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A review by bestdressedbookworm
Dark Promise by Danielle Rose
5.0
Lets be real, i am absolutely loving this series. For me it is just so capitavating and i think the series as a whole so far is a solid 5 stars. And what a cliff hanger.... i mean i really did not see that coming!
So why did i want to give this book 3 stars? I have a bit of a gripe with the formatting of this series.
Firstly i want to point out that i don't limit myself with my budget for books. They are my life and i will continue to support authors, Danielle Rose included. However, despite what goodreads says this book is actually only 151 pages. It successors and predecessors are between 180-200 pages. Did this really need to be a 5 book series? the whole thing will barely hit 1000 pages, it could very easily have been a duology or a trilogy. Is that enough for me to drop a star. YES! They are all getting relased in the same year, they are all less than 200 pages on average and they cost $17 each. $85 for less than 1000 pages and they are paperbacks. i can buy the entire HP series in paperback for $65 and it would hit well over 3000 pages. Midnight Sun is 740 pages and was $22. I just don't see why the author did this. Had i seen the size of these books in shops rather than buying blindly on line i would never have bought them for the price.
This could have been released as a beautiful hard back trilogy and then i woukd have happily paid $85 but the way this has been done feels like its taking advantage of tge readers. This sounds mean but it feels like a marketing ploy.
I would be more forgiving if this was middle grade but its YA!
Sorry but its how i feel.
Will i continue with the series, of course but i can't deny this has made me a little angry.
So why did i want to give this book 3 stars? I have a bit of a gripe with the formatting of this series.
Firstly i want to point out that i don't limit myself with my budget for books. They are my life and i will continue to support authors, Danielle Rose included. However, despite what goodreads says this book is actually only 151 pages. It successors and predecessors are between 180-200 pages. Did this really need to be a 5 book series? the whole thing will barely hit 1000 pages, it could very easily have been a duology or a trilogy. Is that enough for me to drop a star. YES! They are all getting relased in the same year, they are all less than 200 pages on average and they cost $17 each. $85 for less than 1000 pages and they are paperbacks. i can buy the entire HP series in paperback for $65 and it would hit well over 3000 pages. Midnight Sun is 740 pages and was $22. I just don't see why the author did this. Had i seen the size of these books in shops rather than buying blindly on line i would never have bought them for the price.
This could have been released as a beautiful hard back trilogy and then i woukd have happily paid $85 but the way this has been done feels like its taking advantage of tge readers. This sounds mean but it feels like a marketing ploy.
I would be more forgiving if this was middle grade but its YA!
Sorry but its how i feel.
Will i continue with the series, of course but i can't deny this has made me a little angry.