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katieohern 's review for:
These Deadly Prophecies
by Andrea Tang
A book described as a magical Knives Out sounded like a wonderful premise!
Unfortunately, this book failed to deliver on both the mystery and magic
The magic system was never fully explained and was sparsely used throughout the book. The main character rarely used their magic to help them solve the mystery. It almost felt like the mystery plot with slight tweaks could stand up without this book having magical elements.
Neither of the main characters felt fully developed since they didn't really do much or interact. This can be attributed to the clunky plot that didn't flow clearly from scene to scene. I was constantly confused about how time was passing.
Finally, the overall mystery could have saved part of this book for me. I wanted to be genuinely surprised when the reveal happened, but it was glaringly obvious by the end. The reveal relied on you “forgetting” one of the characters magical abilities, but the whole time I was like guys come on??
Unfortunately, this book failed to deliver on both the mystery and magic
The magic system was never fully explained and was sparsely used throughout the book. The main character rarely used their magic to help them solve the mystery. It almost felt like the mystery plot with slight tweaks could stand up without this book having magical elements.
Neither of the main characters felt fully developed since they didn't really do much or interact. This can be attributed to the clunky plot that didn't flow clearly from scene to scene. I was constantly confused about how time was passing.
Finally, the overall mystery could have saved part of this book for me. I wanted to be genuinely surprised when the reveal happened, but it was glaringly obvious by the end. The reveal relied on you “forgetting” one of the characters magical abilities, but the whole time I was like guys come on??