A review by earthtonadia
Filthy by Serena Akeroyd
3.0
I've had this series on my TBR for so long and I had such high hopes for this but it didn't work for me. Aoife was so meek at the start. She signed over her mother's tea shop after months of them trying to get her to move because it happened to be Finn, her childhood friend. She agreed to everything he wanted: agreeing to move, going home with him, sleeping with him. Granted, she had her reasons for accepting that we knew of but in her initial conversations with him, he would ask for something and she'd agree, only telling him her reasoning much later. She only developed her backbone with him later on... and by then it felt like we were dealing with a different character. I liked Finn's character; he was assertive and a problem-solver, and he fell head over heels in love with Aoife and her curvy body.
While the characters may have been interesting at times, nothing really happened. And it was way too long. There was so much unnecessary backstory or memories that didn't need to be included. Almost every single conversation or train of thought had a callback to another time and it made me disconnect from the story often. There were a few incidents that were resolved or handled off page, but there was no buildup to a typical climax. It worked a little too hard at setting up the rest of the series that it didn't give me a good reason to want to continue. The preview at the end may get me to read Eoghan's book, but I'll most likely take some time away from this world.
While the characters may have been interesting at times, nothing really happened. And it was way too long. There was so much unnecessary backstory or memories that didn't need to be included. Almost every single conversation or train of thought had a callback to another time and it made me disconnect from the story often. There were a few incidents that were resolved or handled off page, but there was no buildup to a typical climax. It worked a little too hard at setting up the rest of the series that it didn't give me a good reason to want to continue. The preview at the end may get me to read Eoghan's book, but I'll most likely take some time away from this world.