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A review by cuddlesome
Creeping Beauty by Andrea Portes
1.0
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperTeen for the ARC.
So, unfortunately, this was a DNF for me pretty quickly. The writing style felt childish even for the target audience, the "twist" of the main character being literally... able to... creep... felt silly, and every action the main character took made me resent her. There is nothing that I dislike more than a POV character who moans about people being judgmental of them then turns right back around and being judgmental themselves.
The minute we hit the alternate world or whatever it is that's going on there is when any interest was obliterated. I signed up for Sleeping Beauty, not whatever it is that's going on here.
I feel bad being so harsh but this feels like it has so little going for it beyond maybe the unconventional physicality of the heroine (but even that is cheapened by her being, as aforementioned, judgmental of other people).
So, unfortunately, this was a DNF for me pretty quickly. The writing style felt childish even for the target audience, the "twist" of the main character being literally... able to... creep... felt silly, and every action the main character took made me resent her. There is nothing that I dislike more than a POV character who moans about people being judgmental of them then turns right back around and being judgmental themselves.
The minute we hit the alternate world or whatever it is that's going on there is when any interest was obliterated. I signed up for Sleeping Beauty, not whatever it is that's going on here.
I feel bad being so harsh but this feels like it has so little going for it beyond maybe the unconventional physicality of the heroine (but even that is cheapened by her being, as aforementioned, judgmental of other people).