A review by fauxdutchess
The Cloisters by Katy Hays

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I liked the idea of this book, but the end made it dip for me below a 3. The main character is not very mature, but she also doesn't develop much other than going overboard out of almost nowhere. The writer leaves several events unfinished, like a sailing trip the starts and doesn't continue for some reason. There's loads of adjectives which gets boring and annoying real soon. The academic parts also seem to float between everything. In the end, the book could've been cleaned up a lot to have more solid storyline, but it felt like it tried to be too many things at once. As a result, the book lost a lot of impact on me as a reader and made me roll my eyes at the forced plot twists at the end. 

TL:DR; probably should've read the secret history by Donna Tart.