anacarter's review
3.0
A quick futuristic book. The premise is enticing, but the cliffhanger.... hoping there will be more to this series?
jljaina's review
2.0
Almost 2.5 stars but not quite. It fell just a bit shy of the middle of the line.
The first 24% of the book is so rushed and packed with fluff and filler that I was never able to properly enjoy it. We get these two characters, Aria (love that name) and Wisdom who meet in a club/bar and fall in insta love. We get a crazy twenty-four hours of them getting to know each other that suddenly leads to an engagement (THEY JUST MET!!!). Then things get weird...
I got no feel for the characters. I got a lot of we talked, we kissed, we flirted, we talked some more but we dont get any of the conversations. I get a quarter of the way through the book and I know next to nothing about the world they live in (which must be strange based on what happens) or the characters themselves. Which made the feeling they have for each other seem fake.
It does get better after than but when I finished I still had so many questions. I got a bit a better feel for the characters but still have no clue what is going on. Lots of references to handlers, powers, us, they, etc but no explanation. I don't mind leaving some mystery to be later revealed but I do not feel like my money is worth the risk to buy the next volume.
The writing is alright. Nothing special but it is clean and clear, even though it did lack description for the important stuff.
The first 24% of the book is so rushed and packed with fluff and filler that I was never able to properly enjoy it. We get these two characters, Aria (love that name) and Wisdom who meet in a club/bar and fall in insta love. We get a crazy twenty-four hours of them getting to know each other that suddenly leads to an engagement (THEY JUST MET!!!). Then things get weird...
I got no feel for the characters. I got a lot of we talked, we kissed, we flirted, we talked some more but we dont get any of the conversations. I get a quarter of the way through the book and I know next to nothing about the world they live in (which must be strange based on what happens) or the characters themselves. Which made the feeling they have for each other seem fake.
It does get better after than but when I finished I still had so many questions. I got a bit a better feel for the characters but still have no clue what is going on. Lots of references to handlers, powers, us, they, etc but no explanation. I don't mind leaving some mystery to be later revealed but I do not feel like my money is worth the risk to buy the next volume.
The writing is alright. Nothing special but it is clean and clear, even though it did lack description for the important stuff.
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