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A review by bethrb
Masquerade by Kylie Fornasier
2.0
This book was a very strange experience. I did enjoy it, but I can't help but consider what it could have been. We had a beautiful setting, mostly engaging characters and intriguing, interconnecting plots, and mystery behind every corner, but that was pretty much it.
If it were the first in a series, I would have given it 4 or 5 stars. It left us with just enough dangling plot threads and possibilities to invite a really exciting sequel and so was surprised it was a stand alone.
I loved the characters of Claudia and Veronica and I wish it could have just been about them. Some felt a bit wish washy. Some had very unclear motives, one seemed like the personification of a filler episode, and another was talked up as having such a 'dark heart' and was such an awful person and ... nothing came of it. Which seemed to be a reoccurring theme.
Mysteries and plots were introduced and never satisfactorily explored or answered and despite the length of the book. I feel much of it was rushed towards the end and some of the character's endings were out of nowhere, and some were just really unsatisfying,
I would have loved to have seen this as a series, with each book exploring the characters and their perspective of the events of Carnevale, so I suppose I was a bit disappointed with the format.
Despite this, it was a rare book that I went out of my way to read daily - a rare feat these days. It did not live up to my expectations but I did enjoy my time reading it.
If it were the first in a series, I would have given it 4 or 5 stars. It left us with just enough dangling plot threads and possibilities to invite a really exciting sequel and so was surprised it was a stand alone.
I loved the characters of Claudia and Veronica and I wish it could have just been about them. Some felt a bit wish washy. Some had very unclear motives, one seemed like the personification of a filler episode, and another was talked up as having such a 'dark heart' and was such an awful person and ... nothing came of it. Which seemed to be a reoccurring theme.
Mysteries and plots were introduced and never satisfactorily explored or answered and despite the length of the book. I feel much of it was rushed towards the end and some of the character's endings were out of nowhere,
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like Claudia's suicideSpoiler
like the resolutions Veronica and Angelique's romantic endeavours.I would have loved to have seen this as a series, with each book exploring the characters and their perspective of the events of Carnevale, so I suppose I was a bit disappointed with the format.
Despite this, it was a rare book that I went out of my way to read daily - a rare feat these days. It did not live up to my expectations but I did enjoy my time reading it.