I really want to be able to enjoy the books, but those two things, especially the second, have become distracting and are taking away from what could otherwise be solid new adult romance novels. If you're going to draw attention to something that someone is going to say, especially if the impact of their words are supposed to be significant, it better be good. There are several instances where the character is supposed to say something profound, whether to make an heartfelt appeal or to "put someone in their place," but it always comes out as a childish quip. However, Tijan seems to want these characters to seem wise beyond their years, given their backgrounds.
In reality, you would expect some immaturity in the dialogue and/or actions. I get that Tijan writes young / new adult characters. In this way, her characters seem to fall short of their intended impact. I have trouble believing the trauma and the necessity for someone to step in to rescue them. It seems that Tijan develops traumatic backgrounds for her characters, but in a way that is so obvious it seems superficial. In theory, this should produce a full-bodied character that we can buy into. We should want these characters to have a happy ending given what they had to endure earlier in life. The characters are written to have a backstory that makes you either relate to or want to pull for the character. However, after listening to Kian, I realize that this is a Tijan thing. There are a few things that bothered me about the Fallen Crest series that I thought might be unique to the character ages or the characters themselves. I breezed through all of the books in a few weeks and must say that I enjoyed them. Brooke is missing.I was introduced to Tijan via the Fallen Crest series. Brooke left Hillcrest for good, and that was the last time I saw her.įourteen years later, I’m staring at her face on the television. Three months later, her father died, and Kai became the head of the Bennett Family. Her father said accident, but Brooke said murder. They were mafia, and Brooke’s oldest brother was dead. He came to our school with their father, and that’s when I learned what kind of family Brooke came from.
Kai had eyes that pulled me in and a face that haunted my dreams. I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy.
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