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A review by petalpineink
The Insatiable Volt Sisters by Rachel Eve Moulton
dark
mysterious
2.75
A hauntingly mysterious flashback, flash forward tale of two sisters entangled by an island with a dark essence all its own.
I really wanted to like this book, but I’m stuck deciding between 2.75/3⭐️ for this read. It had several things I typically love in a read - multiple timelines, mercurial sisters, dark community histories, the hint of (or not so hinted) monsters or something more sinister - but it just didn’t come together for me as strongly as I hoped.
I found that the first half of this book was quite the slow burn, allowing you to get to know the different characters from their own POVs. But then the last bit of the story happened so quickly. Now don’t get me wrong - I love a story with a slow start with an action packed finish, but for me, there wasn’t enough buildup between the two ends of the spectrum so it felt disjointed.
At the end of this read I was really left wanting more of the mysterious house and POVs from the original Volt sisters to help tie in the history of the island and what was occurring on it more strongly. Though, overall I enjoyed myself while listening to this read.
Thanks NetGalley and Farrar, Straus and Giroux from the ARC of this book.
I really wanted to like this book, but I’m stuck deciding between 2.75/3⭐️ for this read. It had several things I typically love in a read - multiple timelines, mercurial sisters, dark community histories, the hint of (or not so hinted) monsters or something more sinister - but it just didn’t come together for me as strongly as I hoped.
I found that the first half of this book was quite the slow burn, allowing you to get to know the different characters from their own POVs. But then the last bit of the story happened so quickly. Now don’t get me wrong - I love a story with a slow start with an action packed finish, but for me, there wasn’t enough buildup between the two ends of the spectrum so it felt disjointed.
At the end of this read I was really left wanting more of the mysterious house and POVs from the original Volt sisters to help tie in the history of the island and what was occurring on it more strongly. Though, overall I enjoyed myself while listening to this read.
Thanks NetGalley and Farrar, Straus and Giroux from the ARC of this book.