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Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
3.0

The book started out quite info dumpy - lots of tell, very little show. The book is littered with clichés ('families are like snowflakes: each and every one is unqiue') and there are painfully clear attempts to set up characters but it's so obvious, it's not believable. There's also several obvious red herrings and a major point that was quite easy to figure out. 

It's a big shame that Feeney's biggest skill seems to be building and trampling tension in the same sentence. There could have been so much atmosphere and tension but it felt like all of the 'clues' were handed to the reader on a platter. 

That said, Rose was crazy relatable at points, I didn’t guess the main twist and I was clearly intrigued enough to finish the book, so credit where credit's due.