The First Three Rules
2014 • 266 pages

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Average rating2.5

15

This book had potential but I had difficulty enjoying it due to the mediocre writing. The biggest problem I noticed was pronoun confusion - it's the worst case I've ever come across. I also wasn't a fan of the way Jon's internal struggle was presented. Rather than showing dueling thoughts, it was him arguing out loud with internal thoughts. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but in my experience, internal arguments are just that - internal. If someone talks to themselves, I believe they just say what they're thinking rather than voicing half a conversation with their mind. Anyway, that just struck me as unrealistic.

The plot itself was somewhat interesting, but was ruined by too many cliché events. It felt very much like typical m/f romances where they keep being brought together by one being injured and the other nursing them back to health, someone needing to be rescued and nursed back to health, lather rinse repeat. There was even a completely inexperienced virgin with an inferiority complex.

This is the first in a trilogy, but I can't be arsed to read the rest.

October 7, 2014