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Agree. She’s the worst.

I keep putting this read off, and this just made it worse haha. Is there any dragon interaction at all in this one? It's my only drive reading these, honestly.

27 hours??? jeez, that's a torture device right there :>

Alisa wrote: "Agree. She’s the worst."

You did a dnf, too!? I feel better about letting go so early on.

Christine wrote: "I keep putting this read off, and this just made it worse haha. Is there any dragon interaction at all in this one? It's my only drive reading these, honestly."

I think so. I never really got far enough in to see what was up with her dragons. She wouldn't stop whining long enough to let anyone else talk...

Lol...what you said !

leynes wrote: "27 hours??? jeez, that's a torture device right there :>"

They should use this instead of waterboarding.

I hope you were doing something worthwhile while listening to it. I've seen a lot of bad reviews for this and the first book. Maybe the buyers like torture or like you DNF.

Jaidee wrote: "Lol...what you said !"

LOL

Gary wrote: "I hope you were doing something worthwhile while listening to it. I've seen a lot of bad reviews for this and the first book. Maybe the buyers like torture or like you DNF."

I was just puttering around doing laundry. Ended up switching over to another book because it was too frustrating to listen to ditzy whinging. So many people loved it, though!
I guess this one just isn't for me.

I thought the same since the first one *biggest eye roll ever*

It was an uh-oh moment for me after about 2 minutes of listening to nonsense and just hoping it would get better.

I listened to the graphic audio dramatized version and I think the actors made it a bit better. I usually don’t go for fantasy romance, so it’s probably best I didn’t know anything about this series before going into it. (This one feels like a Harlequin Romance novel with dragons.) She is very whiny, but it does get better as the book goes on.

I haven’t disliked a main character this much since Bella Swan in Twilight (I dnf that last book after part one, bc I just couldn’t do it any longer.)

Nicky wrote: "I listened to the graphic audio dramatized version and I think the actors made it a bit better. I usually don’t go for fantasy romance, so it’s probably best I didn’t know anything about this serie..."

Ohhhh. You know, I never even thought about going in for the graphic audio version! If/when one of my libraries gets it in, I might just do that!

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one who had issues, I couldn’t make it past the first couple of pages of the first book. 🥶

People keep telling me to read the first one. I do have the first in the series in a stack of books (with over 100 of them to choose from, lol) with plans to eventually read it�� but I am sort of feeling the same way with just the book description. (That it might not be the book for me.)

Crystal Berdion wrote: "Glad to know I wasn’t the only one who had issues, I couldn’t make it past the first couple of pages of the first book. 🥶"

I was hoping this might be a whole different experience than the first book, but I think it was actually worse in all the ways that mattered to me.

Katie wrote: "People keep telling me to read the first one. I do have the first in the series in a stack of books (with over 100 of them to choose from, lol) with plans to eventually read it�� but I am sort of fe..."

Well, give it a shot. I would definitely recommend staying away from the audiobook unless there's no choice. The narrator is whiny.

It sounded terrible when I first ran across it, so I have stayed far away.

Audrey wrote: "It sounded terrible when I first ran across it, so I have stayed far away."

Wise words, Audrey.

I finished the book only because it was the book club book. Some of the ladies love fantasy romance. I didn't like the whining. I also didn't like all the graphic sex.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #same #unpopularopinion

The first book was sooo much better

Veronica wrote: "I finished the book only because it was the book club book. Some of the ladies love fantasy romance. I didn't like the whining. I also didn't like all the graphic sex."

I'm a skimmer of the sex scenes myself these days. I remember back in the day being all titillated and giggly when it steamed up, so I can appreciate why they put it in, but I'm more interested in plot these days.
Sadly. lol
What book club is this? Most of the book clubs I get invited to want me to read The Women or some boring nonsense.

Tegan wrote: "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #same #unpopularopinion"

They can't all be winners for us, right?

Khushi wrote: "The first book was sooo much better"

I agree, only in the sense that I was able to finish the first book. Otherwise, I can't comment on the betterness (<---fucking spellcheck keeps trying to tell me that I can't make up words!) of the book.

In reflection, I wish I had also dnf’d at 3%

I used to hang in there, too. Like, once I started, I couldn't stop? It was this weird imaginary rule that I suddenly got old enough to realize didn't matter. So. many. shitty. books were read that I should have tossed.

Good on you because I wish I could get that time back��.the story got so much worse but I “had to see it through��.

I think school trained us to stick with books we don't like, and it's hard to break that habit as adults.

Audrey wrote: "I think school trained us to stick with books we don't like, and it's hard to break that habit as adults."

It doesn't bother me as much as it used to even 5-10 years ago. As I age, it's increasingly easy to DNF the slop.

And Anne, my daughter, mid-30's, adores this series. Several months ago she was trying AGAIN to get me to read it. She tries periodically, poor thing 😻 But I asked her if that was the YA smut book everyone was talking about, and she said nevermind.

John wrote: "Good on you because I wish I could get that time back��.the story got so much worse but I “had to see it through��."

I know the feeling. Don't kick yourself.

Michelle wrote: "It doesn't bother me as much as it used to even 5-10 years ago. As I age, it's increasingly easy to DNF the slop.

And Anne, my daughter, mid-30's, adores this series. Several months ago she was trying AGAIN to get me to read it. She tries periodically, poor thing 😻 But I asked her if that was the YA smut book everyone was talking about, and she said nevermind."

Yes! It's like I suddenly realized that I "only have so much time left" and I'm sure as hell not going to waste it on shit.

You know what's weird? I absolutely loved YA when I was in my 30's. Maybe it's a phase we go through?

Audrey wrote: "I think school trained us to stick with books we don't like, and it's hard to break that habit as adults."

I agree. Blame it on the people who made us read Beowulf as children.

I assumed YA was getting worse and worse, but maybe it's just me having less tolerance for crap.

I think it's me that's changed and not the YA. I'm guessing that I (like a lot of women) was going through that "yearning to be a girl again" in my 30s. You're older but not old, and you have a lot of responsibilities that you have to adjust to in an adult way. I'd been a mom for while at that point, and the new car smell had worn off my children. Certain things about your life are set in stone and there's no going back. <--not that you even necessarily want to! Just the realization that the choices are gone and your dreams will follow a certain path. I don't mean to sound like you can't or shouldn't have "dreams" but at that point all of my future dreams would include being a married mom of 4 kids. You can't really walk that back unless you just decided to run away from home. And I love my husband and kids! My nightmares revolve around losing them, you know?
I think that's where YA fantasy stuff comes in. You can relive that dreamy girlhood angst without having to leave all the things and people that you actually love about your life as an adult.

Or that's what I think. Because I wasn't the only one! Most of my girlfriends were into YA at the same time.

“Time of death�� 😂

I think my problem with YA romance is that it is either toxic or incredibly superficial, and after being married 27 years, what I have is way deeper and more real than what's in the books.

They never communicate with their partner, thinking They wouldn't understand, They wouldn't like me if they knew, etc. No! True love is being able to say, "Babe, I accidentally time traveled and killed someone. What should I do?" and your partner says, "Okay, we got this."

Audrey wrote: "True love is being able to say, "Babe, I accidentally time traveled and killed someone. What should I do?" and your partner says, "Okay, we got this."

I get that. Real love is corroborating an alibi. All the wishy-washy moralizing they do in YA is ridiculous.

amy wrote: "“Time of death�� 😂"

I hear the Law and Order dun, dun sound in my head when I DNF now. lol

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Anne is a savage and I’m here for it

Lyn wrote: "Anne is a savage and I’m here for it"

This is the best line of your review. I died.
Who's the savage now, Lyn?

I’ve been married to the same woman for 33 years. I give Chuck Norris relationship advice.

Yes, I am in the same boat as you. I pick it up and then stop listening (I did the audiobook) and the Unnecessary WHINING got to me. She was unhappy with the secrets kept from her BUT she was ok doing the same from them. This series had potential and book 2 is just Ahhhnoying....
I might finish it eventually. But today is not the day. I might switch to Graphics Audio Dramatized version and they do a good job on many series. It might help a tad, lol. Thank you Hoopla cuz I did not want to buy this book!!

Does Hoopla have the Graphic Audio?!

Anne wrote: "Does Hoopla have the Graphic Audio?!"

Yes! They have Kate Daniel series (as and when they come out in Graphics Audio) and the Iron Flame split in 2 parts. And some other ones depending on what you want to listen to.

I thought the first one was between decent and good, but not my favorite. I’m not sure if I want to read this one, simply because the vibes I’m going to get may be like Bella’s obsession with Edward in the twilight book. I DNF the first twilight story because I couldn’t get over the fact that’s all she cared about�� there wasn’t enough depth for me. And romance novels aren’t my favorite, I suppose I’m picky and there just can’t be too much of it. But if your review is anything to go by, I won’t be the right target audience for this either.