A review by medievalfantasyqueen
The Damned by Renée Ahdieh

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It was an interesting story but I feel like the author seemed like she was drawing references and inspirations from all the other things she has watched and read, and wanted to include everything ever in the story and it shows. It is not badly written, it is a decent book and a decent read, but I feel that there could have been better planning so that things don't look like they appeared almost out of nowhere. There were also a couple of odd characterisation changes that puzzled me.

Character wise, I am more interested in Odette and Arjun and Jae as characters, and two of them were done dirty and now I am sad.

I will read The Righteous though because I hope my boy Arjun pulls through.