stephloves 's review for:

The Reaper by Jackson P. Brown

DID NOT FINISH: 8%

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I'm truly gutted about this situation. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of the book and I was so excited for it but unfortunately, this just didn't land for me. Firstly, it reads a little bit like a YA that got bumped up to adult for some reason. Secondly, it's slow, like really slow. Everything is overly described. There's an entire chapter (4 full pages) of Amy waking up and making porridge, that's it. 4 whole pages to make porridge. I found myself repeatedly picking my phone up completely distracted and when I read the paragraph about her buying, a beef and patty, eating said patty and then buying a Rubicon, I just couldn't continue. 

"After work, she bought a beef and cheese patty from the Caribbean shop and nibbled away at it as she walked. It was her first meal of the day, and as her anxiety sunk into the souls of her feet, her appetite steadily returned. After her patty, she bought a carton of mango Rubicon from he shop a few yards down, finishing it soon afterwards." 

A lot of telling and not showing. And like I say, this isn't the first instance. 

I really am gutted about this one, I was so excited for the empath, vampires and reaper. But alas, it was not meant to be.