Meer dan 5,9 miljoen beoordelingen en recensies Organiseer de boeken die je wilt lezen of gelezen hebt Het laatste boekennieuws Word gratis lid
×
Lezersrecensie

The courting of Bristol Keats

Monique 30 oktober 2024
The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson was one of my most anticipated reads of this year, as I loved the Remnant Chronicles and then loved the Dance of Thieves duology even more! Therefore I was excited to receive an e-arc (all opinions are my own), and dove into the book right away. And it started so good!

I love Bristol, she’s intelligent and shrewd, she knows life’s not fair and there is not a naive bone in her body. It was such a treat to read about an adult character that actually makes smart choices and is adulting.

But then… it got kinda boring? There were some fun parts inbetween the boring parts but basically the boring parts were overwhelmingly too much. I considered DNFing starting from 40% until I reached 85% but I persevered as this is an e-arc and I don’t really want to DNF those.

I’m not really sure where it went wrong. As I mentioned, I love Bristol, I also love Tyghan and Eris and all the other characters, especially the other recruits, and there was enough depth to all the relationships. The love story is great, this is definitely a romantasy. There was a mystery to keep you going and the antagonist… he’s just plain epic. I’ve been pondering what went wrong and I think it’s a combination of a lot repetitive training sequences, and that you already know a lot that the MC doesn’t know yet, due to multiple POVs which lessens the mystery quite a lot. The romance also gave me the ick due to spoilery reasons. And I have to admit: I absolutely hate fairies. The entire world felt familiar, though it’s very elaborate and complex, it is typically faerie. I bet most people will like this though.

What makes this read a 2.5 star read instead of a 3 star is the ending. As in: that was definitely NOT an ending. It just stopped at some random place, in the middle of a spicy scene? And that’s it? So weird!

All in all, I loved the characters and complexity, and do think this is better written romantasy than most in that genre, but I was bored too much to really like this. Such a shame as I believe it does have the seeds of epicness hidden within, it just didn’t bloom. Yet. I’ll definitely be reading the second book to see if it gets better.

Reageer op deze recensie

Meer recensies van Monique

Gesponsord

Het intrigerende verhaal achter de moordenaar van Willem van Oranje. Vol spanning en gruwelijke plottwists!

Een indringend verhaal op het scherp van de snede, vanuit de belevingswereld van de strafrechtadvocate die als slachtoffer moet strijden voor een eerlijke behandeling onder het recht waar ze altijd in heeft geloofd.

Hetzelfde boek lezen brengt mensen samen: je hebt direct iets om over te praten! Daarom lezen we in november met heel Nederland 'Joe Speedboot' van Tommy Wieringa. Je haalt het boek gratis op bij je bibliotheek.

'Bevreemdend, mysterieus en ongelofelijk. Esther Gerritsen maakt het onbereikbare perspectief herkenbaar.' – Jury Boekenbon Literatuurprijs 2024 over Gebied 19