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A review by jennlcollier
A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwarz
3.0
Up until the last 80 pages or so this book was going to be rated two stars. Overall, there were just too many things that bugged me, but the ending made up for some of it.
The character of Elle starts of as this spunky and independent girl, but later in the story she stands up for herself in stupid/illogical situations and concedes to Marsh constantly. By setting up these situations the author is undermining her character's personality and making it hard to like the main character. I get that the verbal sparring is supposed to be creating romantic tension, but it was just annoying and dragged out the story.
Patrice was obvious from the beginning and that led to an underwhelming turning point in the story.
The ending though was interesting and finally added some much needed action to the story. Constantinople was the best part of the book, and I wish the story focused more on the behind the scenes conspiracy, but the author is saving that for the next book in the series and I most likely won't pick it up.
The character of Elle starts of as this spunky and independent girl, but later in the story she stands up for herself in stupid/illogical situations and concedes to Marsh constantly. By setting up these situations the author is undermining her character's personality and making it hard to like the main character. I get that the verbal sparring is supposed to be creating romantic tension, but it was just annoying and dragged out the story.
Patrice was obvious from the beginning and that led to an underwhelming turning point in the story.
The ending though was interesting and finally added some much needed action to the story. Constantinople was the best part of the book, and I wish the story focused more on the behind the scenes conspiracy, but the author is saving that for the next book in the series and I most likely won't pick it up.