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Descent
by Sam Mariano
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.
Introduction
Descent is a standalone by Sam Mariano and I am not sure how I feel about this one here. It definitely was my least favorite from this author. I know many compare this one to Untouchable, but yeah Untouchable was way better. I really had to push myself through this one here, and it was a novel I wanted to love but I will be honest the heroine drove me batty throughout most of this one here. It just seemed like her character just wasn't the best for this type of hero to be honest. And there was no softness that happens with her until the very end, but it did have some similar complexities that this author tends to write in her books.
My Outlook
I want to say that I loved this one, but alas, I really struggled through this one. And its a long one just warning you folks, its over 500 pages, now if it had been more like Untouchable then I probably wouldn't have minded, but I had to force myself to keep going especially in the second half. Normally its the first half I struggle with but nope it was the later half of the story. I think my major issue with this one was the heroine. Because in the beginning she comes off as being this gentle sweet heroine and yeah she isn't that way. She was way too confrontational that didn't match up with her character. I get she was in a bad situation with the hero, but for this type of hero, he needed someone that wouldn't fight him on every little thing and knew how to pick her battles and she just came off so ignorant at times and not in a attractive way at all. The hero is typical of this authors style of heroes, so if you like psychopaths, then you will get a kick out of the hero. And also the friend of the heroine was AWFUL! She is just as manipulative as the hero but acts like she is above it all and how she treats her husband, is horrid. Yeah I really didn't like her in the ending at all. I will say that the ending was satisfying and I am glad that the author really delivered on that because I needed something good after all the struggle haha
Rating Evaluation:
Plot: 5
World Building:4
Cover: 4
Hero: 5
Heroine: 3
Steam: 4
Heart & Feels: 4
Ending: 5
Overall View: 3.5
Trigger Warnings:
Non Consent Sexual Content
Introduction
Descent is a standalone by Sam Mariano and I am not sure how I feel about this one here. It definitely was my least favorite from this author. I know many compare this one to Untouchable, but yeah Untouchable was way better. I really had to push myself through this one here, and it was a novel I wanted to love but I will be honest the heroine drove me batty throughout most of this one here. It just seemed like her character just wasn't the best for this type of hero to be honest. And there was no softness that happens with her until the very end, but it did have some similar complexities that this author tends to write in her books.
My Outlook
I want to say that I loved this one, but alas, I really struggled through this one. And its a long one just warning you folks, its over 500 pages, now if it had been more like Untouchable then I probably wouldn't have minded, but I had to force myself to keep going especially in the second half. Normally its the first half I struggle with but nope it was the later half of the story. I think my major issue with this one was the heroine. Because in the beginning she comes off as being this gentle sweet heroine and yeah she isn't that way. She was way too confrontational that didn't match up with her character. I get she was in a bad situation with the hero, but for this type of hero, he needed someone that wouldn't fight him on every little thing and knew how to pick her battles and she just came off so ignorant at times and not in a attractive way at all. The hero is typical of this authors style of heroes, so if you like psychopaths, then you will get a kick out of the hero. And also the friend of the heroine was AWFUL! She is just as manipulative as the hero but acts like she is above it all and how she treats her husband, is horrid. Yeah I really didn't like her in the ending at all. I will say that the ending was satisfying and I am glad that the author really delivered on that because I needed something good after all the struggle haha
Rating Evaluation:
Plot: 5
World Building:4
Cover: 4
Hero: 5
Heroine: 3
Steam: 4
Heart & Feels: 4
Ending: 5
Overall View: 3.5
Trigger Warnings:
Non Consent Sexual Content