Rhiannon
I think this book was a bit lost at sea... I feel like this one suffers from lost potential.
Vampires on a cruise... The blurb had sounded fun and intriguing. I think I was expecting something with a bit of biting, dark humour. But, alas, the plot seemed unsure of what it wanted to be. The book blurb says “...Rebekah begins to question her past, much of it lost to time” So I was expecting more in the way of flashbacks, but it barely touched on anyone's past. And I really wanted to know more of Rebekah and Hugh's back stories, but was left longing.
And the mention of a war going on was just weirdly placed and kind of irrelevant to the story.
Some of the writing was truly stunning. It had hints of the kind of prose found in Rice's vampire novels, but it was inconsistent. Similarly, there was signs of humour, but again, it was fleeting.
I think I just really wanted the story to pick a direction, more of the gorgeous prose, more of the dark humour, and go somewhere a bit more exciting.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the advance review copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.
I think this book was a bit lost at sea... I feel like this one suffers from lost potential.
Vampires on a cruise... The blurb had sounded fun and intriguing. I think I was expecting something with a bit of biting, dark humour. But, alas, the plot seemed unsure of what it wanted to be. The book blurb says “...Rebekah begins to question her past, much of it lost to time” So I was expecting more in the way of flashbacks, but it barely touched on anyone's past. And I really wanted to know more of Rebekah and Hugh's back stories, but was left longing.
And the mention of a war going on was just weirdly placed and kind of irrelevant to the story.
Some of the writing was truly stunning. It had hints of the kind of prose found in Rice's vampire novels, but it was inconsistent. Similarly, there was signs of humour, but again, it was fleeting.
I think I just really wanted the story to pick a direction, more of the gorgeous prose, more of the dark humour, and go somewhere a bit more exciting.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the advance review copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.