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A review by livvthepig
To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
In the beginning, this book was REALLY struggling to impress me. It seemed incredibly basic, with the whole “kingdom in darkness”, “dainty girl who is actually strong”, and my god the insta-love. It annoyed me so badly. I get that they have this connection due to story reasons, but it felt really out of character for Kiara to immediately be in love with him. She even says “I thought I hated him” girl no you didn’t, you’ve never once shown that despite him literally forcing you from your home to be sent on a death mission. She didn’t seem to care about that at all, she just goes without a complaint!! Honestly all of the characters felt really weak and I wasn’t attached to any of them, so when they started dying off I just kind of shrugged.
The saving grace was the second half of the book- I found where the story was going to be at least fairly interesting, and Kiara and Jude’s relationship was… sweet..? Despite only knowing each other for like 2 weeks and they’re like “I would destroy the entire world for this person” girl calm down. It ends on a sort of cliffhanger so we’ll see if I decide to read the sequel whenever it’s made.
The saving grace was the second half of the book- I found where the story was going to be at least fairly interesting, and Kiara and Jude’s relationship was… sweet..? Despite only knowing each other for like 2 weeks and they’re like “I would destroy the entire world for this person” girl calm down. It ends on a sort of cliffhanger so we’ll see if I decide to read the sequel whenever it’s made.