A review by thebalancedbookshelf
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

dark

3.0

I’m definitely disappointed in this one. I usually get so much out of Rachel Harrisons books but this one just felt like a miss to me. 

I get that this book is about my empowerment, not being held back by age, and learning to love yourself and your choices but I just didn’t love how it was executed. All of the characters in this book are flawed and unlikeable, but not in a way that I enjoyed. I found it hard to connect with what was going on and the characters relationships with one another. With the exception of Ilie who was my favorite, I struggled to find anything redeemable about them all.  

Naomi and Sloanes relationship was extremely toxic and I could not find the silver lining. From the first chapter I didn’t like their dynamic but expected them to have some resolution at the end and honestly it only gets worse. Their relationship is extremely codependent and Sloane constantly needs approval from her and will do anything to get it. Both characters are selfish in their own ways but I don’t feel like they grow at all throughout this story. They also have terrible communication and conflict resolution skills that you would expect for friends who rely on each other so much. 

I know this book is about succumbing to your urges and accepting your decisions in life but It don’t feel like the characters actually learned on gained anything in this story. It hammers on topics like insecurity, aging and double standards without really making anything out of it. I feel like the characters just didn’t work for that the story was trying to portray.  I will say that I did like that this book definitely does not romanticize vampirism. It’s gritty, bloody and gorey. But overall I just felt like I got nothing out of this.