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hjswinford 's review for:
Reluctant Immortals
by Gwendolyn Kiste
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this novel!
This premise had me PUMPED. But it's not the first classic literature-inspired book that's been a huge let down for me. With Dracula's Lucy as the narrator and Jane Eyre's predecessor Bertha (aka Bee) as her side kick, out to defeat the curses of their past relationships with monstrous men, I really wasn't sure how this coule go wrong. The set up was good (despite the first-person, present-tense which is just never going to work for me), and I loved how creatively these two classics were meshed together. But the hook didn't last for the long haul and I found myself less and less excited to pick this up the further I got into it. By the 60% mark I was ready for it to be over. The end wasn't bad, and I enjoyed how it all wrapped up well enough but ultimately it felt like too long fanfiction that took characters but none of the depth or beauty from its sources of inspiration.
This premise had me PUMPED. But it's not the first classic literature-inspired book that's been a huge let down for me. With Dracula's Lucy as the narrator and Jane Eyre's predecessor Bertha (aka Bee) as her side kick, out to defeat the curses of their past relationships with monstrous men, I really wasn't sure how this coule go wrong. The set up was good (despite the first-person, present-tense which is just never going to work for me), and I loved how creatively these two classics were meshed together. But the hook didn't last for the long haul and I found myself less and less excited to pick this up the further I got into it. By the 60% mark I was ready for it to be over. The end wasn't bad, and I enjoyed how it all wrapped up well enough but ultimately it felt like too long fanfiction that took characters but none of the depth or beauty from its sources of inspiration.