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A review by writtenechoes
Darkhearts by James L. Sutter
2.0
Well. First off this is not remotely comparable to RWRB. I wish publishing houses / authors would stop putting that in their blurbs just because it has LGBTQIA+ characters or enemies to lovers vibes. It’s misleading to readers that might pick this up solely for that reason alone.
I never really connected with David or Chance. And I struggled with believing the whole background story of them. Friends starting a band together in their tweens that went famous and two of them left David behind. One died of alcohol poisoning so the remaining member returned home. Chance and David spent much of their time “reconnecting” but I found them both insufferable most of the time. Also… this book doesn’t deal with the grief of losing a best friend at all. If anything Eli’s death was just a plot device. Poor Eli! I didn’t find the humor that funny and the characters weren’t lovable. I also found a lot of the characters just stereotypical in kind of an offensive way. Gruff dad and the female best friend. So I really struggled.
And this isn’t really a romance in any way. It’s about two teens struggling to find themselves in two very different worlds. And tbh David was kind of a jerk through the entire novel, which was the point, but his redemption came too late in my eyes. He was a little jealous shit through 90% of the novel. I think Chance forgave him far too fast. And the HFN was lackluster too. Left me hanging in the air. Overall the writing was okay but I never connected with the story or characters. And I found most of it too unbelievable to suspend my disbelief.
I received an arc from Wednesday books and this is my honest review.
I never really connected with David or Chance. And I struggled with believing the whole background story of them. Friends starting a band together in their tweens that went famous and two of them left David behind. One died of alcohol poisoning so the remaining member returned home. Chance and David spent much of their time “reconnecting” but I found them both insufferable most of the time. Also… this book doesn’t deal with the grief of losing a best friend at all. If anything Eli’s death was just a plot device. Poor Eli! I didn’t find the humor that funny and the characters weren’t lovable. I also found a lot of the characters just stereotypical in kind of an offensive way. Gruff dad and the female best friend. So I really struggled.
And this isn’t really a romance in any way. It’s about two teens struggling to find themselves in two very different worlds. And tbh David was kind of a jerk through the entire novel, which was the point, but his redemption came too late in my eyes. He was a little jealous shit through 90% of the novel. I think Chance forgave him far too fast. And the HFN was lackluster too. Left me hanging in the air. Overall the writing was okay but I never connected with the story or characters. And I found most of it too unbelievable to suspend my disbelief.
I received an arc from Wednesday books and this is my honest review.