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amandapate 's review for:
Midnight Thief
by Livia Blackburne
Review by: Amanda at Of Spectacles and Books
Why I chose this book:
For so long, I was looking forward to reading this. Disney-Hyperion doesn’t like us, so it seems because we never get cleared for eARCs of their books, so that meant I had to buy this one. And that’s just what I did; I preordered it and everything. I even read Poison Dance (the prequel novella), so I had rather high expectations.
My Bookish Dislikes:
This book took way to long to set up the scene in my opinion. Yes, I get that we need to know characters, backgrounds, but over a hundred pages, gets really tiring and tedious.
My Bookish Meh’s:
I mean I liked Kyra; she was a cool character. Flick was interesting too, but they didn’t quite do it for me. Tristram was cool, but the one I liked the most was James, but it was because he was mysterious and you could never quite gauge him.
Final Thoughts:
I pretty much made it through half of the book. If my life hadn’t gotten crazy (and if I hadn’t gotten sidetracked with the amazingness that is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon) I would probably have finished it, but a month having it as my currently reading book on Goodreads, I decided to shelve it. Maybe I will pick it up later and try again, and hopefully I will love it when I do.
From what I read, this book was leaning toward a 3 star rating and I made it almost halfway.
Why I chose this book:
For so long, I was looking forward to reading this. Disney-Hyperion doesn’t like us, so it seems because we never get cleared for eARCs of their books, so that meant I had to buy this one. And that’s just what I did; I preordered it and everything. I even read Poison Dance (the prequel novella), so I had rather high expectations.
My Bookish Dislikes:
This book took way to long to set up the scene in my opinion. Yes, I get that we need to know characters, backgrounds, but over a hundred pages, gets really tiring and tedious.
My Bookish Meh’s:
I mean I liked Kyra; she was a cool character. Flick was interesting too, but they didn’t quite do it for me. Tristram was cool, but the one I liked the most was James, but it was because he was mysterious and you could never quite gauge him.
Final Thoughts:
I pretty much made it through half of the book. If my life hadn’t gotten crazy (and if I hadn’t gotten sidetracked with the amazingness that is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon) I would probably have finished it, but a month having it as my currently reading book on Goodreads, I decided to shelve it. Maybe I will pick it up later and try again, and hopefully I will love it when I do.
From what I read, this book was leaning toward a 3 star rating and I made it almost halfway.