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A review by epilieaspiechick
Alpha by Jus Accardo
1.0
My full review can be found on the Epilie Aspie Chick blog!
Thank you to Entangled Publishing for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I'll be the first one to say I love me some universe tripping science fiction. Seeing your way through the various possibilities of what life could've looked like is always fascinating to me, especially when its someone else's looking glass that I'm looking through. So when this ARC came across my screen, I got really excited to read it and see the madness unfold with this cast of characters.
Unfortunately, this book really turns out to be mostly a dud as its difficult to keep track of exactly what's going on. I get it, we're in book three of a series here. However, when you're dealing with alternate universes, multiple versions of the same character - a girl is going to need a LOT more help remember which version of planet Earth this character is from, which one they're on, and why I'm supposed to care about this character right now.
Our leads here are Sera and G. Sera is being held captive by Dylan, who is straight up crazy for her.
Unfortunately, what he doesn't seem to understand is that Sera is not the same as Ava - or at least that's how Sera sees it. Sera and Ava are the same girl in alternate dimensions of Earth. To make this even more interesting, Dylan is the same guy as G - again, just from alternate dimensions of Earth in this case. While Sera can't remember anything prior to her imprisonment at the Infinity Division, G remembers it all and desperately wishes he didn't.
These two leads are setup to be the two halves of a circle and while I can appreciate the imagery on a level, I found them to be superbly boring. I had a difficult time tracking what was happening at any given time during the story, so caring about the characters became the primary thing driving me towards finishing the book. The issue is that I really didn't feel any connection to these characters. Although they felt bonded to one another, I didn't feel bonded to them and while reading, I found myself skimming the pages on a regular basis. Not a good sign for me as a reader.
Thank you to Entangled Publishing for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I'll be the first one to say I love me some universe tripping science fiction. Seeing your way through the various possibilities of what life could've looked like is always fascinating to me, especially when its someone else's looking glass that I'm looking through. So when this ARC came across my screen, I got really excited to read it and see the madness unfold with this cast of characters.
Unfortunately, this book really turns out to be mostly a dud as its difficult to keep track of exactly what's going on. I get it, we're in book three of a series here. However, when you're dealing with alternate universes, multiple versions of the same character - a girl is going to need a LOT more help remember which version of planet Earth this character is from, which one they're on, and why I'm supposed to care about this character right now.
Our leads here are Sera and G. Sera is being held captive by Dylan, who is straight up crazy for her.
Unfortunately, what he doesn't seem to understand is that Sera is not the same as Ava - or at least that's how Sera sees it. Sera and Ava are the same girl in alternate dimensions of Earth. To make this even more interesting, Dylan is the same guy as G - again, just from alternate dimensions of Earth in this case. While Sera can't remember anything prior to her imprisonment at the Infinity Division, G remembers it all and desperately wishes he didn't.
These two leads are setup to be the two halves of a circle and while I can appreciate the imagery on a level, I found them to be superbly boring. I had a difficult time tracking what was happening at any given time during the story, so caring about the characters became the primary thing driving me towards finishing the book. The issue is that I really didn't feel any connection to these characters. Although they felt bonded to one another, I didn't feel bonded to them and while reading, I found myself skimming the pages on a regular basis. Not a good sign for me as a reader.