Woman Reading

My overall impression was eh. I preferred Danielle to Lyse. I would have been interested more in a story about her. And I liked the idea of Weir more than I liked the actuality of him. That whole thing just came together fast and unrealistically. It actually felt uncomfortable for me. All of the relationships and the plot (including the blind promise) felt very contrived.

Also, not only did I not like the prologue, I also didn't like all the random flashbacks. I understand why they were necessary, just that maybe there was a better way to go about them. In addition to the flashbacks, there were too many POV's. Between both of those problems the story felt really choppy and together was probably the majority of what made me struggle with getting invested in the plot.

Also, as much as I was excited to read a book written by Amber Benson, I was turned off a little by the writing style. In the same sex scene she would flip between words like 'manhood' and 'cock'. It would be traditional romance, or it read like a modern day romance. The flip flopping kept ripping me out of the story to go 'huh?'. The writing just didn't flow the way I like it to.

I thought the kids were cute, but they were in it so little that (I agree) it wasn't enough to keep me reading. Actually, I think the two most interesting characters were Lizbeth and Danielle. I may read something about them. May though, because I actually didn't think that the book was well written. It felt very amateurish.

Thank you Netgalley and Ace Trade for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.