Beth
There are over 350 pages in this book and it still makes no sense. The mythology sounded intriguing, but by the end of the book it seemed like they were used in name and location only. In what world does the Daughter of Death call someone "girlie"? Why on earth were these fantastical characters saying "yeet"?! No, really. The word 'yeet' is used at least 3 times. THREE.
If you put together every time the words "yeet", "cardamom", "jet lag" (though sometimes written as jet-lag because formatting I guess doesn't really matter), "blow job" (again, sometimes written as blow-job or even just blowjob), "father/dad/Papa", "Tolkein", and "fuck" into a paragraph, it would account for about 20% of the book.
Dialogue? Almost none, except when it's the characters refusing to answer any questions that the FMC, Hanna, asks. Then they treat her like she's stupid because she has no idea what anyone else is referring to because, well, she didn't know anything about the Finnish underworld. Or when there's a sex scene, though they're written almost the same way, down to what Death and Hanna say.
Character building? Laughable. I understand that there are more books in this series, but c'mon. You shouldn't have to read more than one to know anything about the characters. More time is spent talking to the Barbie sized mermaid in a fish thank (who only wants to escape and tell Hanna how great Death is in bed), the murderous deadmaiden, and Death's daughter who went from "oops, you tried to kill me" to "wow you can lift my sword, let's be friends" in the space of the first and second times they ever interact with each other. Death spends his time doing whatever he does (because, really, I have no clue) until he sneaks into Hanna's room to bang, but then he's all quiet and vague any other time. Seriously, there's almost nothing to know about Death other than that he's a divorced, misunderstood, super tall deity who has a large dick and wears masks. Death's son is mentioned several times, but never makes an appearance. The god of Death apparently is a monotheist and answers to the Creator. There are vague mentions of Old Gods uprising and threats called Stragglers, but you don't find out what those are until like the last 25 pages of the book. Hanna's entire quest is to save her Dad, but she sees him for a few sentences and then he's off to the land of the living again. The villains in the beginning? Disappeared as if they didn't matter to the story line anymore. The redheaded shaman dude who was raised closer by Hanna's dad than Hanna was? Disappeared pretty quick then suddenly re-appears on the last page and a half as a cliffhanger.
Storyline? Predictable and had me rolling my eyes so far back in my head, I swore I saw my spine. It's a poorly written Beauty and the Beast meets gothic smut.
I tried to read the sneak peek for book 2 in the back, got 2 paragraphs in, then shut the book. I'd like to think that it gets better, but considering nothing really even happened in book 1, I won't be reading any more to find out.
There are over 350 pages in this book and it still makes no sense. The mythology sounded intriguing, but by the end of the book it seemed like they were used in name and location only. In what world does the Daughter of Death call someone "girlie"? Why on earth were these fantastical characters saying "yeet"?! No, really. The word 'yeet' is used at least 3 times. THREE.
If you put together every time the words "yeet", "cardamom", "jet lag" (though sometimes written as jet-lag because formatting I guess doesn't really matter), "blow job" (again, sometimes written as blow-job or even just blowjob), "father/dad/Papa", "Tolkein", and "fuck" into a paragraph, it would account for about 20% of the book.
Dialogue? Almost none, except when it's the characters refusing to answer any questions that the FMC, Hanna, asks. Then they treat her like she's stupid because she has no idea what anyone else is referring to because, well, she didn't know anything about the Finnish underworld. Or when there's a sex scene, though they're written almost the same way, down to what Death and Hanna say.
Character building? Laughable. I understand that there are more books in this series, but c'mon. You shouldn't have to read more than one to know anything about the characters. More time is spent talking to the Barbie sized mermaid in a fish thank (who only wants to escape and tell Hanna how great Death is in bed), the murderous deadmaiden, and Death's daughter who went from "oops, you tried to kill me" to "wow you can lift my sword, let's be friends" in the space of the first and second times they ever interact with each other. Death spends his time doing whatever he does (because, really, I have no clue) until he sneaks into Hanna's room to bang, but then he's all quiet and vague any other time. Seriously, there's almost nothing to know about Death other than that he's a divorced, misunderstood, super tall deity who has a large dick and wears masks. Death's son is mentioned several times, but never makes an appearance. The god of Death apparently is a monotheist and answers to the Creator. There are vague mentions of Old Gods uprising and threats called Stragglers, but you don't find out what those are until like the last 25 pages of the book. Hanna's entire quest is to save her Dad, but she sees him for a few sentences and then he's off to the land of the living again. The villains in the beginning? Disappeared as if they didn't matter to the story line anymore. The redheaded shaman dude who was raised closer by Hanna's dad than Hanna was? Disappeared pretty quick then suddenly re-appears on the last page and a half as a cliffhanger.
Storyline? Predictable and had me rolling my eyes so far back in my head, I swore I saw my spine. It's a poorly written Beauty and the Beast meets gothic smut.
I tried to read the sneak peek for book 2 in the back, got 2 paragraphs in, then shut the book. I'd like to think that it gets better, but considering nothing really even happened in book 1, I won't be reading any more to find out.