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katrindavidson 's review for:
The Surviving Trace
by Calia Read
The ideas and threads within this sounded exactly like my catnip. I couldn't wait for one click on release day. The hype around this on Instagram, GR and Twitter had me so excited.
So a little side note-I kept this until after my wedding. My reading went out the window- I sat the day after exhausted and couldn't wait to crack into it but then as I made my way through it my level of disappointment grew.
The authors use the first person is very clunky. I thought back to one of my favourite time travel romances and even opened it back up on my kindle to check "Outlander" and yes my suspicions were correct. It was also in the first person. I thought back to a recent novel read pre-wedding. The author had used the first person. Maybe it was me ......
Going for a walk I mentioned this to my other half and he casually just said:
" Perhaps it's not the use of 1st person but the authors writing"
and that stuck with me. Unfortunately, I don't think Read used the first person to her advantage. it was lots of describing, telling but not showing. It was dense.
The romance was enemies to lovers which isint a favourite of mine and there was so much hate it was hard to connect but when the romance started I really enjoyed the chemistry. Read gives them cracking chemistry. It was well plotted ( mysteries of linage etc) and I look forward to reading book two. I just hope its better handled.
3.5 stars
So a little side note-I kept this until after my wedding. My reading went out the window- I sat the day after exhausted and couldn't wait to crack into it but then as I made my way through it my level of disappointment grew.
The authors use the first person is very clunky. I thought back to one of my favourite time travel romances and even opened it back up on my kindle to check "Outlander" and yes my suspicions were correct. It was also in the first person. I thought back to a recent novel read pre-wedding. The author had used the first person. Maybe it was me ......
Going for a walk I mentioned this to my other half and he casually just said:
" Perhaps it's not the use of 1st person but the authors writing"
and that stuck with me. Unfortunately, I don't think Read used the first person to her advantage. it was lots of describing, telling but not showing. It was dense.
The romance was enemies to lovers which isint a favourite of mine and there was so much hate it was hard to connect but when the romance started I really enjoyed the chemistry. Read gives them cracking chemistry. It was well plotted ( mysteries of linage etc) and I look forward to reading book two. I just hope its better handled.
3.5 stars