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A review by charlottenw1
Hidden Wings by Cameo Renae
2.0
I reallllly tried to like this book because it had such good potential from the beginning.
We basically follow the characters on a mission to fight the darkling and Emma literally goes from normal life to being thrown onto this mission with a bunch of people she doesn't know but know that they work for her aunt who she has been shipped to, to live with. And she seems okay with this. Everyone in the group knows that Emma is different from the other Nephilim alive and because of this they listen to what she has to say.
This is where I couldn't connect. All these expert protectors and fighters listened quite happily to a 17-year-old who only found out she was 'special' 24 to 48 hours beforehand and has no training or knowledge whatsoever. I would have killed us all at 17 in this scenario, as soon as we had left the house. I tried to love the main love interest but he was trying to pull off the protective 'I want her, don't touch her' vibes and it was working, but he's cute.
Everything seemed a bit forced and not natural at all, especially with the character interactions. Although there were some funny one-liners from a couple of the side characters. There were numerous times where things were premeditated and then the bad guys would listen to Emma's questions while she was captured (which happened a lot) and happily answer them. Aren't they supposed to be the ones in control? Not a 17 year old girl...
We basically follow the characters on a mission to fight the darkling and Emma literally goes from normal life to being thrown onto this mission with a bunch of people she doesn't know but know that they work for her aunt who she has been shipped to, to live with. And she seems okay with this. Everyone in the group knows that Emma is different from the other Nephilim alive and because of this they listen to what she has to say.
This is where I couldn't connect. All these expert protectors and fighters listened quite happily to a 17-year-old who only found out she was 'special' 24 to 48 hours beforehand and has no training or knowledge whatsoever. I would have killed us all at 17 in this scenario, as soon as we had left the house. I tried to love the main love interest but he was trying to pull off the protective 'I want her, don't touch her' vibes and it was working, but he's cute.
Everything seemed a bit forced and not natural at all, especially with the character interactions. Although there were some funny one-liners from a couple of the side characters. There were numerous times where things were premeditated and then the bad guys would listen to Emma's questions while she was captured (which happened a lot) and happily answer them. Aren't they supposed to be the ones in control? Not a 17 year old girl...