A review by learaloveslit
The Favorites by Rosemary Hennigan

medium-paced

2.0

This book felt like it was trying too hard while giving me, as the reader, very little. It takes place during the 2016 election which took me out. The plot moves along in a repetitive way and the events that take place didn’t feel like they had high enough stakes. I expected more shock from this book and it all felt very tame. I don’t think this book went far enough for me to have felt the sympathy I needed to feel, or the excitement that the ending should’ve made me feel. All in all, if you don’t read many academic thrillers, this might be fun. But it was flat for me.