A review by sadbookalert
The Secret Fire by C.J. Daugherty
2.0
2.5
This book.... wow, this was bad. I didn’t really have any great expectations for this book, which is why i’m not totally disappointed, but come on!
first of all, the characters. there was one character that i liked, which was louisa. and even she didn’t feel real or thought out. every character fulfilled a stereotype; the straight-a 'ugly' student, with the hot best friend and popular boyfriend. then the dangerous 'badboy' who comes into her life, and even louisa got completely put in a box, simply because of her appearance.
it honestly felt like reading a bad and predictable wattpad story.
the only thing that i enjoyed were the death-bringers (or whatever they’re called in english) because their constant grinning was pretty creepy. the rest was just soo basic and unoriginal.
in the end i gave it 2.5 stars because of the descriptions of oxford and the history this book offered (which wasnt much but i still kinda enjoyed it), louisa because i like her, sacha in the beginning because reading about his death was at least not totally basic and actually enjoyable, and the last few chapters because something actually happened!
also i want to add that this book would’ve been way better if taylor and louisa would’ve fallen in love, honestly that would’ve caught me off guard in the best way possible. but since that’s obvs not gonna happen, well...
This book.... wow, this was bad. I didn’t really have any great expectations for this book, which is why i’m not totally disappointed, but come on!
first of all, the characters. there was one character that i liked, which was louisa. and even she didn’t feel real or thought out. every character fulfilled a stereotype; the straight-a 'ugly' student, with the hot best friend and popular boyfriend. then the dangerous 'badboy' who comes into her life, and even louisa got completely put in a box, simply because of her appearance.
it honestly felt like reading a bad and predictable wattpad story.
the only thing that i enjoyed were the death-bringers (or whatever they’re called in english) because their constant grinning was pretty creepy. the rest was just soo basic and unoriginal.
in the end i gave it 2.5 stars because of the descriptions of oxford and the history this book offered (which wasnt much but i still kinda enjoyed it), louisa because i like her, sacha in the beginning because reading about his death was at least not totally basic and actually enjoyable, and the last few chapters because something actually happened!
also i want to add that this book would’ve been way better if taylor and louisa would’ve fallen in love, honestly that would’ve caught me off guard in the best way possible. but since that’s obvs not gonna happen, well...