Shattered Glass

I have mixed feelings about this novel. For the most part I liked it. There are some things that I didn't enjoy, it was a bit hard for me to get into it, but most of all I disliked the chapter titles or sub-chapter title or whatever they were. I'm not sure due to formatting. I tried to ignore them and not read every bolded title looking line as they usually hinted to what was going to happen next and took so much from the joy of reading and discovering by myself what was going on. My rating would have gone way higher if those were not there.

As for the story itself, it was okay. The plot made sense for the most part, a lot is happening and I wouldn't have an issue with it, I like it when a lot is happening, but it was unnecessarily complicated.

I don't feel strongly for any of the characters, but I liked them. I liked how Austin was so open to his newly discovered sexuality, how he objectively thought about it and how he explained his repression. I am tempted to say that he might have accepted it a little too fast given his years of ignoring it, but what do I know.

When it comes to Peter, he is bold and funny. My initial impression of him didn't quite match the one later in the novel, but that might have been me being influenced by another novel I read a while ago. I'm not complaining, though, he is okay. And I say okay because, I'm not sure what it is, I can't put my finger on it, but I feel their personalities, both Austin and Peter's, kept shifting a little throughout the novel, barely, but enough to make me wonder what's going on.

As for the ending of the book, this might be the worst cliffhanger I ever read. The novel ended so abruptly I thought I had a bad copy, but upon investigating, nope, that was it. It made me mad. I realize this was made so it would make the reader want to pick up the sequel, but it didn't work on me. I am not reading any of the sequels, I'm good.