lavenderxohuang 's review for:

By Frenzy I Ruin by Cora Reilly

1.5

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I continue to read Cora Reilly's books because I've been reading them since the beginning and have become invested in this universe and its characters. Her works have downright bad in the past few years but my hopes were revived with Amo and Greta's book, which I praised. But this addition to her series has deeply disappointed me. The writing and editing are not at the standard it should be. The style was a ton of "telling" instead of showing urghhhhh. I disliked Nevio to the core and he never redeemed himself in the slightest. The things he did throughout the entire book showed he was spoilt, irresponsible, and has no respect for his friends and family who do so much for him. I found Aurora completely naive, boring and another "I'm not like others because I wear overalls" pick-me girl. All the dialogue and descriptions felt unnatural and forced. Plus, the tattoos seem dumb to me. It truly felt like nothing substantial happened besides Nevio continuously killing people, including innocents, and Aurora not caring one bit. Overall, this uninspired story with no true character connections was not worth the read and quite cringe.