did really enjoy the superhero powers Flick has. The idea of being to give someone sunshine/happiness was a cool one. I would've liked to see more of Achilles' history - where he came from, why he's done what he has, (show spoiler)[ why if he doesn't have powers he became what he has? and does he definitely not have powers? ] etc.
It's a shame the author doesn't seem to be adding any more books to the series, because this is a fantastic novel and I would love to read more of Flick and Achilles. 4.5 stars.
This book is dark, but not as dark as I was expecting. It's pretty tame in a lot of ways. It reminded me a lot of Batman. I guess I kept thinking of Carova as Gotham. There's violence but not overwhelming violence once you get past the start. To be honest I would've appreciated more violence. (show spoiler)[ Particularly with the ending - it made no sense that Achilles didn't kill Molten. He should have. But then I guess Achilles' totally reforms - but I wouldn't have hated an ending with him not giving up his life of crime and Flick decides to join in. She does wield a hammer very well. ] There's swoonworthy romance and flirting but although it's NA there aren't a bunch of explicit sex scenes.
I didn't think the storyline with Finn worked all that well (show spoiler)[ (it didn't really make sense why he called her sweetheart, or cared for her wellbeing) ] but it was easy enough to ignore. (show spoiler)[ I preferred to just think they were old friends or something. ] I did really enjoy the superhero powers Flick has. The idea of being to give someone sunshine/happiness was a cool one. I would've liked to see more of Achilles' history - where he came from, why he's done what he has, (show spoiler)[ why if he doesn't have powers he became what he has? and does he definitely not have powers? ] etc.
It's a shame the author doesn't seem to be adding any more books to the series, because this is a fantastic novel and I would love to read more of Flick and Achilles. 4.5 stars.