Erin reviewed Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
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I want to be a romantasy girlie so bad, but there are some things currently popular in the genre that I don’t like and are difficult for me to ignore. Especially when it starts to pile up.
1) Super unique physical appearance for the MC, usually involving eye color. I rolled my eyes at this part but felt like I could move past it once established.
2) Dialogue that feels silly and/or contemporary. Initially it seemed like this book was going to avoid that problem, but it started up once the initial danger was past.
3) Simplistic or nonsensical world. Often aspects included for aesthetics, not because it makes any sense. At 25% in, I had no idea how a magical ability to create glass flowers and butterflies mattered. Can she also make other useful things? What is this for?? There’s also a group of guards of the Queen that …
I want to be a romantasy girlie so bad, but there are some things currently popular in the genre that I don’t like and are difficult for me to ignore. Especially when it starts to pile up.
1) Super unique physical appearance for the MC, usually involving eye color. I rolled my eyes at this part but felt like I could move past it once established.
2) Dialogue that feels silly and/or contemporary. Initially it seemed like this book was going to avoid that problem, but it started up once the initial danger was past.
3) Simplistic or nonsensical world. Often aspects included for aesthetics, not because it makes any sense. At 25% in, I had no idea how a magical ability to create glass flowers and butterflies mattered. Can she also make other useful things? What is this for?? There’s also a group of guards of the Queen that have had their eyes removed - I’m sure some reason is given for this at some point, but it’s very much the kind of thing that bugs me in fantasy. I think it’s included for the look of it more than anything else.
In general I had a very weak sense of setting and world, so I was getting frustrated. I prefer much more lush settings.
On the plus side, it’s a very readable book. I liked the opening chapters enough to get a good ways in. I think if the characterization of the MC had been stronger, I could have excused the rest and kept going.