3.29 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I AM SO SICK OF BOOKS BEING LABELLED AS HORROR WHEN THERES JUST DEATH OR THE POTENTIAL OF THE SUPERNATURAL!!! WHERE WAS THE HORROR?!

I have a lot of feelings on this book because the first half wasn’t *that* bad and I sort of enjoyed the story, but this was just completely mishandled and upsetting. The very premise sets up Jane as an independent, working, aromantic/asexual woman but that all comes crashing down after a few hours with this man? She’s willing to die for a man she’s “known” (known in quotes because 50% of the time she knew him he was lying to her) for a week? That’s only something lesbians would do. 

This book tried to make way too many things happen and it should have stuck with a specific plot point. Since there was just so much filler being written, we never even find out how the magic worked. And the ending was also completely confusing. 
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 68%

The first half and the second half felt so jarringly different to me and I didn't care for the direction it was going in
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense medium-paced

I enjoyed the fact that I didn't know where it was going but it still felt like the story was missing something.
sad
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes