Okay, sooooooooooo...
I have been in a massive review slump recently and have honestly not found the time to do a whole lot of the Goodreads shindig as of late.
BUT.
My thoughts are a cluster.
I tried to pick another book up and my brain said NOPE.
Not until I review this one.
So here we are.
Let's get into it and lay some groundwork here peeps.
(And also, not dig myself into a massive hole, because holy moley I have seen no other reviews with any of the gripes I've brought to this picnic. My opinion is mine. Leave the hate at home, homies.)
This is now the second book that I have read by this author. I have a deep love of the paranormal/demonic/underworld vibes that are so prevalent today, PLUS if it has romance? Oh baby, count me in.
This book fits that bill pretty well. We have a good basis for what could be a really interesting world with some fun and interesting characters.
Now, I have a difficult time continuing because from here on out I feel the deep and burning need to point out all of the things I liked.
-The back to the past story line (not the present pieces)
-The monster romance
-The web of a supernatural society and its various sects.
I'll be real. There was a point where I was finally jammin' with this book and trucking away!
And then, it ended.
Not my enjoyment of the story, but I mean the book LITERALLY ended.
At a totally bizarre part as well.
It wasn't a cliff hanger.
It wasn't a conclusion.
It was just sorta...........done............. I guess....
And as if you couldn't already tell this is where my gripes begin. Here, in list form, are said gripes:
-The ranting of the main characters internal monolgue
-The jumping between past and present story lines
-The really silly/poor choices of the main character
-The world that I am apparently coming into late and is apparently like several different series' that I should probably have read first...you know... for random character sentimental value....
-The over descriptive writing to describe every little aspect/detail/imperfection of every. single. gosh.darn.character.
Holy Information Overload Batman.
So, I have figured out the writing style for this author now.
And I will be the first to say that, while I dig your story, I Do Not dig your ramble.
You do not need 7 pages of nothing but descriptions of what a character looks like from their eye color down to what kind of socks they are wearing today. There is a way to get the image into someone's head in far less words/sentences/thoughts blehh.
And also, the bolstering of a character, by said character. Holy Gahd Friggin Damn,
WE GET IT. You want us to know she's random, sexy, cute, and psycho.
Good. For. Yoooooooou. NOW, move on with the dang story.
All these things until this point were easily redeemable and made it easy for me to continue reading.
Except for one thing.
The damn inner-dialogue of the main character.
She describes herself as having a "SQUIRREL!" thought process, but holy sh*znit. I literally skipped over almost the entire first half of the book just trying to find when the internal rambles would end. Which I felt like really took away from the story, at least for me. When a character goes on and on and on and on....I start to roll my eyes. And once the eyes have been rolled....There's really no coming back for the character.
This is something I also found in her other series (Hell Hound King). I had such an aggressive eye roll from the inner dialogue in that book that I actually set down book 2 because I just could. not. even. homie.
Does anyone else find these qualities less than entertaining and a total friggin' page skipper?
I think the saving grace in this books case is that I do want to know what the deal with Adam is. Plus, I'm a sucker for a shy, nerdy boy with murderous, rampaging monster tendencies.
Well, this review is a mess, my house is a mess, my thoughts on this book are a mess, but I'll be damned if I'm cleaning up anytime soon.
So off to the next one with fingers crossed that my eyes don't completely roll out of my head before I get to the good parts.
3.00 get-to-the-monster/mashup-love-part-already-willya! stars🎇
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