Scan barcode
A review by lmb1011
Love Lies Beneath by Ellen Hopkins
2.0
I’m still trying to figure out the point of this book. For fans of Hopkins poetry, this was a let down. The synopsis implies this book is almost a romantic thriller. I expect girl to meet guy, whirlwind romance, turns out the guy is shady and she struggles to get away.
What I got was a partial romance, with an insufferable MC, a lot of plot threads that really kind of went nowhere, and what could have been a compelling mystery was literally “solved” in one afterthought sentence on the second to last page. Though the mystery aspect was never actually prevalent anyway so it wrapped up in a fitting way I suppose.
But on top of all of it, I don’t know what the point of this story was. Tara really doesn’t feel like she went on a journey, any character development from her happened in the past and we only get glimpses of it. Every other possibly interesting story line is sidelined for the mediocre romance all to culminate in what I think is a cliff hanger for book 2, which I will not be reading.
If you like Hopkins poetry, do yourself a favor and stay away from this one.
What I got was a partial romance, with an insufferable MC, a lot of plot threads that really kind of went nowhere, and what could have been a compelling mystery was literally “solved” in one afterthought sentence on the second to last page. Though the mystery aspect was never actually prevalent anyway so it wrapped up in a fitting way I suppose.
But on top of all of it, I don’t know what the point of this story was. Tara really doesn’t feel like she went on a journey, any character development from her happened in the past and we only get glimpses of it. Every other possibly interesting story line is sidelined for the mediocre romance all to culminate in what I think is a cliff hanger for book 2, which I will not be reading.
If you like Hopkins poetry, do yourself a favor and stay away from this one.