A review by nikitanavalkar
Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I don’t know if should even be rating this one, but just remember that this review is just words of someone in a weird book slump. I’m just feeling meh about reading in general right now. I was very excited by the premise and felt the start was promising with the whole gritty dystopian monster land vibe. But soon I started feeling like a lot was happening in the story but it still wasn’t moving along fast enough? Like I kept getting bored and my attention wandering. I repeat, this could really just be my weird mood.

Danny was fulfilling the role of the typical dumb girl, not listening to reason and jumping into situations only to make them worse. But I guess I was just happy it was a guy being the idiot this time. Which is fitting tbh. Wyn is sweet and had some swoony moments, but the romance itself felt flat and didn’t leave me with tingles. Idk the whole thing felt like I could appreciate the writing and story is decent but I was emotionally removed from the action. Like we see these two and their journey to love but it never gets beneath the surface and I never felt like I knew them. Because I’m all for smutty monster romance with no plot, but this wasn’t it and if there’s gonna be plot, I’d like to be invested in it.

Even the climax which was pretty gory and should’ve been exciting felt dragged because there were like two climactic conflicts and the actual ending just felt anticlimactic. The story is sweet but sometimes painfully so, and I have a feeling I would’ve enjoyed it way more on a different day.
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