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A review by lizzynh
A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry
2.0
Admittedly, I was not excited to read this book, but it had a beautiful cover so I figured it might still be worth a shot. I still can't decide if it was.
The plot itself was decent and interesting, but the real action didn't pick up until about 100 pages into the story.
What had me flipping pages so quickly was that I hate stopping in the middle of a book and wanted to move on to another, not because I was invested in the characters. Isabel wasn't deeply explored as a character. She was just there. Lucas started out as a jerk and ended as a... "permissible jerk," if I may.
My quiet hope was that the writing would save the plot and characters, but alas, it didn't. It was good, but not enough. Mabry used nice metaphors and a good vocabulary, but it all seemed out of place and like she was trying too hard coming from the point of view of Lucas.
All around, 3 stars because I didn't hate it. It was just meh.
The plot itself was decent and interesting, but the real action didn't pick up until about 100 pages into the story.
What had me flipping pages so quickly was that I hate stopping in the middle of a book and wanted to move on to another, not because I was invested in the characters. Isabel wasn't deeply explored as a character. She was just there. Lucas started out as a jerk and ended as a... "permissible jerk," if I may.
My quiet hope was that the writing would save the plot and characters, but alas, it didn't. It was good, but not enough. Mabry used nice metaphors and a good vocabulary, but it all seemed out of place and like she was trying too hard coming from the point of view of Lucas.
All around, 3 stars because I didn't hate it. It was just meh.