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This would have been 5 stars had the main conflict been given a true resolution rather than just petered out. I wavered so much in completing this book as the advertised main plot doesn’t start until near halfway through. Which, after finishing, doesn’t seem that bad. Once started you have to finish it but it’s very much a “you’ll either love this or you’ll hate this”
I wanted to like this. I wanted to like it so badly.
But nope.
I’ve read Austen before and this just felt incredibly boring. I also had a hard time following the plot and just didn’t care about any of the characters or honestly know who anyone was.
Maybe I was in the wrong headspace when I started this but anyway, I have an immense disinterest in this book.
But nope.
I’ve read Austen before and this just felt incredibly boring. I also had a hard time following the plot and just didn’t care about any of the characters or honestly know who anyone was.
Maybe I was in the wrong headspace when I started this but anyway, I have an immense disinterest in this book.
I should have just DNF’d it.
I thought about it, then got invested in one character, then later hated the character then continued reading only because I wanted to say I finished the book.
I hated the characters, the writing became poorer as the book went on.
It’s not the worst thing I’ve read but I will never read it again and I will never recommend it
I thought about it, then got invested in one character, then later hated the character then continued reading only because I wanted to say I finished the book.
I hated the characters, the writing became poorer as the book went on.
It’s not the worst thing I’ve read but I will never read it again and I will never recommend it
1.5 stars. I wanted to enjoy this and I’m more disappointed that I didn’t than disappointed by the book itself. I don’t tend to care about tropes being repetitive so that didn’t bother me. What did bother me was the blatant similarities to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Watchers = Guardians
Hunters = Warriors
Vampires = Shadows (they may be demons but the fangs make it very obvious what they were based on)
If I wanted to read something that’s in the Buffy universe, I’d go read it. Not something that’s very clearly a plot pulled from a tv show.
What also bothered me was that everything seemed to be a part of something bigger. When the book was over it didn’t seem like an ending to a book but a section to the story. It felt as though after dealing with Malthius and the whole prom thing, that there was more to come, like that was just a blip on the radar. I know there are 2 more books but it felt like this was only the first part of one book rather than an entire book.
Watchers = Guardians
Hunters = Warriors
Vampires = Shadows (they may be demons but the fangs make it very obvious what they were based on)
If I wanted to read something that’s in the Buffy universe, I’d go read it. Not something that’s very clearly a plot pulled from a tv show.
What also bothered me was that everything seemed to be a part of something bigger. When the book was over it didn’t seem like an ending to a book but a section to the story. It felt as though after dealing with Malthius and the whole prom thing, that there was more to come, like that was just a blip on the radar. I know there are 2 more books but it felt like this was only the first part of one book rather than an entire book.