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Although this book had a lot of inconsistencies, I still found myself wanting to know what would happen next.
Jessie as a character in the beginning was overly annoying. I almost convinced myself any broken hearted teenager would behave that way but I just found it to be, ehh, a tad to much.
The story however was slightly confusing to follow. I had to reread some parts to make sure I understood what was going on. The parallel worlds were interesting however I think Pike could have elaborated more on witch world and gave us "Jessica's" perspective. But overall, I guess you can say I liked the book.

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2.0

I don’t even know how i managed to finish the book. The beginning maybe first 100 pages were interesting. Then it all went to shit. Full of plot holes. Like how at first Jimmy has 2 genes. Jessica has 7. But then apparently their child has 10 because somehow 2+7 is 10??? Then later on they say he has 5??? Maybe if the different world Jimmy/James have different amounts of genes but that was never said. So it’s just a lot of confusion all around. It just all went to shit. It starts off about a graduating high school class going to Las Vegas for graduation which is already crazy. Because how do hundreds of students all coordinate that and the parents of a VERY small town not notice that like half the towns kids are missing for a whole weekend. Whatever though. The point it it starts going into some crap about Nazis and the Roman empire. I don’t even know. It felt like i was having a fever dream the whole time. I was very confused toward the end. Also the fact Jessie just accepts all of the random stuff going on out of nowhere. And how she proves she’s a witch by WRESTLING WITH HER BOYFRIEND IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT. It just was ridiculous. I hated it. The whole romance with Russ was a waste of time. The whole book was a waste of time. I give it two stars because the first few chapters at least were good-ish.

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1.0

DNF

booksandtombs's review against another edition

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Honestly, I could not make myself finish this book.
I got half way through and just decided to call it a day.
It's a frustrating book, and it's so all over the place that half the time you don't even know what's going on. The descriptions and detail in this book were table, as was the plot line.
I could read a million other books about witches and they would be better than this one.

This book gets no ratings.

Should I be scared to try and read this authors other books?

acanthae's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This is one of those books that I objectively didn't really enjoy, but also desperately wanted to know what happened. Still torn on whether I want to buy the sequel.

Very wish fullfillmenty.

steenachrisbooks's review against another edition

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2.0

I didn't even finish this book. The plot itself was an interesting concept, but I absolutely hated the main character Jessie. I enjoyed the other characters and the actual game of Red Queen, but these other enjoyable aspects of the book weren't enough to distract from the not-so-greatly written main character. I was happy when Jessie was in danger and highly disappointed when nothing came of it. I had no desire to read a book where I hoped the main character perished. Maybe Jessie gets better as this book/series moves along, but those thoughts weren't enough to make me keep reading.

jay_ce's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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