findingthefantasticstory 's review for:

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May

3.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank you to Little Brown Book group and netgalley for the EARC.

This Vicious Hunger has so much potential  but unfortunately it didn't live up to what I thought it could be.

Part 1 was really good. I loved the gothic atmosphere and the introduction to these characters and the garden. Part 2 really let the whole story down. The main character Thora became so manipulative and toxic that I ended up not really liking her at all and not having any sympathy for her. This just led to Part 2 mainly being Thora and Olea arguing over and over aging and always about the same thing. It just got so repetitive. I fell like the majority of these arguments could have been cut to make the book shorter. 

I hated the ending. It just stopped. From what was said I expected a big showdown but no it just ended there and then. I really thought the end of the book had been missed from the EARC. I really hated this as it didn't even seem like a cliff-hanger. It felt as though the author had got bored and just wanted to end it. 

And finally, nothing shocked me. When a 'twist' happened or something was revealed I kind of expected it.

So yeah, I gave this 3 stars because the beginning of the book was good but part 2 just felt like it could be a 2 star.