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A review by ebabs48
His Bane by Courtney W. Dixon
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
3/ 3.25
This one was a bit hard for me to rate. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next book. But, in the preface, the author seems overly concerned with trying to make Sully relatable and sympathetic because he's a psychopath, but honestly, i think they should have been more concerned with making Malik be less of a jerk. I had a tough time liking Malik. He kept pushing away Sully and he spent like 20 years feeling guilty and withholding truths and affection from Sully. But then when he decided to let himself bond with Sully, Malik changed the rules of their relationship overnight and seemed upset that Sully struggled with that.
It also rubbed me the wrong way that Malik kept almost holding Sullys psychopathy against him even tho he KNEW what he was getting into - he came off as dismissive when Sully was trying to express his version of love to Malik several times - like you know his feelings are going to look different towards you so why dismiss them altogether?!? He acts like Sully cant be hurt sometimes or feel at all which is kind of sad.
It just didnt seem fair and kind of sad that their whole relationship seemed controlled by Malik who quite frankly had the biggest and most hypocritical stick up his ass. I really liked Sully and his adorable love of disco - I've been listening to the Cannons too now lol
This is a slow burn and not much plot outside of their relationship which got slightly tiring and, after reading the first book and learning about their organization, i was looking forward to seeing how they function more and facing external enemies.
#TeamSully
This one was a bit hard for me to rate. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next book. But, in the preface, the author seems overly concerned with trying to make Sully relatable and sympathetic because he's a psychopath, but honestly, i think they should have been more concerned with making Malik be less of a jerk. I had a tough time liking Malik. He kept pushing away Sully and he spent like 20 years feeling guilty and withholding truths and affection from Sully. But then when he decided to let himself bond with Sully, Malik changed the rules of their relationship overnight and seemed upset that Sully struggled with that.
It also rubbed me the wrong way that Malik kept almost holding Sullys psychopathy against him even tho he KNEW what he was getting into - he came off as dismissive when Sully was trying to express his version of love to Malik several times - like you know his feelings are going to look different towards you so why dismiss them altogether?!? He acts like Sully cant be hurt sometimes or feel at all which is kind of sad.
It just didnt seem fair and kind of sad that their whole relationship seemed controlled by Malik who quite frankly had the biggest and most hypocritical stick up his ass. I really liked Sully and his adorable love of disco - I've been listening to the Cannons too now lol
This is a slow burn and not much plot outside of their relationship which got slightly tiring and, after reading the first book and learning about their organization, i was looking forward to seeing how they function more and facing external enemies.
#TeamSully