Tegan
I'm so disappointed with this book. Heads up, this review will be filled with spoilers and my anger.
I went in blind (which I do recommend IF you decide to read this) and the first half was great! One of the spookiest books I had read in a long time and I have read a LOT of them. Then the second half came around and killed all of that. You should see all my notes where I'm yelling at the main character (spoiler - there's a LOT of them). I'll try to keep this review as short as I can.
A lot of nonsensical events happened, my fave character Rose was reduced to a damsel in distress and her character building screeched to a halt, and they didn't explain how the enemy was killed! The girl clearly didn't die (or die and was revived) so saying 'death was the answer' doesn't make any sense.
The MC should of died from his wounds within minutes but I guess Rose threw her plot armour on him. They don't say anything about their friend that was killed (and apparently the detective doesn't know about that??) or the fact that the girl, who was non verbal, is suddenly able to speak. I guess being possessed by a demon and stabbed by her uncle cured her of that? Somehow??
I *really* didn't like how the MC decided to be a white knight in the second half. It came out of nowhere too. One second he's so resentful of her despite her trying to save his life and the next second he's basically in love with her and she's reduced to a nodding, compliant, and unquestioning piece of furniture.
The MC was a raging asshole throughout the whole book, including when he was dying, and didn't deserve that redemption ending. It's implied that he married Rose within a few months after having his femoral artery slashed open (which is a 6 - 8 week recover time btw) and has a new show that he's already filming??
Number one - Rose, you can do so much better! I know she's naught but an agreeable husk of her former character but still, she can do better. Secondly, how he managed to pitch a new show, have it picked up, signed the contracts, organised the team to film, researched the locations, flew to location, and THEN start filming in the same time span as he was recovering and getting married is beyond me. It clearly isn't with his previous manager as they dumped the show for having the exact same content. Ugh!
I have more issues with the book but I'll save them for my screaming pillow. This review is already long enough.
I'm so mad at everything that undid the first half. It really feels like it was rushed and not edited properly (I found NUMEROUS errors and nonsensical sentences) which is really disappointing.
If you do still want to read it, read up until he burns the box and close the book immediately. Pretend that was the ending because what follows is just awful writing and characterisation.
I'm so disappointed with this book. Heads up, this review will be filled with spoilers and my anger.
I went in blind (which I do recommend IF you decide to read this) and the first half was great! One of the spookiest books I had read in a long time and I have read a LOT of them. Then the second half came around and killed all of that. You should see all my notes where I'm yelling at the main character (spoiler - there's a LOT of them). I'll try to keep this review as short as I can.
A lot of nonsensical events happened, my fave character Rose was reduced to a damsel in distress and her character building screeched to a halt, and they didn't explain how the enemy was killed! The girl clearly didn't die (or die and was revived) so saying 'death was the answer' doesn't make any sense.
The MC should of died from his wounds within minutes but I guess Rose threw her plot armour on him. They don't say anything about their friend that was killed (and apparently the detective doesn't know about that??) or the fact that the girl, who was non verbal, is suddenly able to speak. I guess being possessed by a demon and stabbed by her uncle cured her of that? Somehow??
I *really* didn't like how the MC decided to be a white knight in the second half. It came out of nowhere too. One second he's so resentful of her despite her trying to save his life and the next second he's basically in love with her and she's reduced to a nodding, compliant, and unquestioning piece of furniture.
The MC was a raging asshole throughout the whole book, including when he was dying, and didn't deserve that redemption ending. It's implied that he married Rose within a few months after having his femoral artery slashed open (which is a 6 - 8 week recover time btw) and has a new show that he's already filming??
Number one - Rose, you can do so much better! I know she's naught but an agreeable husk of her former character but still, she can do better. Secondly, how he managed to pitch a new show, have it picked up, signed the contracts, organised the team to film, researched the locations, flew to location, and THEN start filming in the same time span as he was recovering and getting married is beyond me. It clearly isn't with his previous manager as they dumped the show for having the exact same content. Ugh!
I have more issues with the book but I'll save them for my screaming pillow. This review is already long enough.
I'm so mad at everything that undid the first half. It really feels like it was rushed and not edited properly (I found NUMEROUS errors and nonsensical sentences) which is really disappointing.
If you do still want to read it, read up until he burns the box and close the book immediately. Pretend that was the ending because what follows is just awful writing and characterisation.