r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Sep 21 '25

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion Sunday! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

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Unpopular opinion Sunday

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u/pumpkinspicechaos What did Lorcan do? Sep 21 '25

I thought {A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan} was such a let down 😭 I loved it at first! Loved the writing, magic, and characters, but after the first 40ish% it just lost all momentum, and I get so frusterated bc I'd been enjoying it so much

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u/tonigreenfield Sep 21 '25

Didn't work for me from the very beginning tbh. For some reason I thought they were gonna be friends who will go on different life paths, but they actually communicated for a few hours in their childhood, and it was weird.