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agodfrey_gardens 's review for:
An Education in Malice
by S.T. Gibson
This was one of my anticipated reads for the year since I loved A Dowry of Blood, but I felt that it was a bit mid. Education in Malice shows themes of obsession, manipulation, and love. The story focuses more on the characters and their interactions that the main plotline was lost. The pacing for it dragged at times, and for me, it was missing the tension or buildup for the story and the stakes for the characters. There was definitely tension between characters though (though for my taste, it wasn't enough to gloss over the lost plotline).
The ending was anticlimactic and unraveled the MC's character in a way that didn't make sense to me or was glossed over too quickly. The writing, I think, is one of its strengths. It's easy to get sucked into the book because of how easily digestible it was. Overall, it was a quick and easy read but needed more substance.
The ending was anticlimactic and unraveled the MC's character in a way that didn't make sense to me or was glossed over too quickly. The writing, I think, is one of its strengths. It's easy to get sucked into the book because of how easily digestible it was. Overall, it was a quick and easy read but needed more substance.