A review by lucycz
Meru by S.B. Divya

1.0

This book was exhausting. The world building and concepts were very fascinating and complex, but the characters were clumsily crafted, with attitudes, motives, and levels of intelligence that shifted from chapter to chapter in service of the plot. The sudden, interspecies romance was contrived and absolutely unnecessary (honestly, it made me feel like I was reading a teen fan fiction starting 1/3 of the way in). Overall, a strong start that was ultimately utterly disappointing and jumped the shark about 1/3 of the way in.