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A review by jenvile
Liam Davis & The Raven by Anyta Sunday
2.0
I have lukewarm feelings about this one.
Premise? Intriguing.
Execution? Questionable.
Unlike a lot of people, I actually liked Liam being blunt, clinical and straight forward. To be honest, it’s refreshing in a character. I’m so sick of characters in novels having all this inner monologue and not be able to communicate it comfortably with others. So it was nice to have a character who was indeed smart, looked at the facts and wasn’t overly angsty or dramatic about their situations or events. I also adored Quinn, and how... not perfect he was. He was such a slob, and the fact that he was described in such a way at the beginning of the story made me laugh.
Buuuttttt, the mystery, being such a heavy part of the book, was so weak and poorly executed that I just didn’t care for the outcome. There were characters which I also didn’t care about and they seemed more of a stepping stone instead of adding layers or depth to our main characters.
I read this one to prep for the 2nd book of the series which recently came out, but I don’t think I’ll be enjoying the next one since I wasn’t in love with the characters/plot here. I’ll still continue reading Anyta Sunday’s works because she is one of my favourite MM authors. Unfortunately, this one was a miss for me.
Premise? Intriguing.
Execution? Questionable.
Unlike a lot of people, I actually liked Liam being blunt, clinical and straight forward. To be honest, it’s refreshing in a character. I’m so sick of characters in novels having all this inner monologue and not be able to communicate it comfortably with others. So it was nice to have a character who was indeed smart, looked at the facts and wasn’t overly angsty or dramatic about their situations or events. I also adored Quinn, and how... not perfect he was. He was such a slob, and the fact that he was described in such a way at the beginning of the story made me laugh.
Buuuttttt, the mystery, being such a heavy part of the book, was so weak and poorly executed that I just didn’t care for the outcome. There were characters which I also didn’t care about and they seemed more of a stepping stone instead of adding layers or depth to our main characters.
I read this one to prep for the 2nd book of the series which recently came out, but I don’t think I’ll be enjoying the next one since I wasn’t in love with the characters/plot here. I’ll still continue reading Anyta Sunday’s works because she is one of my favourite MM authors. Unfortunately, this one was a miss for me.