A review by abookishwasp
Extasia by Claire Legrand

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This had all the ingredients to make a perfect book, a book that I would be obsessed with, but for some reason I did not become absolutely obsessed with it. I went into it completely blind, no knowing what it was about and I was pleasantly surprised by all the elements of the story, normally I absolutely devour stories like these, but there's something I cannot put my finger on about this book that made me not enjoy it as much.

 I am not sure if it's the writing or the characters or the pacing or the narrator of the audiobook. None of these particularly put me off but at the same time none of them were able to grab my attention and keep me interested. My favourite part about this is the story itself as a whole, the concept and the setting, which is very atmospheric. Also towards the end the story took a turn that I did not quite expect that kind of left me dumbfounded and it just didn't really seem to fit with the vibe while it did make sense. 

Overall it was an okay book but it lacked something for me. I would however recommend it if you enjoyed "The Year of the Witching" by Alexis Henderson and the tv show Salem.
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