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Rare Vigilance by M.A. Grant
Did not finish book.
Arghhh. I'm having a run of dnfs at the moment.
I got probably maybe half way through (it's an audiobook and I started jumping forward until I gave up doing that, so don't really know).
I was quite enjoying this (the 2 stars) up until Atlas joins the baddies without asking ANY pertinent questions like who are you actually and why REALLY do you want to take Decebel down? I would have thought this was an important question, if Decebel was such a power then removing him/his family is going to cause a vacuum and who is going to fill it? Oh I just wonder.
But no our hero doesn't ask anything reasonable. Just says I'm angry, like some vengeance ridden teenager, sign me up. Completely disregarding all the apparently logical, calm etc personality traits that were painstakingly detailed and atrributed to him on his first shift after the hide and seek with Cristian.
Of course later Atlas realises how bad the baddie is whilst also (I think a bit later, I started skipping bits after it was clear he wasn't going to admit, or pathetically couldn't find the right time. Pff!) realising how wonderful and kind wossname is, Cristian, and now there are LIES because apparently Atlas can't stop working for the baddies. But can't he? Really? Could he not just tell the truth to Decebel and we can all move on to something more interesting in the story? Like thwarting the baddies and taking them down or something? That's what I want to read. Not lies
Maybe Atlas did tell them and I didn't get that far. I don't know
I wasn't a fan of the sister either she was borderline 'I know best about all of your life, I'm older than you so I must know best.' Yawn.
I did think Atlas was going to tell sister about vampires, once he discovered Cristian was one but then he didn't and that felt weak.
But mainly the lie about the baddies has got me rolling my eyes and huffing like a Black Labrador. The lie seemed like the storing up of unnecessary drama just so it can be used later for some break up/make up jobby, like a soap opera. Almost expected to hear the Eastenders drum roll.
So yeah, not for me.
I got probably maybe half way through (it's an audiobook and I started jumping forward until I gave up doing that, so don't really know).
I was quite enjoying this (the 2 stars) up until Atlas joins the baddies without asking ANY pertinent questions like who are you actually and why REALLY do you want to take Decebel down? I would have thought this was an important question, if Decebel was such a power then removing him/his family is going to cause a vacuum and who is going to fill it? Oh I just wonder.
But no our hero doesn't ask anything reasonable. Just says I'm angry, like some vengeance ridden teenager, sign me up. Completely disregarding all the apparently logical, calm etc personality traits that were painstakingly detailed and atrributed to him on his first shift after the hide and seek with Cristian.
Of course later Atlas realises how bad the baddie is whilst also (I think a bit later, I started skipping bits after it was clear he wasn't going to admit, or pathetically couldn't find the right time. Pff!) realising how wonderful and kind wossname is, Cristian, and now there are LIES because apparently Atlas can't stop working for the baddies. But can't he? Really? Could he not just tell the truth to Decebel and we can all move on to something more interesting in the story? Like thwarting the baddies and taking them down or something? That's what I want to read. Not lies
Maybe Atlas did tell them and I didn't get that far. I don't know
I wasn't a fan of the sister either she was borderline 'I know best about all of your life, I'm older than you so I must know best.' Yawn.
I did think Atlas was going to tell sister about vampires, once he discovered Cristian was one but then he didn't and that felt weak.
But mainly the lie about the baddies has got me rolling my eyes and huffing like a Black Labrador. The lie seemed like the storing up of unnecessary drama just so it can be used later for some break up/make up jobby, like a soap opera. Almost expected to hear the Eastenders drum roll.
So yeah, not for me.