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A review by katyanaish
Moon Tortured by McKenzie Hunter
2.0
Here's the problem with this book: I loathe the entire secondary cast. Yes, all of them. Ethan, Winter, and Sebastian are The Worst - pig-headed, entitled, elitist assholes. Joan and Steven suck - I don't buy their false friendliness, because it flips on a dime and they still refuse to actually help Skylar or tell her anything about anything. So to me, they are just playing Good Cop - trying to induce Stockholm Syndrome in the girl they've abducted and are holding against her will. Josh is no better, but he's got a scary addition of magic addiction/compulsion that makes me not trust him at all. The worst part about all of them is that they are such condescending assholes about her wolf. Even when she lays it out for Ethan, asking about his first change - with his father, he was excited about it, knew it was going to happen, had support. Compared to her first change - an orphan, didn't even know werewolves existed, changed and lost control and attacked her mother - how can he not understand that she'd find the wolf to be monstrous? But he doesn't understand, none of them do. They just treat her like a stupid whiny moron for not having some balance with her wolf. As if she should have just magically known how to do that all by herself. They are pieces of shit who never once acknowledge everything she's been through. Hell, when the book opens, her mother has just been murdered! Not only do they have no sympathy, they refuse to allow her to just sit in her room and mourn - they drag her out, because the prisoner must socialize, I guess.
I liked Skylar at first, when she refused to buy into their bullshit. For the first half, she recognized that they may have been keeping the vampires from her, but they weren't doing it to help her. They were doing it to stop the vampires. And they could give a shit about her. That made them her enemies, just as much as the vampires. But somewhere along the way, she gave into Stockholm Syndrome, and started to buy their bullshit about how weak she was, and that she should be grateful for their "help", and that she should feel guilty about all this mess ... even though the only thing she did to actually cause it was be born. What a bitch, amirite?
I'm also tagging this as amateur, even though it's not the worst example. But the dialogue gets repetitive, and the way everyone is always roaring in tantrum gets repetitive. Also, the dialogue is just overly written. No one talks like that, except perhaps in a 17th century HR. There are times where this wasn't so bad, and times when it REALLY popped me out of the story.
I'm not sure if I'll continue - I am curious about Maya, so I don't want to make it seem like the overall story is a wash. But I just don't see how to enjoy a story when I think the entire cast of secondary characters needs to be lit on fire. Especially when the heroine is caving into their way of thinking about her. Her capability and self-confidence went into the toilet over the course of this book. It doesn't bode well.
Another Kindle Unlimited that doesn't impress me. Maybe I'll cancel it after the free trial.
I liked Skylar at first, when she refused to buy into their bullshit. For the first half, she recognized that they may have been keeping the vampires from her, but they weren't doing it to help her. They were doing it to stop the vampires. And they could give a shit about her. That made them her enemies, just as much as the vampires. But somewhere along the way, she gave into Stockholm Syndrome, and started to buy their bullshit about how weak she was, and that she should be grateful for their "help", and that she should feel guilty about all this mess ... even though the only thing she did to actually cause it was be born. What a bitch, amirite?
I'm also tagging this as amateur, even though it's not the worst example. But the dialogue gets repetitive, and the way everyone is always roaring in tantrum gets repetitive. Also, the dialogue is just overly written. No one talks like that, except perhaps in a 17th century HR. There are times where this wasn't so bad, and times when it REALLY popped me out of the story.
I'm not sure if I'll continue - I am curious about Maya, so I don't want to make it seem like the overall story is a wash. But I just don't see how to enjoy a story when I think the entire cast of secondary characters needs to be lit on fire. Especially when the heroine is caving into their way of thinking about her. Her capability and self-confidence went into the toilet over the course of this book. It doesn't bode well.
Another Kindle Unlimited that doesn't impress me. Maybe I'll cancel it after the free trial.