beneaththestars 's review for:

Frey by Melissa Wright
3.0

This could have been SO great. It is the type of thing I would normally like a lot. As it is, it was sorely lacking something. I could see the potential, I really could, which made the let down so much worse. Most of the characters were only 'alright-ish' nothing I would write home about. (Not that I do that kind of thing, haha!) Some I liked and ended up feeling sorry that they were in this book. It was their ruin, they deserve so much more. Some I found myself asking why they were even there. The plot was dragged out majorly, which annoys me if it isn't done well. I doubt I will be reading the next as it would probably be like torture. The characters I liked would be the only reason if I actually did. The Author was dangling this plot on the edge of bullshit, it was almost like dangling sweets in front of a kid and snatching it back just as their fingers touched it. Seriously. Something cool would happen and I would think this is it, that greatness I can almost taste is about to come into play, then it would drag on some more and I would be like 'okay, my mistake.' The whole book went on like this. She pulled her book's own greatness out from under it so hard it was left toppling over the cliff of just readable. The plus, I got it free on kindle! Read it, if you have time and no other book....