In a world made of paper, a Wangsty, judgemental girl becomes an Instant Expert in the field she didn't choose and at first thinks useless.
Her obvious authority problem never gets her in trouble, at least, now when we can see it (and troubles it does lead to are quickly remedied and/or hidden in the backstory and bland - how did she not end up in jail for joyriding?) perhaps because nobody else, especially in position of authority, does anything, since this world only seems to exist as a background for Ceony (her little sister apparently couldn't even figure out she maybe ought to hide from the elements on her own...) With no regard for... anything (like reputations or favouritism - raised eyebrows from a person of authority are the only rebuke she gets in the first book, and the second isn't much better) she enters a Teacher/Student Romance with a Stoic Woobie who has just enough quirky workaholism to spice him up, even though she's freckled, and her only competition is the B/Witch from Hell. Yeah.
And yet...
Bad composition (nothing, nothing, nothing, BANG! then Ceony has to sneak out and save the day, then some more nothing, similarly in book two, except Ceony is sometimes admitted to be useless), random preachy bits (seriously), the weird device that the heart-journey is, Deus ex Machina climax in both first and second books and rather shallow, wobbly worldbuilding make up for a "meh" feeling, and yet. It's not even So Bad, It's Good, and YET! Maybe it's the idea(s?), maybe it's just a good springboard for girly fantasies. I don't know. Still, sort of chewing gum for the brain.
Literature Reading woman's guilty pleasure
In a world made of paper, a Wangsty, judgemental girl becomes an Instant Expert in the field she didn't choose and at first thinks useless.
Her obvious authority problem never gets her in trouble, at least, now when we can see it (and troubles it does lead to are quickly remedied and/or hidden in the backstory and bland - how did she not end up in jail for joyriding?) perhaps because nobody else, especially in position of authority, does anything, since this world only seems to exist as a background for Ceony (her little sister apparently couldn't even figure out she maybe ought to hide from the elements on her own...) With no regard for... anything (like reputations or favouritism - raised eyebrows from a person of authority are the only rebuke she gets in the first book, and the second isn't much better) she enters a Teacher/Student Romance with a Stoic Woobie who has just enough quirky workaholism to spice him up, even though she's freckled, and her only competition is the B/Witch from Hell. Yeah.
And yet...
Bad composition (nothing, nothing, nothing, BANG! then Ceony has to sneak out and save the day, then some more nothing, similarly in book two, except Ceony is sometimes admitted to be useless), random preachy bits (seriously), the weird device that the heart-journey is, Deus ex Machina climax in both first and second books and rather shallow, wobbly worldbuilding make up for a "meh" feeling, and yet. It's not even So Bad, It's Good, and YET! Maybe it's the idea(s?), maybe it's just a good springboard for girly fantasies. I don't know. Still, sort of chewing gum for the brain.