Review: The Hurricane Wars

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

DNF @ pg 305 ( 65%)

When she first laid eyes on him, it was instant attraction.

That handsome visage, the clever words, his carefully assembled purple and gold robes. Even his fancy title drew her in - she'd never known the like. Everything about him screamed adventure, and she thought it was high time for some of that. He was perfect.

But when she got to know him - got to look a little closer, peer beneath that purple and gold attire - she discovered, much to her disappointment, that he was seriously lacking substance.

He was a romantic, that was certain, but with no charisma. His attempts to charm her were clumsy and obvious, which had the opposite - rather than desired - affect. Rather than falling in love with him, as she'd expected to do, she found herself pulling away. She'd avoid him as long as possible, spending time with others so that she didn't have to face his blunt attempts to woo her.

On top of that, he was fascinated with science and the workings of machines, while she was more interested in magic and flights of fancy. All she wanted was a simple story of magic, and he'd go on and on about wind and sails and the true heart of machines. Gods, it bored her.

She slowly, sadly began to realise that maybe it just wasn't going to work.

Maybe it's me, she thought, magnanimously giving benefit of the doubt. Maybe I'm just not putting in the effort I should be.

She regrouped, opening her heart to trying again. More than anything, she wanted this to work. It seemed like it should - why wasn't it??
So she let him talk on and on about people and things she cared nothing for. She let him prattle on about love and loathing, but finally his repeated insistence that LOVE was HATE wore her down. Could he not hear how ridiculous he sounded? And where was all the adventure he'd seemed to promise that first time she'd seen him? How could she have been so wrong?

She looked at him now in a new light.

Perhaps there would be others, easily wooed by romance, that would fall all over themselves for this handsome package. Perhaps others would enjoy his talk of engines and blurred lines of science. But it was time to face the truth of her own feelings: he just wasn't the one for her.
It was time for her to move on.

I hope you enjoyed this short piece of fiction which stands as my review.

In summary:
- Wanted action/adventure, got romance
- Not even good romance, just the constant 'but I HATE him/her!'
- Way too long
- Steampunk, which is really not my vibe
- Ships flying around a lot
- Promised dragons, got like a 2-page appearance
- Just not a lot of anything other than romance tropes
- Disappointing in every way

With thanks to Harper Collins for an ARC

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