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laurelliaa 's review for:
The Scribe
by Elizabeth Hunter
3⭐️
The Scribe is one of the books that I wanted to like so bad, but ended up pretty disappointing. It’s not a bad book, I think my expectation was just too high.
Ava has been hearing voices in an odd language for her whole life and she thought that she might be crazy. She went to Instanbul — seeking for a therapy that could help her to stop the voices. I like Ava on the beginning of the book. She’s smart and quick witted. But the more she explored her feelings with Malachi, the more I found myself annoyed with her toxicity that she brought into their relationship.
Malachi is an Irin, basically a son of a fallen angel that has been forgiven. His kind has a job to protect humanity from the Grigori (the bad guy). Although, he had no game with women, he was very patient with Ava — even though sometimes she acted like a hormonal teenager. Bare minimum, but I still appreciate it.
And guess what?
So I really like the concept of the book. However, there are stupid things that the characters had done and many plot holes in this book that make this story a bit underwhelming. The author did a poor job to explore Ava’s emotions half of the book. Someone important died, and I didn’t even feel sad.
Another thing is the scene transition. I read the ebook version, so I don’t know if there are markings on the paperback one. But I often found my self confused at the scene jump.
There are still so many question that went unanswered. And even though it's annoying, I think it's one of the things that make me want to read to next book. So... good job, I guess(?)
Anyways, I will be reading the next book. While there are couple of things that I don’t like about this book, I still like the concept and curious what Ava would do in the next book.
The Scribe is one of the books that I wanted to like so bad, but ended up pretty disappointing. It’s not a bad book, I think my expectation was just too high.
Ava has been hearing voices in an odd language for her whole life and she thought that she might be crazy. She went to Instanbul — seeking for a therapy that could help her to stop the voices. I like Ava on the beginning of the book. She’s smart and quick witted. But the more she explored her feelings with Malachi, the more I found myself annoyed with her toxicity that she brought into their relationship.
Malachi is an Irin, basically a son of a fallen angel that has been forgiven. His kind has a job to protect humanity from the Grigori (the bad guy). Although, he had no game with women, he was very patient with Ava — even though sometimes she acted like a hormonal teenager. Bare minimum, but I still appreciate it.
And guess what?
Spoiler
They are ✨mates✨“When you find your power,” he murmured in her ear as he stretched out beside her on the narrow bed, “you will sing to me. And I will feel your magic as you feel mine.”
Spoiler
I’m a sucker for soulmate tropes and angels/demons stories.Another thing is the scene transition. I read the ebook version, so I don’t know if there are markings on the paperback one. But I often found my self confused at the scene jump.
There are still so many question that went unanswered. And even though it's annoying, I think it's one of the things that make me want to read to next book. So... good job, I guess(?)
Anyways, I will be reading the next book. While there are couple of things that I don’t like about this book, I still like the concept and curious what Ava would do in the next book.