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Shattered Promises
by Jessica Sorensen
This book had a really strong start. It had me hooked... until the reader got to know the characters really well and it started to go downhill.
The MC - Gemma - is the shy, responsible college student. And I liked how she started off been emotionless - due to her past which was slowly revealed throughout the book. Then she started to get her "feelings/emotions" back and it came across as feeling every emotion all at once. It got really annoying. Fast.
There were unnecessary reactions that didn't need to be expressed and things that didn't need to be said as the book progressed.
The story itself was interesting but for me it was like too much going on.
The reader learns of what type of supernatural being the character is and then in the next chapter we have a character who is a vampire. Then another character who is a witch.
Another chapter and character a Fairy.
Another chapter and character a Wolf.
Another chapter and character an Angel.
Another chapter and character the underworld.
Another chapter and char - you get the point.
Personally I'm not a fan of too many supernatural beings in one. My limit is two. So for me this had too much going on at different turns and I saw it as random placement in the story just... because.
Less is more in this case...
The romance was weird for me. It started off with the MC making the reader believe that Alex was one and nothing could change that and then half way through the book we hear of another character and she makes it look like Alex who...?. Totally forgets Alex and all the sudden it's only and all about this Laylen guy (vampire btw). He was probably the only character that didn't frustrate me as much as all the others. I would read his backstory.
I could see the author's potential in trying to tell this story with the characters she created and I won't hold this book against her. I will definitely try her other 'non-supernatural' series though and see how they are.
Happy reading! :)
The MC - Gemma - is the shy, responsible college student. And I liked how she started off been emotionless - due to her past which was slowly revealed throughout the book. Then she started to get her "feelings/emotions" back and it came across as feeling every emotion all at once. It got really annoying. Fast.
There were unnecessary reactions that didn't need to be expressed and things that didn't need to be said as the book progressed.
The story itself was interesting but for me it was like too much going on.
The reader learns of what type of supernatural being the character is and then in the next chapter we have a character who is a vampire. Then another character who is a witch.
Another chapter and character a Fairy.
Another chapter and character a Wolf.
Another chapter and character an Angel.
Another chapter and character the underworld.
Another chapter and char - you get the point.
Personally I'm not a fan of too many supernatural beings in one. My limit is two. So for me this had too much going on at different turns and I saw it as random placement in the story just... because.
Less is more in this case...
The romance was weird for me. It started off with the MC making the reader believe that Alex was one and nothing could change that and then half way through the book we hear of another character and she makes it look like Alex who...?. Totally forgets Alex and all the sudden it's only and all about this Laylen guy (vampire btw). He was probably the only character that didn't frustrate me as much as all the others. I would read his backstory.
I could see the author's potential in trying to tell this story with the characters she created and I won't hold this book against her. I will definitely try her other 'non-supernatural' series though and see how they are.
Happy reading! :)