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A review by luckies_universe
The Blood Between Us by Z Brewer, Z Brewer
2.0
This was lukewarm for me. The beginning intrigued me, and I was ready for a quick and easy YA murder mystery, but … I'm not sure what I got instead?
In short, Adrien's adoptive parents perished in a fire, leaving him with his adoptive sister, Grace, who hates him for seemingly no reason. He leaves for four years, but comes back to his old school because his godfather has a terminal illness and doesn't have long to live. Once back at his old boarding school, Adrien faces issues regarding Grace, his parent's death, and his friendships.
Where do I even begin? There were so many different plotlines running simultaneously, it's like the author couldn't decide what to pick, and this resulted in none of the storylines being deepened, instead giving readers cursory and weak plots.
Adrien struck me as a bit of a 'pick me' boy most of the time, and his inner monologue bored me after the first few pages.
And the ending. No spoilers, but it was an ocean of WTF moments and not in a good way. It was unrealistic even for YA and there was ZERO character development by the end, or, rather, the characters suddenly got over their years worth of trauma and issues in the space of about five pages.
It was just confusing, irritating and just a whole lot of missed opportunities. It had potential, but it was not fulfilled, unfortunately.
In short, Adrien's adoptive parents perished in a fire, leaving him with his adoptive sister, Grace, who hates him for seemingly no reason. He leaves for four years, but comes back to his old school because his godfather has a terminal illness and doesn't have long to live. Once back at his old boarding school, Adrien faces issues regarding Grace, his parent's death, and his friendships.
Where do I even begin? There were so many different plotlines running simultaneously, it's like the author couldn't decide what to pick, and this resulted in none of the storylines being deepened, instead giving readers cursory and weak plots.
Adrien struck me as a bit of a 'pick me' boy most of the time, and his inner monologue bored me after the first few pages.
And the ending. No spoilers, but it was an ocean of WTF moments and not in a good way. It was unrealistic even for YA and there was ZERO character development by the end, or, rather, the characters suddenly got over their years worth of trauma and issues in the space of about five pages.
It was just confusing, irritating and just a whole lot of missed opportunities. It had potential, but it was not fulfilled, unfortunately.