The Rose and the Thorn

DNF at 25%. Sorry. I tried. I really did.

Unfortunately I think the audiobook narrator had a lot to do with my low rating. She read this like one would read a fairy tale to a young child. For a short book, that would have been fine. For this book it made it drag.

The pacing was also an issue. It was both exceptionally fast AND exceptionally slow. Each scene was incredibly short. I wanted more context or substance to a page. Just as I would get drawn in, the scene would end and the MC would be somewhere else. At the same time the pacing was crazy slow. Wandering around the castle and the grounds. Yes, seems like it was beautiful. The descriptions were lush and enchanting. But even reflecting on what I had read, it felt like so much was spent on scenery and that could have been condensed dramatically.

I have no real opinion on Rose and Thorn. They seemed ok as characters.

This may have been more enjoyable in an ebook format where one could read at their own pace and jump ahead at the highly descriptive areas.