A review by babybasil
Mercy by Ian Haramaki

dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed this book a lot, but there were some things that bothered me. The beginning dragged slightly, but I did love the slow burn aspect of it. I get that this is the first book and it’s building a plot for a series, but it very much lacked from a motivation. It was a romance story with no end goal until the last hundred pages or so. Some of the dialogue annoyed me, though. This is 1920s Russia, but they’re using modern slang? Made very little sense. Still, over all, I still liked the story and would recommend it.