A review by noriboo
Demure by Hope E. Davis

Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

I didn't feel connected to the characters. The family issues over the phone felt like randomly added drama and based in stereotypes about Hispanic families, that could've been left out. Aodhan was just a bag of red flags, without the charm that I'm used seeing in morally grey/unhinged characters. He didn't come across as mysterious, just as an incel ass. I made it 20% in and I still don't know anything about magic. Atleast a bit of a reveal could've kept me interested, maybe a snippet about an accidental brush with magic or weird stuff happening around her? But the characters and writing style in itself didn't hook me, so I was already fading out.