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A review by its_hay
The Goddesses by Swan Huntley
2.0
This one gets two stars based on the fact that a lot of what happened I predicted early on before the halfway mark in the book.
It was easy to read, but I have to critique Huntley's writing because it took until EXACTLY halfway through this book for the plot to move forward. I understand establishing your characters, but I felt there was almost TOO much time spent on Nancy's obsession with Ana. The idea of Nancy being so naive toward Ana's con was also a bit beyond what I could believe because the scam was SO obvious.
The summary in this book's inner sleeve promotes Ana and Nancy's friendship as "dangerous," but when we got to the "dangerous" part - it happened and then was glossed over. It was incredibly underwhelming to have that happen when there was only 20% of the book left to read.
Essentially, Ana wasn't as dangerous as this book wanted to suggest. She was incredibly petty and annoying - another con artist vying for attention because she had a shitty childhood. Meh.
It was easy to read, but I have to critique Huntley's writing because it took until EXACTLY halfway through this book for the plot to move forward. I understand establishing your characters, but I felt there was almost TOO much time spent on Nancy's obsession with Ana. The idea of Nancy being so naive toward Ana's con was also a bit beyond what I could believe because the scam was SO obvious.
The summary in this book's inner sleeve promotes Ana and Nancy's friendship as "dangerous," but when we got to the "dangerous" part - it happened and then was glossed over. It was incredibly underwhelming to have that happen when there was only 20% of the book left to read.
Essentially, Ana wasn't as dangerous as this book wanted to suggest. She was incredibly petty and annoying - another con artist vying for attention because she had a shitty childhood. Meh.