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rhack05 's review for:
House of the Beast
by Michelle Wong
Let me start off by saying this edition of the book is beautiful and the artwork both inside and out is amazing and I love it. As far as the story goes, there is good, and there is not so good.
The beginning of this book is wonderful and I loved the introduction of the main character Alma. We soon get to "meet" her imaginary friend who is also very intriguing. Next, we get to meet dear ol' dad and we immediately hate him because well, there is a lot to hate if I'm honest and that doesn't really change throughout the book. I loved the idea of the ritual and giving something up for the beast (in this case an arm) and I was interested to see how that would play out. Shortly after this whole scene the book became a bit of a bore to read until the last few chapters.
I did enjoy the ending of the book and I think there is definitely a story to build upon but I do wish this book had a bit more world building and character building. There is so much the author can expand upon and I hope we get to see some of that in the next book.
This book felt like a YA or maybe NA fantasy and while there is nothing wrong with that, I think I was expecting something a bit more mature.
Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager | Harper Voyager for access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The beginning of this book is wonderful and I loved the introduction of the main character Alma. We soon get to "meet" her imaginary friend who is also very intriguing. Next, we get to meet dear ol' dad and we immediately hate him because well, there is a lot to hate if I'm honest and that doesn't really change throughout the book. I loved the idea of the ritual and giving something up for the beast (in this case an arm) and I was interested to see how that would play out. Shortly after this whole scene the book became a bit of a bore to read until the last few chapters.
I did enjoy the ending of the book and I think there is definitely a story to build upon but I do wish this book had a bit more world building and character building. There is so much the author can expand upon and I hope we get to see some of that in the next book.
This book felt like a YA or maybe NA fantasy and while there is nothing wrong with that, I think I was expecting something a bit more mature.
Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager | Harper Voyager for access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.