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A review by kevinscorner
Seven Devils by L.R. Lam, Elizabeth May
3.0
Seven Devils just did not work for me. I could not get into the story at all. The backstories and flashbacks were far more interesting than the main storyline which took to long to get going. The plot really just doesn’t hold up when you think about it.
With a cast nearly all female characters, I was not really that invested in any of them because they were all essentially just different versions of the same woman with a chip on her shoulder. Their interactions felt really stiff and unnatural. There were also too many perspectives, especially for a story where they were essentially always together anyway, negating the need to have so may different points of view.
Despite being classified as adult sci-fi, this is reads entirely in YA territory, just with a bigger disregard for life as they keep killing left and right.
If I hadn’t already bought the sequel to this, I probably won’t continue it anymore. Thankfully, it’s just a duology. I hope Seven Mercies is better.
With a cast nearly all female characters, I was not really that invested in any of them because they were all essentially just different versions of the same woman with a chip on her shoulder. Their interactions felt really stiff and unnatural. There were also too many perspectives, especially for a story where they were essentially always together anyway, negating the need to have so may different points of view.
Despite being classified as adult sci-fi, this is reads entirely in YA territory, just with a bigger disregard for life as they keep killing left and right.
If I hadn’t already bought the sequel to this, I probably won’t continue it anymore. Thankfully, it’s just a duology. I hope Seven Mercies is better.