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A review by gattolinos_nerdy_nook
Wild Game by Alisa Woods
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Despite the 2.5 star review this book is really well done. It has a good and compelling plots, solid characters and side characters and some interesting dynamics to keep you interested.
The reason I gave it such a low rating is purely personal preference and a couple of issues that made me want to DNF the book. The first, and to me the issue that least impacted my score, is the insta lust and love that really felt tone death and out of place. I am usually fine with the insta lust it has it time and place to be used, but this was neither the time nor place. It felt really awkward and stiff in this world to have that insta lust connection, and how and where it happened felt all wrong.
Now this may seem a really strange issue to almost DNF a book over, but the second issues was Nova's way of running and talking about the game company and the conflict that arises there. In any normal world THIS WOULD NOT BE A CONFLICT! Just thinking about it gets me really annoyed as it comes across like very little to no research was done on of how game companies work, the gaming audience in general and how most game designers feel about having their games on multiple platforms. I could go on for ages about this issue which to me almost made me DNF, but realistically for most people this probably wouldn't even be a blip on the radar. The conflict that is set up with this does come back and create a different conflict for the story but overall these comments are nothing in the grand scheme of thing. It is strange what can tick people off.
Overall it is a shifter universe that is gritter then some that I've read and I will give the next book a try to see if I want to continue the series after that.
The reason I gave it such a low rating is purely personal preference and a couple of issues that made me want to DNF the book. The first, and to me the issue that least impacted my score, is the insta lust and love that really felt tone death and out of place. I am usually fine with the insta lust it has it time and place to be used, but this was neither the time nor place. It felt really awkward and stiff in this world to have that insta lust connection, and how and where it happened felt all wrong.
Now this may seem a really strange issue to almost DNF a book over, but the second issues was Nova's way of running and talking about the game company and the conflict that arises there. In any normal world THIS WOULD NOT BE A CONFLICT! Just thinking about it gets me really annoyed as it comes across like very little to no research was done on of how game companies work, the gaming audience in general and how most game designers feel about having their games on multiple platforms. I could go on for ages about this issue which to me almost made me DNF, but realistically for most people this probably wouldn't even be a blip on the radar. The conflict that is set up with this does come back and create a different conflict for the story but overall these comments are nothing in the grand scheme of thing. It is strange what can tick people off.
Overall it is a shifter universe that is gritter then some that I've read and I will give the next book a try to see if I want to continue the series after that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, and War
Minor: Death of parent