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A review by gussurireads
The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
Did not finish book. Stopped at 62%.
Let me get this out of the way, this book is flatout bad: the writing is messy and inconsistent (it needed more/better editing!) and none of the characters, even in the supporting cast, shine through to make you somewhat care about what's going on (if there's even anything going on). I mean, the author seems to think that having the love interest/"dark villanous witch queen" wear black and smoke cigarettes will make her more attractive?
The premise does not match the content at all. I expected this to be a well-developed romance between a complicated, nuanced dark love interest and your typical YA heroine but instead we spend more than half the book centered on this Thomas Lin character, in a plot that is neither interesting or well-paced at all.
There's absolutely NO chemistry between the two main characters, which is unsurprising given the fact that they have no personality whatsoever.
I skimmed through the last 50 or so pages I "read", then glanced a bit at what was left and yeah... It just does not get better.
The premise does not match the content at all. I expected this to be a well-developed romance between a complicated, nuanced dark love interest and your typical YA heroine but instead we spend more than half the book centered on this Thomas Lin character, in a plot that is neither interesting or well-paced at all.
There's absolutely NO chemistry between the two main characters, which is unsurprising given the fact that they have no personality whatsoever.
I skimmed through the last 50 or so pages I "read", then glanced a bit at what was left and yeah... It just does not get better.