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A review by ncssundormas
The Darkening by Sunya Mara
1.5
pfft. this was very bad.
the characters were all very bland until maybe a few pages towards the end of the book, and even then that was not good because nothing seemed to inspire that change in them, just that the author changed her mind about how she wanted them to act (she did that a lot).
the plot was very predictable; even though I’m generally awful at predicting these sorts of things, I guessed a good chunk of the plot lines with the minimal and confusing info given by the author.
the romance (which is described too often as “electric”) was more wooden than a tree.
the prose (which actually had potential to be great) was rushed in order to move the story on, which caused quite a few pacing issues throughout.
this book was essentially a bunch of good ideas with the execution quality of a 5 year old’s imagination run wild.
1.5 stars, rounded up to 2 on goodreads
the characters were all very bland until maybe a few pages towards the end of the book, and even then that was not good because nothing seemed to inspire that change in them, just that the author changed her mind about how she wanted them to act (she did that a lot).
the plot was very predictable; even though I’m generally awful at predicting these sorts of things, I guessed a good chunk of the plot lines with the minimal and confusing info given by the author.
the romance (which is described too often as “electric”) was more wooden than a tree.
the prose (which actually had potential to be great) was rushed in order to move the story on, which caused quite a few pacing issues throughout.
this book was essentially a bunch of good ideas with the execution quality of a 5 year old’s imagination run wild.
1.5 stars, rounded up to 2 on goodreads