Jason
4.25 stars. Oh boy, do I have conflicted feelings about this one.
This book is beautiful. The premise captivating, yet sad. The writing is absolutely lovely, both lyrical and dreamy. I floated on each word until, before I knew it, I was already halfway through the book.
Unfortunately, that is about where it started feeling a bit too repetitive. I understand that may makes sense for this story, but this book did just an amazing job at immediately sucking me in emotionally that it could have just moved on with the story.
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Still, that is minor compared to my feelings about the Luc storyline, of which I quickly grew tired. This poignant story about a woman wandering through life, doomed to be forgotten, turned into yet another “romance” between a woman and the demon/god/monster eager to claim her. I felt it cheapened the plot and ultimately added unnecessary pages.
Cut that out, thus tightening up the book, and this book is easily 5 stars.
3, maybe 3.5, stars. I found myself starting to lose some interest about halfway through and I honestly think that is because everything just took so damn long. This book could have been significantly shorter and I'd have probably liked it more. Also, it wasn't as dark as I was expecting and instead a little more wholesome than I wanted. That said, I did love the main cast of characters.
