Liss
A bit of a slow start where it spends maybe too long explaining the relationships between the Permanents, focusing on all but one, who never really gets fleshed out at all.
The mystery builds and leaves you guessing the whole way through with twists and turns I never saw coming.
Unfortunately the end is some Deus Ex Machina situation where it swoops in, fixing everything before we move on to the aftermath and an opening for a sequel. It felt rushed and like the buildup through the whole book was pointless.
Probably not an author I'll pick up again, which is disappointing as I liked everything up to that point.
A bit of a slow start where it spends maybe too long explaining the relationships between the Permanents, focusing on all but one, who never really gets fleshed out at all.
The mystery builds and leaves you guessing the whole way through with twists and turns I never saw coming.
Unfortunately the end is some Deus Ex Machina situation where it swoops in, fixing everything before we move on to the aftermath and an opening for a sequel. It felt rushed and like the buildup through the whole book was pointless.
Probably not an author I'll pick up again, which is disappointing as I liked everything up to that point.
Not my usual genre but Booktube kept mentioning it and I liked the cover, so when I spotted it for cheap in my local supermarket I figured why not.
This book has the single most unlikeable MC that I've ever read. Not only a terrible Mary Sue but has no redeemable qualities about her. She does the absolute opposite of anything she's told and goes out of her way to make trouble and answer back on everything. She's supposed to be 19 but has the attitude of a spoiled 12 year old. The real fantasy part of this book is that a man would ever fall for someone who is constantly fighting him.
It definitely feels like it was written as a fanfic by a teen in 2004. But I weirdly find myself wanting to read the next one, even though I couldn't say I enjoyed this, and this first novel is a self contained story. So I don't neeeed to read the next one, but I still might.
Let me be clear when I say that my rating is for Lucien, the only character with any real depth.
Not my usual genre but Booktube kept mentioning it and I liked the cover, so when I spotted it for cheap in my local supermarket I figured why not.
This book has the single most unlikeable MC that I've ever read. Not only a terrible Mary Sue but has no redeemable qualities about her. She does the absolute opposite of anything she's told and goes out of her way to make trouble and answer back on everything. She's supposed to be 19 but has the attitude of a spoiled 12 year old. The real fantasy part of this book is that a man would ever fall for someone who is constantly fighting him.
It definitely feels like it was written as a fanfic by a teen in 2004. But I weirdly find myself wanting to read the next one, even though I couldn't say I enjoyed this, and this first novel is a self contained story. So I don't neeeed to read the next one, but I still might.
Let me be clear when I say that my rating is for Lucien, the only character with any real depth.
