A review by atlastheninth
House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are my own. 

 

My main issue is that I do not like the main character, she is not a nice person and very self-centred. I also just cannot understand/relate to her obsessive grief and one would think that the book would make you at least like the person that's being grieved but no, I feel like I know nothing about Fiona. 

 

The found family in this book does exist but it isn't a good one. They barley talk about anything that matters ever and I got the feeling they don't even like each other. 

The characters in general felt rather flat. Most of them have like two characteristics and one of them is always grief. 

 

Also the whole thing with Death making weird deals read like a fairytale not like the cosy book it's supposed to be. 

 

The casual queer rep was nice though.