jasmineshollow's Reviews (646)

reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I'm going to keep this review short.

The beginning of this book was so hard to get through for me and I almost dnf'ed it. The main character, Janelle, had no backbone for most of the book and was pulled in every possible direction by everyone in this book at least once. I get that things were confusing and she was trying to figure out this new life, but this girl really didnt have a single braincell for herself until the last quarter of the book.

I was NOT planning on reading the next book but the last quarter of this book saved it and I may actually pick book 2 up. The last part of this book, Janelle finally takes matters into her own hands and defeated the big bad.

The plot of this book is actually pretty unique and I hadn't read anything like it so that is what attracted me to this. The way it was executed could have been better but after reading the end, it wasn't too bad.
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was a bit wary of this book going into it because of all of the reviews but it really wasn't that bad. Part I was a bit confusing because we were reading the story through Ksenia's POV while unexplained actions were taking place but by the time you Lexi's POV in part II, you start to get an idea of where the story is going. This book is very dark and explores themes that may be triggering such as multiple forms of abuse, rape, unhealthy relationships, incest (in a sense), drugs, violence, as well as other things. 

The summary alludes to this being a book about evil faeries. The evil faeries are present and drive the story but Never-Contented Things is more so a story about Ksenia, Josh, and Lexi and their character development. If you plan to read this book thinking that the faeries are the main characters, it is not.

Aside from that, I did enjoy this book and I am willing to pick up another Sarah Porter book.

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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