stacey_is_sassy
Written on Dec 17, 2018
I started Book 1 a little excited to be getting into another dark and gritty story. There's this initial buzz of getting away with something naughty. For a while, you thrive on the dark and seedy side of life. The drinking, smoking and recklessness seem like a party and everyone's invited.
You close your eyes to the bad editing, try to convince yourself that the $5 per instalment will be worth it, and you leave reality far, far behind. Then, you quickly (because it's fairly short) finish the second instalment and realise the buzz is gone. The characters have lost their brains (probably from drinking and smoking too much) and fall for every trap. SHE GOT KIDNAPPED AGAIN?!?!?
Sure, some familiar faces pop in to give you a flutter of excitement but unfortunately, it can't save it. The buzz is DEAD.
I don't think I'm going to buy the third book. For starters, it's the most expensive of the three. Secondly, we've escaped so far from reality, I feel like I'm reading a horror/dystopian/paranormal mish-mash. I'm waiting for the world to explode, zombies to arrive and there's so much blood, the vampires are sure to be just around the corner.
Dark and gritty books are like a shiny object. You're attracted to the glitter and can't wait to get your hands on it. You have it...and the glitter fades. If only it had been sold as one book. If only a proof-reader had taken a look at it before it was published. If only it had still felt like a party instead of a horror movie.
In the end, Possession was just OK for me. Too late I remembered how frustrating it is to get your story in instalments. Even with them all out and ready to go, I was still cranky. Maybe, if I'd been patient, I could have waited for it to be released in a bundle. But, alas, the shiny object caught my eye and I caved into temptation. My fellow readers, don't be impatient like me, wait for the bargain bundle.
