A review by darquedreamer
Such A Secret Place by Cortney Pearson
2.0
I really wish I had loved this one. Such a Secret Place was one those books that gripped you in the moment, but left you the minute you stopped reading it. This was another buddy read, so I did not read it in one sitting. I would read a few chapters here and there, and finished it over the course of about half a month. Every time I would return to the book, I would forget just about everything I read from the time before.
The writing was nice while I was in the moment, though it had a lot of metaphors that just seemed to drag the story down, like too many pop culture references. But, nothing was memorable, despite the fact that I hated how awkward the pacing felt, and how dependent Ambry was on Talon. I wanted to love her and see her as a strong YA female MC, but the whole "captor dependency" thing really brought me down.
I never felt like I was hooked. The characters were flat. The story was typical, and a little unoriginal, and the bits that I did enjoy, that felt unique, weren't enough to keep my enjoyment up. The ending felt way too rushed too! So, there was enough enjoyment to get me to finish the book, and I may still consider reading something else from the author, but I did not enjoy this one enough to decide to add book 2 to my TBR.
This was a buddy read with Liz.
The writing was nice while I was in the moment, though it had a lot of metaphors that just seemed to drag the story down, like too many pop culture references. But, nothing was memorable, despite the fact that I hated how awkward the pacing felt, and how dependent Ambry was on Talon. I wanted to love her and see her as a strong YA female MC, but the whole "captor dependency" thing really brought me down.
I never felt like I was hooked. The characters were flat. The story was typical, and a little unoriginal, and the bits that I did enjoy, that felt unique, weren't enough to keep my enjoyment up. The ending felt way too rushed too! So, there was enough enjoyment to get me to finish the book, and I may still consider reading something else from the author, but I did not enjoy this one enough to decide to add book 2 to my TBR.
This was a buddy read with Liz.