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A review by justlily
Mistwood by Leah Cypess
3.0
When I started reading this book, I thought for sure it was going to be four stars, maybe even five. The writing is great, descriptive without being long-winded, attention grabbing right from the start. And I mean, how awesome is the premise? An immortal shapeshifting creature bound to protect the royal family. I loved the tension this caused, the fact that Isabel wasn't bound by her feelings but by this force that gave her no real choice.
Except about a third of the way through the book, that stopped being what the book was about at all. You don't get an awesome immortal shapeshifter. You just get Isabel. Which, hey, there's nothing wrong with normal girls, girls are great. But if I wanted to read about that, I wouldn't have picked a book that advertised having a friggin awesome shapeshifter.
I think I'll probably still read the next in the series but I'm left pretty disappointed based on what I THOUGHT I was going to get.
Except about a third of the way through the book, that stopped being what the book was about at all. You don't get an awesome immortal shapeshifter. You just get Isabel. Which, hey, there's nothing wrong with normal girls, girls are great. But if I wanted to read about that, I wouldn't have picked a book that advertised having a friggin awesome shapeshifter.
I think I'll probably still read the next in the series but I'm left pretty disappointed based on what I THOUGHT I was going to get.