A review by jenjerusha
The Binding by Bridget Collins

emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Compulsively readable and extremely tense in spots, but the central third was the point of the story, and the rest is given short shrift. A lot of potentially very interesting / world-building information is elided throughout. A relationship in the first part reminds me a lot of parts of Juniper by Monica Furlong - except The Binding doesn't give it enough attention to have the same impact throughout the story. Expanding that relationship would have given the opportunity to share some longed-for exposition with Emmett and the reader. 

Great, but would have been far better as a much longer novel.
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