A review by star_sapphire
Something True by Kieran Scott

3.0

Something True focused on True trying to match/pair up a third couple so she could win back the love of her life, Orion, and finally lift the banishment placed upon her (and her mother) and be able to go home. Something True is narrated by three people: True, Orion, and Darla.

The love triangle box was infuriating: no build-up; just stupid drama that could have been avoided if Darla wasn't being selfish

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(her reasons for dating Orion was pretty stupid. She dated him because her "best friend" told her to in order to boost her popularity, and she wanted to be popular so she stuck to him like glue)

or Orion was being true to himself (pun!). I couldn't find myself caring or empathetic toward any of the characters.

The storyline involving the big bad (aka Artemis, and consequently her twin: Apollo) that has been building up since the first book of the trilogy was lackluster.

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She doesn't even start training to take down Artemis or to protect herself from Artemis and Apollo until the book was almost 75% done. And even then, her training was proven to be unnecessary because Zeus literally shows up and saves the day. That's literally how the storyline with the big bad is wrapped up.

The ending wrapped up far too quickly, the two romance storylines had no build-up at all in this book. There was some nice hinting to help establish the two pairings, but both romance storyline relied heavily on backstory, which did not help sell the romance between the two pairings in the long run. If anything, all the moments shared between the two pairings helped proved that they'd be better off as friends; especially since there was no build up when it came to the romance.

Besides True, Wallace, and Hephaestus, all of the other "main" characters were unlikable.

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My dislike for Orion and Darla amped up to a whopping 200% after the both of them cheated on each other (Granted, they both cheated on each other with people that they actually liked and was better suited for them. True wasn't forced to like Orion, and vise versa. Darla wasn't forced to like Wallace, and vise versa. Orion felt obligated to be dating Darla. Darla felt that her popularity depended on whether or not she was dating him). They both acknowledged that it was wrong, but the book seemed to have skimmed over how wrong it was. She was using him because she wanted to be popular. He was lying to her. Both were cheaters and both were terrible people. They both turned me off so much that I felt bad for True and Wallace. I get that they're ~soulmates~ but the the story made such a big deal about how they pretty much cheated on each other; and then pretty much skimmed over it as if it was no biggie (because by then, they finally came to their senses and realized that they didn't have to date each other and (gasp!) can actually be into other people (if only they realized this earlier! Who would have thought that breaking up was actually an option?). I also hated how Orion and Darla strung True and Wallace along, and then getting upset at each other for not being a good boyfriend/girlfriend. They're both hypocrites, petty, and just terrible, horrible, people. Their characters didn't even do anything character redemption-worthy, which is why I still believe that Wallace and True deserve better.

I kind of wished that the couples from the first two books had a bigger cameo in the storyline, but I'm glad to see that at least they all were happy with each other. (Seeing them happy together kind of made me wished that the main narrators for this book were the four of them, and not Orion or Darla. Seriously. Orion and Darla were both unlikable narrators.)

Overall, Something True was fast-paced, fluffy, and light read. It was an enjoyable book to read. I would recommend this to anybody who wants to have a quick read (and has read the first two books).