A review by noirverse
The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

2.0

You know those characters in a horror movie where you barely see anything of their personality or inner lives because they're obviously there to play a part and nothing more? That's what the entire cast in this book felt like to me. The anti-colonialism theme was refreshing, but none of the characters came across as particularly compelling. Especially since half the cast was referred to by nicknames only for their real names to start getting used a bunch in the back half of the book. Chase in particular was annoying to read about. Their romance could've been cut out entirely with nothing lost. I will say, though, I thought the beginning provided some nice atmosphere build up. It's a shame that the other parts of the book didn't keep up.