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A review by king_lefay
Fresh Blood by Nicole Arend
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This wasn't a great read. It was sometimes a fun read, with the occasional bit of action or interesting world-building details, but they were far and few between. It sometimes had the energy of an early-2000s-superntaral-teen-romance movie, but it never leaned far enough into the camp to be really entertaining.
It was bookended by some interesting and exciting scenes, but most of the middle was fairly dull and repetitive. The whole concept of desire and bloodlust and a school where young vampires learn how to control all this to eventually become essentially superspies is really enticing and a cool take on vampire lore, but it never quite hit the mark. No scene felt pushed to be as important as they should have been. Every moment raced by and nothing was lingered on or stressed about in a way to make consequences feel important.
Overall, this was a boring read. The writing style is very plain, too many characters were introduced at the same time and they're all quite flat it's hard to distinguish between them, the dialogue is often awkward and unrealistic. And, to be quite frank, it needed to be hornier. Vampires are sex monsters, often queer sex monsters, and while there are hints of this quality throughout the story, it is again not given the sort of weight or spotlight it should.
Bad, but not fun bad.
It was bookended by some interesting and exciting scenes, but most of the middle was fairly dull and repetitive. The whole concept of desire and bloodlust and a school where young vampires learn how to control all this to eventually become essentially superspies is really enticing and a cool take on vampire lore, but it never quite hit the mark. No scene felt pushed to be as important as they should have been. Every moment raced by and nothing was lingered on or stressed about in a way to make consequences feel important.
Overall, this was a boring read. The writing style is very plain, too many characters were introduced at the same time and they're all quite flat it's hard to distinguish between them, the dialogue is often awkward and unrealistic. And, to be quite frank, it needed to be hornier. Vampires are sex monsters, often queer sex monsters, and while there are hints of this quality throughout the story, it is again not given the sort of weight or spotlight it should.
Bad, but not fun bad.