A review by kait_sixcrowsbooks
The Hexed, by Heather Graham
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Well that was…quite a waste of my time, tbh. Going into it, I tried, really. I did. But the longer I read…yeesh.
It just wasn’t good. The writing often repeated itself (like, the characters would ask each other questions…and then ask them again mere pages later), and it was simply basic. Nothing conjured up emotion for me, I was never really given a chance to connect with any of the characters outside of knowing that Rocky was just so haunted by his friend dying back in high school. If I was smart, I would’ve started a tally of how many times that was mentioned because, frankly, it was getting ridiculous after five.
And for a book that centers around Wicca and witchcraft, it seems really kinda slimy for both the narrative itself and the characters in general to constantly throw satanism under the bus. The whole book surrounds how Wiccans don’t hurt people, but the same grace can’t be given to Satanists? Hm.
And don’t even get me started on the romance and the out of the blue first sex scene. What even was that??? Truly did not make sense to me at all (and the whole “we passionately make love multiple times a night because we’re so in love and oh look at that we’re cured of our past because of our love”? Bro STOP, my god).
Anyway…what a dud of a book, lol. And for it to be my first finished book of the year? Man…lmao.
It just wasn’t good. The writing often repeated itself (like, the characters would ask each other questions…and then ask them again mere pages later), and it was simply basic. Nothing conjured up emotion for me, I was never really given a chance to connect with any of the characters outside of knowing that Rocky was just so haunted by his friend dying back in high school. If I was smart, I would’ve started a tally of how many times that was mentioned because, frankly, it was getting ridiculous after five.
And for a book that centers around Wicca and witchcraft, it seems really kinda slimy for both the narrative itself and the characters in general to constantly throw satanism under the bus. The whole book surrounds how Wiccans don’t hurt people, but the same grace can’t be given to Satanists? Hm.
And don’t even get me started on the romance and the out of the blue first sex scene. What even was that??? Truly did not make sense to me at all (and the whole “we passionately make love multiple times a night because we’re so in love and oh look at that we’re cured of our past because of our love”? Bro STOP, my god).
Anyway…what a dud of a book, lol. And for it to be my first finished book of the year? Man…lmao.