The New Dark

I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

DNF @ 4%

This book and I really just didn't agree. When on the first page the romance is the first thing mentioned – a girl making googly eyes over a boy who may or may not like her across the fire while cooking... bats, I wasn't impressed. The cooking bats part and how the skins are used for clothing?? Um, yes??! But that is pushed into the background for a very emotional teen girl who likes the boy next door (pretty much) and her ex-best friend is now a B** who is trying to get that boy's attention even though she could have any other boy (cue rolling eyes)

It is just too cliche for me when the world-building in the deep background should be front and center. Hello, USING BATS FOR CLOTHING? Living in the forest??

With what I was giving in the beginning, I assume most of the book will be like this and I just didn't want to go through all the cliches and silly angst. Just not the book for me.