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A review by starlightbooktales
Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway
3.0
3 stars
Dark of the West had me hooked from the moment I read the synopsis. It sounded exactly like a book I would enjoy reading. But I found myself struggling with most of the book. I enjoyed many aspects of the book, but this was not the story for me.
Some of the best parts of “Dark of the West” was the romance. I like many people am such a sucker for a good romantic story. Athan and Aurelia are complete opposites but boy did they define perfection. Falling in love under false pretenses is one of my favorite tropes and I feel like the author did it so well.
But the parts I didn’t enjoy was just the world building and the writing style. The story has a WW2 feel but its never really confirmed. And the writing style, while beautiful at times also immensely difficult to follow. There were certain chapters I had to read a few times which is so frustrating to do.
“Dark of the West” is a good story regardless of how I feel about the writing style/worldbuilding. This may not have been the book for me, but I am invested in enough that I want to read the other two books. I must know what happens!!
Dark of the West had me hooked from the moment I read the synopsis. It sounded exactly like a book I would enjoy reading. But I found myself struggling with most of the book. I enjoyed many aspects of the book, but this was not the story for me.
Some of the best parts of “Dark of the West” was the romance. I like many people am such a sucker for a good romantic story. Athan and Aurelia are complete opposites but boy did they define perfection. Falling in love under false pretenses is one of my favorite tropes and I feel like the author did it so well.
But the parts I didn’t enjoy was just the world building and the writing style. The story has a WW2 feel but its never really confirmed. And the writing style, while beautiful at times also immensely difficult to follow. There were certain chapters I had to read a few times which is so frustrating to do.
“Dark of the West” is a good story regardless of how I feel about the writing style/worldbuilding. This may not have been the book for me, but I am invested in enough that I want to read the other two books. I must know what happens!!