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A review by oknazareth
Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I’m asking myself why did I read this?
The premise was crazy good: a mix between The Bachelor and The Selection but add horny basilisks? Yes, sing me up.
I liked the whole basilisk culture and learning how they lived, even if we didn’t learn much about them. I liked the love triangle, shocking, I know, but I found it nice. The spice was good until there was nothing new and it felt like reading about the sex lives of a 40 year married couple.
All was good at the beginning, if you can suspend your logical beliefs (even more than what is required for fantasy books) then you might enjoy the first chapters.
Then it starts lagging something awful and I just wanted to skip 100 pages of the same thing. I swear if she explained one more time how basilisks kill with a look, I would have killed the book, like shredded it or whatever. Yes, we’ve known that for a while, please stop.
It didn’t help that I knew what was coming early on, I just needed these people to move along. It also didn’t help that I never fully believed Caspen and Leo loved this girl, I was expecting one or both of them to betray her.
My biggest pain with the story was Tem. That girl could not make up her mind if her life depended on it —literally, they were all about to meet the end and she was still changing her mind. I couldn’t wait to be out of her head for good.
The premise was crazy good: a mix between The Bachelor and The Selection but add horny basilisks? Yes, sing me up.
I liked the whole basilisk culture and learning how they lived, even if we didn’t learn much about them. I liked the love triangle, shocking, I know, but I found it nice. The spice was good until there was nothing new and it felt like reading about the sex lives of a 40 year married couple.
All was good at the beginning, if you can suspend your logical beliefs (even more than what is required for fantasy books) then you might enjoy the first chapters.
Then it starts lagging something awful and I just wanted to skip 100 pages of the same thing. I swear if she explained one more time how basilisks kill with a look, I would have killed the book, like shredded it or whatever. Yes, we’ve known that for a while, please stop.
It didn’t help that I knew what was coming early on, I just needed these people to move along. It also didn’t help that I never fully believed Caspen and Leo loved this girl, I was expecting one or both of them to betray her.
My biggest pain with the story was Tem. That girl could not make up her mind if her life depended on it —literally, they were all about to meet the end and she was still changing her mind. I couldn’t wait to be out of her head for good.