I love the world building, but the book is so slow and focused on so many characters I could care less about. I might finish it in the future. I might now.

The beginning was very interesting and I loved the main character. A different perspective and style for romance and monsters for me. As the book went on the romance between the main characters just didn't make sense to me. The progression of the romance/interest didn't feel real for me. The story/pacing slowed down a ton and I stopped caring what was happening. I may just to the end to see what happens in like the last chapter. But I put it down and haven't picked it up and forgot about it so I'm just marking it dnf.

I am not a fan of the writing. There are random world building tangents that seem to take place in random dialogue breaks. I got 23% through and I'm still bored. Sad because a lot of people seem to rave about it. But I'm not drawn in enough to continue.

I love the main character, Olivia! 

BUT...This book is definitely YA. I got 60% of the way through and the main story has been very predictable, the horror/thriller elements are not really getting me, certain reveals were not very impactful because it didn't surprise me. For YA, I can see this being a great step into fantasy.

Fun concept, cute characters! It is something I am not in the mood for at the moment but would probably pick up again at another point.

I don't know it just didn't keep my attention enough. Other books came up that were more interesting and after a month of not going back to it I probably won't in the future.

*This will be personal preference for sure*
The book world and concept are awesome. I really love the writing. It is a slow set up that focuses more on the main character than the world plot which is fine. (Some people in my book club didn't finish due to the slowness. Some of us weren't bothered by it.)

The reason I DNF was due to the amount of sexual content and main character sexualizing women. The sexual content is really not graphic (would not consider it smut or detailed. All consensual so far.) But the amount of times a woman is described only through her looks or that he is having an erection or ideas of what he wants to do, etc. It it jarring to me. In real life some people are more sex driven than others, it is life. But to me it kept taking away from great female characters, pausing the flow of the sentence/paragraph/story

I might come back and pick it up again at some point because the world is awesome.

Just not my type of stories. I felt like I couldn't understand the main plot. Maybe it was the translation. Maybe it's just not my thing. But I can't get back into it. All good! I don't doubt it's not great!