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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I loved this book, and I adored Mina! I went through a lot of emotions, particularly at the end, so how could you.
The writing is bad, the pacing is weird, and the romance is annoying.
The characters don't act like real people, some of the sentences just don't make sense or are over the top and trying to hard, and the actions of characters don't match the motivations or emotions of the character doing the action. It's like mediocre writing on Wattpad or a beginners writing with a good editor that was just a bit too busy.
The characters don't act like real people, some of the sentences just don't make sense or are over the top and trying to hard, and the actions of characters don't match the motivations or emotions of the character doing the action. It's like mediocre writing on Wattpad or a beginners writing with a good editor that was just a bit too busy.
I certainly didnt expect to love this book as much as I did and now I am DYING to read the rest of them!!!
2.4
The “romance” absolutely ruined this book. Reviews stating a lack of character development are bang on. It was difficult to like the MC because, for example, the same night she sees her friend stabbed, she suddenly wants to bone. I have literally never, in all my decades in this consciousness, not ONCE met someone who wants to bang after grave tragedy befalls them.
The book took 30% to start the plot and 60%-ish to have a critical plot turn that SHOULD have created an uber high stakes environment and pushed our MC further into solving the whodunnit, but instead she just continues to act like she’s moonlights with the Scooby-Doo crew (instead of head-on committing herself to solving the murders, as a reasonable person would in this circumstance). She seems almost narcissistic, like her mother, but then the author never bothers to explore the angle that Mina might have anti-social behavior, so I think it’s just not as deep as I’ve made it; it’s just plain poorly written.
However, the book is redeemed by its clear love of NOLA and the 90s. And, as I grew up a bayou/gulf kid in the 90s, taking trips to NOLA and asking street psychics “will I be famous?!”, I appreciate that. The story was very bare bones, but good bones all the same and I found myself wishing that this book had somehow worked out as I cleaned my bathroom today.
I’m debating reading the next book since it has a higher rating.
EDIT: Yep, I’m really missing 90s NOLA enough to get the next book. Not sure when I’ll read it though.
The “romance” absolutely ruined this book. Reviews stating a lack of character development are bang on. It was difficult to like the MC because, for example, the same night she sees her friend stabbed, she suddenly wants to bone. I have literally never, in all my decades in this consciousness, not ONCE met someone who wants to bang after grave tragedy befalls them.
The book took 30% to start the plot and 60%-ish to have a critical plot turn that SHOULD have created an uber high stakes environment and pushed our MC further into solving the whodunnit, but instead she just continues to act like she’s moonlights with the Scooby-Doo crew (instead of head-on committing herself to solving the murders, as a reasonable person would in this circumstance). She seems almost narcissistic, like her mother, but then the author never bothers to explore the angle that Mina might have anti-social behavior, so I think it’s just not as deep as I’ve made it; it’s just plain poorly written.
However, the book is redeemed by its clear love of NOLA and the 90s. And, as I grew up a bayou/gulf kid in the 90s, taking trips to NOLA and asking street psychics “will I be famous?!”, I appreciate that. The story was very bare bones, but good bones all the same and I found myself wishing that this book had somehow worked out as I cleaned my bathroom today.
I’m debating reading the next book since it has a higher rating.
EDIT: Yep, I’m really missing 90s NOLA enough to get the next book. Not sure when I’ll read it though.
Did someone actually go through this book and just pull out random paragraphs so that you miss chunks of time? So irritating
fast-paced
The set up and premise of this had me excited to read.
I loved the setting, the retro influence and the pop culture references made me giggle and brought back some nostalgia.
The romance element was over the top at times but it's YA and they are teenagers and that's how teenagers fall for each other so in that context it was quite sweet.
Unfortunately it fell flat for me in several areas.
I love paranormal YA and YA horror but found the writing style and pacing felt like this was at the youngest sphere of YA which at times felt disjointed due to the subject matter.
Even though the story is a retro 90s throwback,it feels dated not sure if this is intentional but makes me wonder if today's Younger YA reader would connect with the story.
Thank you to Netgalley and UClan publishing for this e-arc.
I loved the setting, the retro influence and the pop culture references made me giggle and brought back some nostalgia.
The romance element was over the top at times but it's YA and they are teenagers and that's how teenagers fall for each other so in that context it was quite sweet.
Unfortunately it fell flat for me in several areas.
I love paranormal YA and YA horror but found the writing style and pacing felt like this was at the youngest sphere of YA which at times felt disjointed due to the subject matter.
Even though the story is a retro 90s throwback,it feels dated not sure if this is intentional but makes me wonder if today's Younger YA reader would connect with the story.
Thank you to Netgalley and UClan publishing for this e-arc.