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A review by cerizeseries
Shadow and Ice by Gena Showalter
2.0
Thank you National Bookstore for my Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book. (I actually won it, lol)
I have tried reading several new adult novels in the past and I’ve liked a lot of them but after reading this one, I doubt if I would dive for another of the same genre very soon. I really did not enjoy this book. I struggled to finish it and almost DNFed it but fought the urge because I really wanted to write a review for an ARC this year.
The way this was written was so confusing it makes me say ‘Hold on, what is happening now?’ sometimes making me question if passages are missing. One moment they are here, the next, another thing is happening. The rules regarding the All War has so many loopholes. The characters are very questionable with very little mention of the others and the scenes other than the sex parts are not explained well, hence making the reader confused at times. The character development was really bad. For example, Knox kidnapped Vale out of pure lust and even though Vale has mentioned constantly that she loves her sister, still, Knox doesn’t care if Nola dies or not. But even though that sounded really bad, I hate Vale the most. She’s confusing. She said that she doesn’t want anything to do with Knox and that she’d do whatever it is to win the All War and then the next she wants him to take his pants off and jump her. There’s 400 plus pages in this book and 90% of it is about Vale and Knox’s desperate need to alleviate the heat they feel in their groins. I’m not even kidding. Sure i’m up for some hot scenes but this is wayyyyyyy too much. I mean come on, lustful scenes page after page making the plot seem unnecessary.
If you ask me what this book is about, i’d say: Horny girl meets equally horny immortal guy from another realm who is currently fighting a battle with other immortals. Girl becomes immortal and grows more lusty.
In all honesty, I wouldn’t suggest this book to anyone. Would I read book 2? No. I’d tell you to grab a different one.
How about you, have you read the book? What are your thoughts?
Thank you for reading!
I have tried reading several new adult novels in the past and I’ve liked a lot of them but after reading this one, I doubt if I would dive for another of the same genre very soon. I really did not enjoy this book. I struggled to finish it and almost DNFed it but fought the urge because I really wanted to write a review for an ARC this year.
The way this was written was so confusing it makes me say ‘Hold on, what is happening now?’ sometimes making me question if passages are missing. One moment they are here, the next, another thing is happening. The rules regarding the All War has so many loopholes. The characters are very questionable with very little mention of the others and the scenes other than the sex parts are not explained well, hence making the reader confused at times. The character development was really bad. For example, Knox kidnapped Vale out of pure lust and even though Vale has mentioned constantly that she loves her sister, still, Knox doesn’t care if Nola dies or not. But even though that sounded really bad, I hate Vale the most. She’s confusing. She said that she doesn’t want anything to do with Knox and that she’d do whatever it is to win the All War and then the next she wants him to take his pants off and jump her. There’s 400 plus pages in this book and 90% of it is about Vale and Knox’s desperate need to alleviate the heat they feel in their groins. I’m not even kidding. Sure i’m up for some hot scenes but this is wayyyyyyy too much. I mean come on, lustful scenes page after page making the plot seem unnecessary.
If you ask me what this book is about, i’d say: Horny girl meets equally horny immortal guy from another realm who is currently fighting a battle with other immortals. Girl becomes immortal and grows more lusty.
In all honesty, I wouldn’t suggest this book to anyone. Would I read book 2? No. I’d tell you to grab a different one.
How about you, have you read the book? What are your thoughts?
Thank you for reading!