![]() Some of the paragraph structures were choppy (read short sentences acting as an individual paragraph) The prologue set you up to assume these characters were going to be soulmates, but the epilogue sets up an interesting plot twist. At least the last occurrence was a neat take on necromancy! so that maybe was a little excessive for one story: stabbed, healed etc. There were 3 nearly identical scenes where her life was in danger due to being stabbed. It follows the love story of Jeremy, a Guardian with teleporting and electricity powers who helps protect people on Earth from vamps, demons etc and Laila, who we think is a human throughout most of the book turns out to be not even a little human. The story is set in modern day USA, which was neat, as it's been awhile since I've read an urban fantasy. One of the things I loved about this novel were the themes of consent, and how the author touched on real life struggles of substance abuse and addiction, while not making it a "thing" While I personally prefer a little more description in writing, the dialogue was done in such a way that the reader was able to get a feel for the characters. It was a fast paced, very easily digestible character driven story with some spice. I wasn't sure what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. This is my first Charlie Nottingham book and I did receive it as an ARC. I was hoping for a new fantasy romance series obsession, and all I got was being pissed off. There were so many issues with this book. She kept having the female characters call themselves whores and sluts. The author’s depiction of casual sex was also extremely uncomfortable. The only tension there was included the characters being like “ugh but we’re so young we don’t want to be tied to one person forever yet.” Like? What. When you write a “fated mates/soulmates” fantasy romance, there needs to be tension and conflict because we know where it’s going. The prologue was also spoilery!!! I wish I didn’t know what I did because it would have made the “reveal” so much more impactful. I get the author is trying to set up the rest of the VERY LONG series, but when I spent the entire book not connecting with anyone because it was so vague, I truly didn’t care about the time jumps that felt spoilery. The last several chapters included weird time jumps that didn’t make sense for the story. ![]() I also hate the nickname “baby.” Please stop.Įverything about this book was vague. Not only was the plot boring and the romance barely there, but the pop culture references throughout the entirety of the book really annoyed me. Because of the writing style, the romance was really boring as well. I’m sorry, what? Where is the build up, tension, longing, conflict, any of it? Nonexistent. The author skims over months at a time and writes things like, “and we talked on the phone for hours and texted every day,” and now the characters are in love. There really isn’t any plot in this book. Even though they shouldn’t be together because Laila is a “fragile human,” they end up getting together anyway. Laila is a human girl in some literally unnamed small town, and Jeremy is a guardian, some supernatural creature who can teleport and control electricity and hunts down rogue supernatural creatures. The Last Beginning follows Laila and Jeremy. Be advised this is less of a review and more of a rant. ![]()
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