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A review by aisforawkward
Draw One in the Dark by Sarah A. Hoyt
1.0
Free is free, which is why I gave this book a try. I didn't hate it, but I will be honest and say there is almost no chance I will read anything else by this author unless it was a first book.
The story background concept wasn't a bad one, if a bit basic. Magical shifter community is suddenly forming in a random town for no reason, isolated shifter suddenly finds herself in the midst of other shifters when for years she believed herself to be simply crazy. Murders, and fighting animal (or bug) nature, etc.
But the writing was strangely and inconsistently choppy throughout, with one paragraph fine, and the next stilted, and the storyline felt abrupt and incomplete. Her dialogue and descriptive text was randomly awkward and full of missing words, strangely stiff phrasing (lack of contractions for eg), and it just made for a very inconsistent read.
Her characters were pretty good, but sadly felt incomplete as well, with compelling backstories, that aren't ever really discussed, character motivations that are almost interesting, but meh, in terms of characterization nothing ever happens on page, instead it had already happened off page.
It was just interesting enough for me to finish it, and just enough potential for me to briefly waver on my rating, but ultimately I can't justify giving it more than 1 star, even though I almost liked the (overly obvious) plot.
The story background concept wasn't a bad one, if a bit basic. Magical shifter community is suddenly forming in a random town for no reason, isolated shifter suddenly finds herself in the midst of other shifters when for years she believed herself to be simply crazy. Murders, and fighting animal (or bug) nature, etc.
But the writing was strangely and inconsistently choppy throughout, with one paragraph fine, and the next stilted, and the storyline felt abrupt and incomplete. Her dialogue and descriptive text was randomly awkward and full of missing words, strangely stiff phrasing (lack of contractions for eg), and it just made for a very inconsistent read.
Her characters were pretty good, but sadly felt incomplete as well, with compelling backstories, that aren't ever really discussed, character motivations that are almost interesting, but meh, in terms of characterization nothing ever happens on page, instead it had already happened off page.
It was just interesting enough for me to finish it, and just enough potential for me to briefly waver on my rating, but ultimately I can't justify giving it more than 1 star, even though I almost liked the (overly obvious) plot.