Little Eve

I just finished Little Eve by Catriona Ward and here are my thoughts.

Eve, a girl of a clam that has some wild beliefs, spends her time on the isle of Altnaharra, a place off the coast of Scotland.

Her cult is preparing to bring about on the ending of this world and usher in the rebirth/

The adder will pass its powers to one honored member and Eve, she wants that honor/

Everything goes wrong when a brutal murder has an inspector come and investigate. The interruption has the ceremony going terribly wrong.....

I am not going to lie, I had really high expectations for this book and I found the story to be a little sloppy in places and wasn't cohesive at all. The switching between timelines was a little confusing too and often didn't sit well in the narrative.

The plot was excellent. I found the whole idea of this cult and the adder being worshiped really clever but the execution was there for me. It was jumbled in places and I found my attention slipping sometimes. I really wanted to love it but it was just ok for me.

Loved the location and the descriptive narrative but there was so much that missed that mark, that I had to really sit down and push myself to finish in a few places.

3.5 stars but rounded to 4 because it really wasn't a 3 so I didn't feel rounding down was the way to go.

Thank you to #netgalley and #mcmilliantorforge for my review copy.