bendit 's review for:

The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos

2.0

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russian/ folklore reimagined is absolutely my shit but this just didn't hit for me. it read like your typical ya contemporary thriller, the characters had interesting/diverse backgrounds but that doesn't make them interesting/diverse people. there were pacing issues and the plot could at times meander, it was unclear where the the story was going to take you for most of the book and then it ends on a cliffhanger. overall, I feel like this book really just dropped the ball on its setup and I was disappointed by it.