The Never Tilting World (Never Tilting World, #1)

by Rin Chupeco

[shannonmiz]

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight .

Here's the thing: it wasn't bad per se, but I was just really bored through most of it? I almost DNFed (if I had a dollar for every time I said that, right?) but I kind of started caring about the characters a little, and also I am stubborn.

See, at first, I didn't care about the characters, the world, the plot... really not much of anything. I still liked the concept, I really didn't quite understand what was going on with the world. Maybe I should have tried harder, but alas. The plot, as it revolved around the actual makeup of the world, also was a bit convoluted for me. The author seems to have developed a very intricate world, it just didn't translate onto the page for me.

The characters, like I mentioned, were the one piece I enjoyed here. Though I think it might have been a bit better with two POVs rather than four, I still grew to care about the main characters and their dilemmas and plights. Unfortunately, I wasn't invested enough to want to read the sequels so I'll probably never know. It's certainly not poorly written, but I just didn't find it particularly compelling, either.

Bottom Line: This could be a case of  "it's not the book, it's me" but who can tell? If it sounds interesting, I'd still say give it a go!