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jelkebooks's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
I received a galley of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
Gods, this book was so incredibly dull, it truly felt like a crime. How does a book with this beautiful of a cover, and this interesting of a premise just have absolutely zero charm? I don't know how the author did it but this book is even more dead than the vampires within it.
I stand by the fact that I do think this series is intresting, it's just that the author does absolutely nothing with it. This book manages to take the absolute most predictable and boring path, every single time. I kept reading hoping at some point this was going to tak me for a loop at some point, but it absolutely didn't. The world building was also incredibly boring. Again, this had such a good concept but the most boring route was just taken throughout it all. What made it worse for the worldbuilding though is that it is so incredibly info-dumped on you constantly there is no way to escape just how lame it is.
The characters are also so incredibly one dimensional and predictable. On top of that we have a romance at the centre of this book for which the author didn't even attempt any kind of developement. It kind of sucks that no developement was done because it was so incredibly neccecary. I mean, it is an enemies to lovers, from opposite worlds that hate each other, kind of romance. I need some kind of developement to make me believe these two all of the sudden are absolutely in love with each other to the point of going against everything they've ever believed. So yeah, this was an incredibly massive dissapointment to me. I still can't fully believe it because this book sounded right up my alley, but it just really wasn't.
Gods, this book was so incredibly dull, it truly felt like a crime. How does a book with this beautiful of a cover, and this interesting of a premise just have absolutely zero charm? I don't know how the author did it but this book is even more dead than the vampires within it.
I stand by the fact that I do think this series is intresting, it's just that the author does absolutely nothing with it. This book manages to take the absolute most predictable and boring path, every single time. I kept reading hoping at some point this was going to tak me for a loop at some point, but it absolutely didn't. The world building was also incredibly boring. Again, this had such a good concept but the most boring route was just taken throughout it all. What made it worse for the worldbuilding though is that it is so incredibly info-dumped on you constantly there is no way to escape just how lame it is.
The characters are also so incredibly one dimensional and predictable. On top of that we have a romance at the centre of this book for which the author didn't even attempt any kind of developement. It kind of sucks that no developement was done because it was so incredibly neccecary. I mean, it is an enemies to lovers, from opposite worlds that hate each other, kind of romance. I need some kind of developement to make me believe these two all of the sudden are absolutely in love with each other to the point of going against everything they've ever believed. So yeah, this was an incredibly massive dissapointment to me. I still can't fully believe it because this book sounded right up my alley, but it just really wasn't.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Racism
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