emilybettinger 's review for:

Malice by Heather Walter

2.0

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Wanted to absolutely love it for the sapphic retelling but I felt I was being told the story instead of showed it because of all of the long, drawn out world building pages in the middle of a scene. The villain reveal was underwhelming as I felt suspicious the whole time and by the end I could feel myself rolling my eyes every time I read “dragons teeth!” Overall, it was alright, but took forever to read and I never really felt like I got hooked in to the story and got excited to finish it. Hoping the sequel is better though, going to give it an honest shot.