The bones are there to tell a good story with these characters in their situations - Aaron in the military and unsure of what he wants from life, and Ruby trying to overcome her fears in order to embrace possibilities for the future - but it doesn’t feel like the structural work was done to do the characters justice, or to build a cohesive story arc. There are chunks of this story that could have benefited from extensive developmental editing. But this isn’t what happens in Dear Aaron. I was warned that Zapata specialises in slow-burn romances, so I was prepared for the romance to take a bit of time. If you’re keen to try Zapata’s work, don’t start with this one. When Kaetrin flagged to me that Dear Aaron has a half-Filipina heroine, I figured it would be the perfect excuse to finally read Zapata’s work. I’ve heard some very good things about Mariana Zapata, and she’s on my list of authors to try. There are similar but much better stories on Wattpad, and they’re free. The story has sweet moments, but for the most part it’s boring.
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Based on the 1973 novel of the same name by John Bellairs, The House with a Clock in Its Walls introduces audiences to a spooky home full of magic, secrets, and more chocolate chip cookies than you might expect. Oree seeks only to live as ordinary a life as possible, despite her unusual abilities and disability. Oree is blind, but has the ability to see magic she has inherited this sensitivity to magic from her father, who also taught her to conceal her gift, as it is considered heretical by the Order of Itempas. It takes place ten years after the events of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and centers around a young woman named Oree Shoth, who lives in the World Tree-shrouded, godling-inhabited city of Shadow.Ī decade after the events of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms comes the story of Oree Shoth, a young street artist who lives in the city of Sky, which has been unofficially renamed "Shadow" after the growth of the enormous World Tree. 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