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A review by mymble
Vendetta by Catherine Doyle
4.0
Feb 1, 2017 EDIT: I love this book/series and everything I said before seems irrelevant now
3.5 stars
The critical part of me is shaking its head saying "no" but my heart is saying "yes!!!"
To be honest, it only seems absurd on many levels because some aspects of the story weren't well executed. Otherwise, it would have been much more suspenseful and exciting.
Personally, I think Sophie has yet to become an original character on her own; so far she's characterized as impulsive and naive, which I'm going to blame on the fact that she's constantly blinded by her feelings and idealism of Nicoli. We see a glimpse of strength within her towards the end of Vendetta and it gives me hope that she'll become a character we see growth in in the later books.
The romance was... tolerable. It has room for improvement, that I can say.
Also, I did not expect to form an attachment to Valentino. Luca? Yes. Valentino? He's on a whole new level and is definitely a character I'm glad for since I've had enough of infantilized disabled characters.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading it regardless of its minor faults and it's certainly a promising debut, so mad props to Catherine Doyle for taking the risk.
(SHOUTOUT TO NAZEEFA WHO HYPED THIS FOR ME!)
The critical part of me is shaking its head saying "no" but my heart is saying "yes!!!"
To be honest, it only seems absurd on many levels because some aspects of the story weren't well executed. Otherwise, it would have been much more suspenseful and exciting.
Personally, I think Sophie has yet to become an original character on her own; so far she's characterized as impulsive and naive, which I'm going to blame on the fact that she's constantly blinded by her feelings and idealism of Nicoli. We see a glimpse of strength within her towards the end of Vendetta and it gives me hope that she'll become a character we see growth in in the later books.
The romance was... tolerable. It has room for improvement, that I can say.
Also, I did not expect to form an attachment to Valentino. Luca? Yes. Valentino? He's on a whole new level and is definitely a character I'm glad for since I've had enough of infantilized disabled characters.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading it regardless of its minor faults and it's certainly a promising debut, so mad props to Catherine Doyle for taking the risk.
(SHOUTOUT TO NAZEEFA WHO HYPED THIS FOR ME!)