A review by aceinit
The Arrivals by Melissa Marr

2.0

An interesting premise, but ultimately completely flat. We don't get to know most of the characters enough for them to be more than cookie-cutter types, and when

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betrayal comes from within, it's from a character who barely gets any page time, and who is little more than "guy who likes knives."

. We are told what the characters are feeling, but never really see a hint of emotion from the characters themselves, and are supposed to believe that

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two people who meet when blood-drunk on this world's uppers, and are given minimal interaction outside of that high, are meant to be together

. I expected more from this premise, and was severely disappointed.