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A review by lifeinthebooklane
Craft by Adriana Locke
4.0
Lance and Mariah are two wonderfully crafted characters, whose story quickly captured and held my attention throughout. Whilst Crank is worth reading, I have to say that I enjoyed this story quite a bit more. I was drawn in by the emotional depth that was portrayed and felt a very strong connection to both Mariah and Lance. These became more than characters in a book, they became individuals I cared about.
The writing flows smoothly, it's really easy to read the book, follow conversations, know who's point of view we are seeing etc. Occasionally the timeline around recent past events seems confused. That may be more to do with being British where phrases like 'the other night' would mean a couple of days prior.
I was almost disappointed to reach the end of the book, I just didn't want to stop reading Lance and Mariah's story. I loved that the author left Lance's "issue" open and didn't give us a trite and cliched miracle resolution, which I have seen far to often. Yes we all want a hearts and roses HEA but I loved the touch of reality this gave the story.
One of my favourite parts was the idea of 'blessings' and how even bad things may be a blessing in disguise. Machlan even gave some very philosophical graveside advice regarding them. That boy has hidden depths that I just can't wait to discover.
The writing flows smoothly, it's really easy to read the book, follow conversations, know who's point of view we are seeing etc. Occasionally the timeline around recent past events seems confused. That may be more to do with being British where phrases like 'the other night' would mean a couple of days prior.
I was almost disappointed to reach the end of the book, I just didn't want to stop reading Lance and Mariah's story. I loved that the author left Lance's "issue" open and didn't give us a trite and cliched miracle resolution, which I have seen far to often. Yes we all want a hearts and roses HEA but I loved the touch of reality this gave the story.
One of my favourite parts was the idea of 'blessings' and how even bad things may be a blessing in disguise. Machlan even gave some very philosophical graveside advice regarding them. That boy has hidden depths that I just can't wait to discover.