3.29 AVERAGE

medium-paced

I enjoyed it at the start but was a bit taken aback as the plot progressed as I thought it was going to be a murder mystery. It felt that it went a bit off the rails. Very random and gothic. The mystery was quite over explained and made such little sense at times that it confused you into thinking it almost made sense. Very creepy and uncomfortable at times.

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loved the start of this book but the
magic
plot kind of lost me. the characters were also not as engaging as i wished.
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious 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

i thought this was a lot tighter than luminous dead and i honestly liked it more than i expected to. starling is (imo) great at descents into madness. and deranged romances lmao. i do think this is a bit slow to rly get going and the latter half of it is more entertaining than the former. + the romance is a bit rushed, initially. but i enjoyed the second half so much idm lmao
dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective 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 fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

This one did not go at all the way I thought it would, all the way through to the end. Binged it in a day