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A review by si0bhan
Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis
3.0
Siobhan Davis is one of those authors who, after just one book, I knew I needed to devour all their work. My introduction came through the Saven series, and since then I have been happy to devour all the books she releases. Throughout it all, the True Calling series has been sitting on my Kindle waiting to be read. It wasn’t that I had no wish to read the series, as I did, I simply found myself reading other things instead. Finally, I’ve reached the point where I’m amending my error and going back to see where it all started.
In truth, I did not enjoy True Calling as much as I had hoped I would. It was interesting enough to keep me turning the pages, but I was never as invested as I had hoped to be. It was fun, but it wasn’t to the calibre of other Siobhan Davis books. Nevertheless, I was curious to see how the second book played out.
With Beyond Reach, I found my feelings to be rather mixed. Part of me enjoyed this one more than I enjoyed True Calling, whereas another part of me did not enjoy it quite as much. It certainly had me turning the pages, it left me desperate to see how everything comes together in the final book, but it did not wow me in the way other Siobhan Davis books have.
I think my biggest issue with Beyond Reach is there were far too many predictable elements for my liking. I knew within no time at all where certain aspects of the story were heading, and this disappointed me as Siobhan Davis is usually one to pull all kinds of twists out of the bag. With this one, there wasn’t really anything that surprised me. All the big things I managed to work out well in advance, and all the smaller details were expected to some degree.
However, I do feel as though more happened within this one. There was a lot more development of the world, with more things taking place throughout the story. This is why my feelings were mixed – even though things were predictable, the story did move forward in some interesting ways. There were plenty of things to enjoy, plenty of things to experience, and this kept me turning the pages despite the fact I’d worked out where things were going.
If I was more invested in the characters, were I not over love triangles, I believe I may have enjoyed this one a bit more than I did. As it is, this was just an okay read. Enjoyable, but far from my favourite Siobhan Davis read.
In truth, I did not enjoy True Calling as much as I had hoped I would. It was interesting enough to keep me turning the pages, but I was never as invested as I had hoped to be. It was fun, but it wasn’t to the calibre of other Siobhan Davis books. Nevertheless, I was curious to see how the second book played out.
With Beyond Reach, I found my feelings to be rather mixed. Part of me enjoyed this one more than I enjoyed True Calling, whereas another part of me did not enjoy it quite as much. It certainly had me turning the pages, it left me desperate to see how everything comes together in the final book, but it did not wow me in the way other Siobhan Davis books have.
I think my biggest issue with Beyond Reach is there were far too many predictable elements for my liking. I knew within no time at all where certain aspects of the story were heading, and this disappointed me as Siobhan Davis is usually one to pull all kinds of twists out of the bag. With this one, there wasn’t really anything that surprised me. All the big things I managed to work out well in advance, and all the smaller details were expected to some degree.
However, I do feel as though more happened within this one. There was a lot more development of the world, with more things taking place throughout the story. This is why my feelings were mixed – even though things were predictable, the story did move forward in some interesting ways. There were plenty of things to enjoy, plenty of things to experience, and this kept me turning the pages despite the fact I’d worked out where things were going.
If I was more invested in the characters, were I not over love triangles, I believe I may have enjoyed this one a bit more than I did. As it is, this was just an okay read. Enjoyable, but far from my favourite Siobhan Davis read.