A review by haylee_reads
A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

Did not finish book. Stopped at 44%.

This is the first Allison Saft book I have ever DNF’d. It took me over a week to finish 44% of this book and at this point I would rather just not put myself in a slump. The writing is beautiful and the overall idea of the story is really intriguing. However, I am so bored that I would rather do anything else than pick this back up. There was so much info dumping that the chapters I read really dragged. I struggled with the pacing and world building. Everything felt really vague but also really bogged down at the same time and I couldn’t get a grasp on the magic system. Did everyone have magic? If not, how do the people that have magic have it? The characters also acted really immaturely for their age. They’re all adults and I was just screaming at them to communicate and talk things out like adults… 

I am super disappointed because this was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.