A review by violetturtledove
The Reyes Incident by Briana Morgan

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I really wanted to like this book, the premise sounded exactly like my sort of thing but it didn't quite hit the mark for me. 

Some good points: the main plot was good and the pacing was very effective in switching between the present of the police investigation and the incident itself. I kept wanting to know what happened next throughout the book. 

Unfortunately the personal development between the characters all felt a bit rushed, maybe this would have worked better as a longer novel where both the characters and plot had more room to breathe. I also didn't find the monsters scary at all, they were perhaps a little too normalised/humanised.

Apart from that it's all well written, there were some descriptive phrases I thought were brilliant (although the odd one seemed a bit over the top for me).

I had a bit of a theory about where the ending was going to go, it would have made a bit more sense of some of the characters actions. But ultimately I was left disappointed, it was a very open ending with not enough of a resolution for me. Although I suppose, if I was expecting one ending and got another, at least it wasn't predictable?