A review by sargasso_c
The Watchers by A.M. Shine

Did not finish book. Stopped at 54%.

Honestly the concept is so good

and I usually adore fey-based literature (especially fey-based horror literature),

but the pacing of this book was atrocious.

There is a point in this book where the main character is racing to grab an essential item before she is either mauled by The Watchers or locked out of safety by her cohabitants who also fear being mauled if they wait for her to return. In the middle of this tense scene that felt very quick, the author decides to spend paragraphs on Mina musing on how rough she looks after catching a glimpse of herself in a dark window and how that will affect her and her interactions should she ever make it back to the real world. A fine motif if you want it, but it just wasn't the time and totally frustrated me and shoved me out of the narrative.