A review by fredbooklover
The Deepest Well by Juliette Cross
3.0
I received this book free from the JeepDiva in exchange of a honest review.
My rating is 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 stars.
I was very excited to review The Deepest Well, the first book of Juliette Cross new series Gray. I always love a supernatural story with angels and demons battling each other. As soon as I received it, I started my reading and I must say that I am disappointed.
As soon as I started, I became very frustrated. There were a lot of characters that were introduced very quickly and all of them had at least 2 names (Lord Thornton and George). I was completely confused and I had to go back in the book to connect all the dots.
Now let’s take a look at the characters. Katerine was stereotypical and lack in depth. I tried to connect with her, to feel empathy, but I was not able to do so. If I could only use one adjective to describe her, it would be boring. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, but she was not asking any questions regarding all the weird things that happened all around her. She loves to read, but is not showing any signs of curiosity. When George told her what he really was doing on earth, she accepted it without resistance. I understand that the author tried to show Katerine as being is an abusive marriage and stick to the 1800’s tradition, but that did not work for me. I had a stronger connexion with Jane that only appeared briefly in the story. George, Jude and Damas were more interesting. However, none of them had a wow factor.
What about the story? It is a good storyline, but it lacked finesse and had some bumps in its execution. Let’s use Katerine bedroom scene to illustrate my comment. Her husband was abusing her and out of nowhere George appeared into Katerine’s room and knocked out her husband to save her. Few moments before, George was standing outside wondering where was Katerine bedroom window, there was something missing. We were completely left out of George thinking and motive to act. Earlier in the book, it was mentioned that George was able to sift, but the author assumed that we had figured that what had happened in this scene(and Katerine did not ask). It might be a strange thing to read (since it is for me to write it), but what was truly missing is the character involvement in the scenes throughout the book.
I had an uneasy feeling that something was off a lot of time and I kept popping out of the story. I had to discipline myself to read the first half of the book (with the exception of Lord Thornton party that was delicious). The second half was better, pace was good and I felt that the author was in the zone. The battle scene felt rushed and should have been expanded by a couple of pages and more detailed.
Bottom line, would I recommend this book? In all honesty, I don’t think I could. Will I buy the second book? Maybe.
My rating is 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 stars.
I was very excited to review The Deepest Well, the first book of Juliette Cross new series Gray. I always love a supernatural story with angels and demons battling each other. As soon as I received it, I started my reading and I must say that I am disappointed.
As soon as I started, I became very frustrated. There were a lot of characters that were introduced very quickly and all of them had at least 2 names (Lord Thornton and George). I was completely confused and I had to go back in the book to connect all the dots.
Now let’s take a look at the characters. Katerine was stereotypical and lack in depth. I tried to connect with her, to feel empathy, but I was not able to do so. If I could only use one adjective to describe her, it would be boring. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, but she was not asking any questions regarding all the weird things that happened all around her. She loves to read, but is not showing any signs of curiosity. When George told her what he really was doing on earth, she accepted it without resistance. I understand that the author tried to show Katerine as being is an abusive marriage and stick to the 1800’s tradition, but that did not work for me. I had a stronger connexion with Jane that only appeared briefly in the story. George, Jude and Damas were more interesting. However, none of them had a wow factor.
What about the story? It is a good storyline, but it lacked finesse and had some bumps in its execution. Let’s use Katerine bedroom scene to illustrate my comment. Her husband was abusing her and out of nowhere George appeared into Katerine’s room and knocked out her husband to save her. Few moments before, George was standing outside wondering where was Katerine bedroom window, there was something missing. We were completely left out of George thinking and motive to act. Earlier in the book, it was mentioned that George was able to sift, but the author assumed that we had figured that what had happened in this scene(and Katerine did not ask). It might be a strange thing to read (since it is for me to write it), but what was truly missing is the character involvement in the scenes throughout the book.
I had an uneasy feeling that something was off a lot of time and I kept popping out of the story. I had to discipline myself to read the first half of the book (with the exception of Lord Thornton party that was delicious). The second half was better, pace was good and I felt that the author was in the zone. The battle scene felt rushed and should have been expanded by a couple of pages and more detailed.
Bottom line, would I recommend this book? In all honesty, I don’t think I could. Will I buy the second book? Maybe.