_bookishbella 's review for:

S.T.A.G.S by M.A. Bennett

2.0

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Not a fan. Greer was annoying, she kept (wrongly) changing her mind about obvious things and that was frustrating. She kept pointing out how bad a feminist she was and how she knew she shouldn't do things but did them anyway... and I get that humans are flawed and so it's okay that characters make the wrong decisions but I think that Greer is SO completely wrong all of the time and even though she knew that and she did it anyway that frustrated me - there was no growth to her character, as soon as you think oh look she's learned from her mistakes that's good, she goes and undoes it all and trusts the wrong people again.

However I do think that Henry's character is written brilliantly. He was perfectly despicable, and exactly right in his old-money culty ways. The descriptions of Longcross and the Huntin' Shootin' Fishin' was good, and the story itself could be quite enjoyable, it's just an unlikeable main character that lets it down. Definitely had potential to be great but falls quite short.

Finally there is no resolution at the end? I felt like it all wrapped up nicely and quickly - too good to be true! And then a cliffhanger of an ending on the final page, but it was rushed and felt like it was left open just for a sequel that is completely unnecessary.

So much potential that it just didn't quite reach unfortunately!