ARC REVIEW

I was really getting into the story, hoping that I might give it a 4 star rating...until I kept listening, and the stars kept getting lower and lower.....

I agree with a few others, it was giving very YA tropes where she's so pretty that everyone else can see it but her. Also, a very much damsel in damn distress... I didn't really like that (I've been spoiled with a lof of badass feminine rage and it clearly shows)

I like the two worlds basically merging together. I wanted to know more about Zadok and what's happening on Earth, it even felt a true crimey. But that's where my compliment ends.

Everyone is a real red flag. There wasn't a person who I did like, and that really sucks.
-Harlow/Ruby too wishywashy for me and doesn't know how to make a decision without others putting thoughts into her head.
-Slater/Alex is a POS always trying to defend his brother Lucas, when he's a legit murderer....Yea no, I empathize they both had a horrible childhood, it doesn't excuse the actions he did in the present.
-Zavier is kinda annoying? I didn't understand the point of him tbh. He's supposedly a friend who always had a crush on Harlow and she's too dense about it. Throughout the story he's not even "there" lol
-Jax is mainly using Harlow for political gain, whether he knows it or not. And although his intentions are coming from a decent place, its how he shows it. No likey

I didn't like the ending of the story. Slater/Alex can go suck a cow for all I can care. I truly thought his book has very very good idea where the plot was heading, I just didn't like the actual outcome of what really happened. Will I be reading the rest? Who knows. We'll see if I want to continue suffering.

Thank you Netgallery and the publisher for allowing me to read the book. I give the author the best of luck!

A review by whippedstitchreads Pastel Pink by Nikki Minty

ARC REVIEW

A review by whippedstitchreads
Pastel Pink by Nikki Minty