joelyho 's review for:

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

3.0

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Alaina is one of my favourite podcasters, so I know of her amazing story-telling abilities, which didn’t show through in this story. The story itself is intriguing and morbid, but its telling could be worked on. It simply didn’t have the page-turning charm of some other popular mystery titles. However, this is Alaina’s first book, so I am also invested in how her writing can improve from here on out, so I have also pre-ordered her next book. There were some elements that were very well done in this book that hints to me that Alaina has strong potential as a writer, and the story’s pacing was pretty fast, so I’m excited to see how The Butcher Game plays out!

Overall not a bad book.