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montigneyrules's review
1.0
DNF
Intriguing idea, but just couldn't get through it. I won this novel through a Good Reads promotion; a read it before it's released event. I've learned it can be considered a WitchLit genre; not sure what that is, but that wasn't the reason I didn't connect. I was fine with the story line; the fantasy, the conspiracy, even ok when the Devil himself popped in, what lost me was the author's development though mediocre dialogue.
There was an inconsistency where the characters conversations would be deep, then shallow, then teenager-ish. I felt the author really hasn't found their voices yet. They need development to really narrow their personalities. This made the Devil input seem cheesier, rather than eerie. It made the obsession with the bed, and the jump to the rest of it all too fast. It made the way the sister and brother speak drive me crazy (Olivia talked to Liz, Liz talks to Jack, Jack quotes Olivia, Liz whines...over and over, reverse, redone, reused. I get it, the brother and sister share dialogue please stop repeating).
Overall, the novel does have some good ideas, but the novel as a whole seems like first draft execution. Like the author spilled all these thoughts on paper to get the story out, but now needs to work the story more.
Intriguing idea, but just couldn't get through it. I won this novel through a Good Reads promotion; a read it before it's released event. I've learned it can be considered a WitchLit genre; not sure what that is, but that wasn't the reason I didn't connect. I was fine with the story line; the fantasy, the conspiracy, even ok when the Devil himself popped in, what lost me was the author's development though mediocre dialogue.
There was an inconsistency where the characters conversations would be deep, then shallow, then teenager-ish. I felt the author really hasn't found their voices yet. They need development to really narrow their personalities. This made the Devil input seem cheesier, rather than eerie. It made the obsession with the bed, and the jump to the rest of it all too fast. It made the way the sister and brother speak drive me crazy (Olivia talked to Liz, Liz talks to Jack, Jack quotes Olivia, Liz whines...over and over, reverse, redone, reused. I get it, the brother and sister share dialogue please stop repeating).
Overall, the novel does have some good ideas, but the novel as a whole seems like first draft execution. Like the author spilled all these thoughts on paper to get the story out, but now needs to work the story more.
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