Things I liked: underlying plot, idea of this world

Things I didn't like: characters felt one dimensional, I couldn't get invested in them, names and characters were thrown out too quickly and got confusing (probably a me problem), and it felt really YA. Love YA usually but this felt really flat and I was disappointed.

I really really wanted to like this one - I still think I could like the story but I can't get past the disjointed writing - its always just a bit off and I have to keep rereading it. The conversation is also really unnatural.

Th concept is interesting but I just cannot deal with the constant run on sentences.

Although the premise and world interested me, the plot was wayyyy too slow to progress, and had a hard time balancing the romantic plots with the mystery plots. I just couldn't stay interested. The writing was also not that great - a better plotline would have made up for it, but the two together made it difficult. I didn't enjoy how repetitive the writing tended to be, and the characters were fairly stagnant throughout. 

9% in and the copaganda is out of control - was interested in a crime thriller (I usually enjoy procedurals with interesting mysteries) but this is way too focused on glorifying police rather than telling a story.

I just couldn't get into it - Pen's character was a bit too 'woe is me' for me to connect with and the repetitive writing about motivations felt like I was being told too much rather than discovering it. 

The writing was too juvenile and plot was obvious once you realize it's the movie Sabrina.

Couldn't finish first book in series to get to this ARC from Netgalley 

Too trope-y and obvious without enough interesting plot. 

Lost interest - unreliable narrator was overdone