A review by joyreads2024
Die for You by Lauren Jackson

adventurous dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Short explanation: Twilight meets Vampire Diaries; but the bad qualities of both. Long explanation:

If you're going to write a vampire romance story, a few things:
  • Describe the powers they actually have
  • Describe how one becomes a vampire 
  • Don't randomly have a bonded system that isn't explained
  • DOn't hint at other supernatural creatures but not explain it

If you're trying to make a male character interesting, a few things:
  • Don't name him Hunter and then randomly make him Italian, that just reads as shallow and stupid
  • DESCRIBE HIM MORE THAN ONCE
  • Don't say he has had intense depression, and then randomly fix it with a girl - yes, while being in a relationship can help, if the character has intense depression, actually delve into it rather than mention it a total of 3 times, it feels very shallow and "just for the plot"

Things I didn't like about the female main character:
  • The constant repetitive description of her as "weak" "precious" "fragile" and "tiny." It's 2024, stop it.
  • THE WHININESS and constant back and forth in her head, dear god, even Elena and Bella did better AND THATS SAYING SOMETHINg
  • Her describing herself as "weak". Bitch, go do some bicep curls or sit ups or push ups. Women aren't weak inherently, and yes a vampire can move faster than you, but I'm sure if you actually work out you'll be fine. Don't go on about doing self defence classes and then not be able to do shit. 

OH AND DON'T SAY "brave girl" BEFORE A SEX SCENE, HELLO??? And don't even get me started on Cora and Theo. Lucy deserved better.

While this book should have had an awesome premise, the writing was weak. The constant repetition of sentences from one page to another; the, at times, dodgy sentence structure; and the overuse of ellipses was draining. While set in Australia, there was barely any "Australian-esque" vibes. I really wanted to like this book, but I kept nearly ripping it in two, and that's the vibe I got.
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