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Wicked Saints
by Emily A. Duncan
*2.5 stars
Ugh. This had so much potential!
I loved the first few chapters. They were engaging, and I really didn’t want to put it down at all. I was so excited to learn more about the world and the pantheon and the magic. Then things started to go downhill.
At times, I felt like this was a romance novel disguised as a fantasy. Nadya was so focused on her love interest all the time and hardly ever remembered her best friends who had saved her life multiple times. She just couldn’t get this “beautiful broken boy” out of her head. Idk if I would say that this was insta-love, but it was pretty close. So that part was disappointing.
As far as the magic/gods go, I think there was just a little too much going on for a first book in a series. A lot of important things were glossed over, too, in the wake of the featured budding romance.
I didn’t hate this book. It kept me pretty interested right up to the end. Overall, the writing was solid. Not my favorite, but solid for the most part. There were paragraphs here and there that really impressed me. Then, at other points, I would find myself rolling my eyes at the cheesiness or the aforementioned glossing over of scenes that I think should’ve been focused on more.
I have a lot of thoughts on this book because it was probably my most anticipated book for this year, tbh. I wanted so much more from it. It was written by a librarian, and libraries have always been near and dear to my heart, since I’m a former youth librarian myself. I’m proud to support Duncan’s work by buying her book, but I’m sad to say I may not actually be reading book 2, unless I hear that the quality is significantly better than the first.
I’d recommend this if you like dark yet slightly cheesy YA fantasy romance that’s really bloody and gothic.
Oh well, on to the next! :)
Ugh. This had so much potential!
I loved the first few chapters. They were engaging, and I really didn’t want to put it down at all. I was so excited to learn more about the world and the pantheon and the magic. Then things started to go downhill.
At times, I felt like this was a romance novel disguised as a fantasy. Nadya was so focused on her love interest all the time and hardly ever remembered her best friends who had saved her life multiple times. She just couldn’t get this “beautiful broken boy” out of her head. Idk if I would say that this was insta-love, but it was pretty close. So that part was disappointing.
As far as the magic/gods go, I think there was just a little too much going on for a first book in a series. A lot of important things were glossed over, too, in the wake of the featured budding romance.
I didn’t hate this book. It kept me pretty interested right up to the end. Overall, the writing was solid. Not my favorite, but solid for the most part. There were paragraphs here and there that really impressed me. Then, at other points, I would find myself rolling my eyes at the cheesiness or the aforementioned glossing over of scenes that I think should’ve been focused on more.
I have a lot of thoughts on this book because it was probably my most anticipated book for this year, tbh. I wanted so much more from it. It was written by a librarian, and libraries have always been near and dear to my heart, since I’m a former youth librarian myself. I’m proud to support Duncan’s work by buying her book, but I’m sad to say I may not actually be reading book 2, unless I hear that the quality is significantly better than the first.
I’d recommend this if you like dark yet slightly cheesy YA fantasy romance that’s really bloody and gothic.
Oh well, on to the next! :)