/lit/ - Literature

A gay friend gifted me this, citing the gayness as a plus for the premise.

As someone who is stubborn in only reading fantasy classics and historical epics I want judge it fairly, and not get distracted by my modern cynicism at the world.

I find it very hard. In predictable contemporary fashion, the author's idea of a "Strong" female protagonist is being an asshole to everyone and trying way too hard to be quirky and acerbic.

Has anyone read this? I want to know if I'm being biased because of the red flags at the beginning (even the one-liner review on the cover was something to the effect of "It has lesbians, yass queen.")