merlesstorys 's review for:

Gegen das Sommerlicht by Melissa Marr
3.25
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
This book was a bit of a surprise to me. The beginning was very slow and I didn’t think I could stick with it, but it picked up a bit of a pace page after page. I didn’t even skip as many pages as I thought I would (little to none). 
Also, what I didn’t expect, I actually liked the love story in this book
because it was not a nearly thousand year old man falling in love with a seventeen year old girl but instead them developing a friendship and she being with her “good friend” in the end.
. It really made me breathe out because it wasn’t Twilight-esk, there wasn’t even a serious love triangle (like one of them didn’t have one chance, even though the author tried hard). Plus, even though the main characters were Fae, there was none inappropriate scenes for YA *cough* ACOTAR *cough*
Though the possibility of Keenan being sexually involved with both the mother and the daughter really gave me the ick. Thank god that didn’t happen.

And the plot wasn’t too bad either. Pretty typical as far as 2000s YA romantasy goes but definitely one of the better ones.

All in all, I liked it a bit more than average but not much.
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