A review by imskylow
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

2.5 I really liked the premise of the book and the mysterious supernatural aspect of it. I liked many of the characters and the setting and the magic system too. However, the thing I disliked was so overwhelmingly glaring it was hard to get through this book. What makes it worse was that it was the main character Natasha. She is incredibly infuriating and unlikable. I understand she's going through it with her sister missing but she doesn't need to harm her relationships with her friends in the process. She acts as though her opinion is the one and only correct opinion and can't see anyone else's perspective. She fixates on her conclusion on the situation and isn't nice about asking for help either. She's just anger and brashness with absolutely no redeeming qualities. Della, on the other hand, is a fabulous character with interesting conflict and motivations. Honestly, any time the two characters interacted I wanted so much for Della to ditch Natasha in the woods for being a brat. I didn't find myself rooting for the romance that bloomed between them at all. I felt like Della could do better.