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A review by criticalgayze
Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
I have been a huge fan of F.T. Lukens off the back of their last two traditionally published books, In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After. Spell Bound was one of my most highly anticipated releases of 2023.
Unfortunately, I got 20% in and had no sense for what the actual plot of the book was going to be. The writing, especially the dialogue, was very juvenile in a way that makes me think modern urban fantasy is not the lane Lukens works well in. Spell Bound felt more like an early draft of a TJ Klune book than the fun, sincere YA fantasy romance I come to Lukens for.
Unfortunately, I got 20% in and had no sense for what the actual plot of the book was going to be. The writing, especially the dialogue, was very juvenile in a way that makes me think modern urban fantasy is not the lane Lukens works well in. Spell Bound felt more like an early draft of a TJ Klune book than the fun, sincere YA fantasy romance I come to Lukens for.