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A review by lilibetbombshell
Thief by Hattie Jude
4.0
Real Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars
In my review for the first book in this series, “Traitor”, I complained that I felt the book was too short to have given us a good idea of who the boys were but that was the advantage of a RH series: we get more than one book to get to know all the characters better. I also said I liked the private school aspect and loved the FMC, Lennon, but here’s what I have to say about all that in regards to this installment of this series:
This installment was a wasted opportunity in so many ways. Lennon hardly spent any time at school, and what time she did was glossed over. So was her friendship with Ever, which was a nice addition to the first book. In all actuality, I felt like Lennon herself had wilted like a flower and was a shadow of the character I had come to love during the first book.
Hattie Jude took an opportunity to let us get to know the boys organically and chose to do it by lengthy flashbacks and inner narratives, which is exposition by telling and not showing us. I ended up skimming all of those parts because, as per usual, they ripped me right out of the story. And all I gleaned from it was some background I didn’t feel was necessary and a few personal details I felt rather lukewarm about.
The 3.5 stars this installment rated all came from the plot that’s carried over and continued to develop from the first book. It’s rather predictable, but it’s entertaining.
I hope the last installment ups the game and comes through on the promise I saw in the first book. This one just suffered from a sophomore slump.
I received an early copy of this title in exchange for a fair and honest review.
In my review for the first book in this series, “Traitor”, I complained that I felt the book was too short to have given us a good idea of who the boys were but that was the advantage of a RH series: we get more than one book to get to know all the characters better. I also said I liked the private school aspect and loved the FMC, Lennon, but here’s what I have to say about all that in regards to this installment of this series:
This installment was a wasted opportunity in so many ways. Lennon hardly spent any time at school, and what time she did was glossed over. So was her friendship with Ever, which was a nice addition to the first book. In all actuality, I felt like Lennon herself had wilted like a flower and was a shadow of the character I had come to love during the first book.
Hattie Jude took an opportunity to let us get to know the boys organically and chose to do it by lengthy flashbacks and inner narratives, which is exposition by telling and not showing us. I ended up skimming all of those parts because, as per usual, they ripped me right out of the story. And all I gleaned from it was some background I didn’t feel was necessary and a few personal details I felt rather lukewarm about.
The 3.5 stars this installment rated all came from the plot that’s carried over and continued to develop from the first book. It’s rather predictable, but it’s entertaining.
I hope the last installment ups the game and comes through on the promise I saw in the first book. This one just suffered from a sophomore slump.
I received an early copy of this title in exchange for a fair and honest review.