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sophia_sol) wrote2019-05-24 08:13 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2019-05-24 08:13 pm
A Lily Among Thorns, by Rose Lerner
One of Rose Lerner's early books, and I don't like it as well as her later works (I AM NEVER GOING TO BE OVER HOW PERFECT TRUE PRETENSES IS) but I didn't have anything strongly against it.
Part of my complaint is that there's just really a lot of plot. More than I care about. I was going to briefly sum up the premise here but like.... Too much going on, really. A lot of stuff about spies though, which is not really my thing. I liked the leads and believed in their interest in each other, and my interest was maintained through the book sufficiently that I finished it, but.....just not really nearly so much my thing as I usually expect from Lerner.
My biggest complaint is that Rene is first introduced when he's betraying his long-time friend and business partner, Serena, which is not a good way to introduce a character who the reader is in the end supposed to like. I never felt like I was subsequently shown enough of his good qualities to make up for his betrayal enough to actually care about him.
Part of my complaint is that there's just really a lot of plot. More than I care about. I was going to briefly sum up the premise here but like.... Too much going on, really. A lot of stuff about spies though, which is not really my thing. I liked the leads and believed in their interest in each other, and my interest was maintained through the book sufficiently that I finished it, but.....just not really nearly so much my thing as I usually expect from Lerner.
My biggest complaint is that Rene is first introduced when he's betraying his long-time friend and business partner, Serena, which is not a good way to introduce a character who the reader is in the end supposed to like. I never felt like I was subsequently shown enough of his good qualities to make up for his betrayal enough to actually care about him.
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