"revealing admirable breasts", "the only clue I had that it was a woman was her generous breasts" and "holding books against her tender breasts". This is from a book meant to be a 'fairy tale' - there are no other sexually charged moments or even any romance yet. There are no descriptions of males in such a reductive way. It just feels jarring and unnecessary?
Like, dude come on, women can be described or written as more than just barely sentient tits. 3 out of 4 women characters so far in the story and their biggest character trait is their boobs. This is from a writer who I know has been criticized in the past for writing in this style in the past so I guess I was hoping he might have grown past it but I guess old habits die hard...