Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 5 years ago

Ouch. That's harsh ...!

Portable Magic 5 years ago

I was actually trying to be kinder than I felt. Truthfully, the writing was pretty good. But the contents... have to be the most paranormal-YA-romancey of ever paranormal YA romance I've ever read. Seriously, the only female characters *mentioned* in the first 50 pages are her dead mother, a high school teacher, and her best friend, and she only actually talks to the last one. All actual relationships - friend/boyfriend, captor, parent, sibling - are male. Except that "best friend".

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 5 years ago

No need to sugarcoat things as far as I'm concerned ...

TeaStitchRead 5 years ago

I dig your honesty because I was looking at this for Halloween Bingo. Thank you for saving me time and aggravation.

Portable Magic 5 years ago

IDK lots of people seemed to like this one, judging from the GR reviews. If you like the genre, this book could be the poster child for it. Maybe it's just me.

Tannat 5 years ago

There are lots of people who like every bad book. For some people it's like the more problematic the better.

TeaStitchRead 5 years ago

@PM yeah your review points out everything I hate about YA fantasy. @Tannat - yes!

Portable Magic 5 years ago

All too true

BrokenTune 5 years ago

Wow. Yes, this is one for the shelf of "nope".

Portable Magic 5 years ago

I'd probably have nope'd it before I bought it, except for the book tour. I really did like the author.