Reviewed by Brittany on
I’m really torn on if I should be giving this book 2 stars instead of 3. The ONLY reason I think I’m giving it the extra star is because the end was promising enough to possibly give some hope for the next book being better. Or I just want to know what happens in the end and am mistaking that for the book actually getting better. See? Torn.
This had so much potential. The idea for a great story is there, it was just executed so poorly.
ACTION ACTION AND MOREEEE ACTION. That’s all this is. Right from the start it’s just action. It gets SO boring reading scenes with so much action and drama, ESPECIALLY when you have no connection to characters whatsoever.
There was no attempt to even make you feel something for characters before action was dove into until after 60%. It’s never ending in this book. World building is poorly done and character development is grazed over in the simplest way possible.
Like I said, after 60% some attempts are made to connect characters, but in the most simple straightforward of ways. Things happen as you expect them to and nothing is deep, I still didn’t care for characters even as they grew closer and this book focuses on 3 separate POVs and only 2 characters have a focus of somewhat building a relationship with others. The 3rd character is never really evolving much and forms no attachments, therefore you tend to not care about them.
Everything in this book is just so surface level and dull. So disappointing because there’s so much promise in the actual story, if only the author actually took time to add depth and emotion.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 7 May, 2020: Finished reading
- 7 May, 2020: Reviewed