A review by alexture
The Black Veins by Ashia Monet

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The idea is good. The characters are wonderful - or could be wonderful, if the character building was more subtle. I think that's what I missed the most in this book, subtlety. Characters were predictable, what happened was predictable - unless there was nothing hinting at it because it was there to surprise us, the one twist I hadn't seen coming was an attempt at securing a second book but didn't bring much outside of that. Some scenes were clearly written at the beginning, and sometimes it looked like the book was just an excuse to get these 5 or 6 super detailed scenes out there to the public.
I read through it, and I was bored. I think it was really the way it was written, more than the content itself, because during the entire read, I kept imagining really cool animation. I'd have watched a animation series based on the exact same story. The novel format unfortunately didn't give it justice.
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