The first I love you comes extremely early on and definitely by 40% both women are enamoured. 3) The romance was established too early one. She unfortunately acted so childishly that I could not believe she was 19! She spoke as though she were a twelve year old and I just couldn't take her seriously. 2) Laura as a character was less compelling than the romance as a whole. 1) The old-fashioned/formal (yet obviously suitable) writing acted as a barrier between my being able to feel that Carmilla and Laura's relationship was genuine. I felt that the reason I didn't find the romance compelling was because of three main reasons. This could have been partly due to the extremely fast paced writing, but I actually felt that, within the 200 pages, more development could have occurred, both in terms of characterisation and romantic growth. My disinterest in the romance was surprising for me. Yet.I was still left feeling indifferent about it? Maybe that's not the right word, because I do hope to articulate my thoughts - lol - but I was left really unimpressed and. This means that I didn't anticipate the references/plotpoints of the story. I actually haven't read the original Carmilla yet, though I've been hoping to remedy that. On one hand, I enjoy this author's writing, as I have in her Fate of Stars but I felt this one didn't work as well for me.
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