A review by amyiw
Unlit by Keri Arthur
3.0
3 1/2 stars
So I wasn't sure if this was a romance or a scifi dytopia paranormal similar to UF with the main character first person going on in the series, but in the end there is a romance (with other people in the mix) that ends with a HEA (not HFN) and concludes this portion of the story. No triangle or questions. And really the romance might have been the best part of the book only it was vague, just like the rest of the storyline.
So the story is set in a fantasy/scifi/paranormal world where there was a war with creatures 500 years past. It is thought that those are dormant but there is another that are less organized that are a constant threat to the city's walls. These cities and laws are given in bursts of info that one is not sure of the importance and might even be forgotten (I had to go back to the beginning after finishing). Although, I actually really like the characters and mostly liked the story, the vague world, fighting, and battles, mixed with a slow start to the main characters relationship, stunted me from being well connected.
I liked it, some parts I liked a lot, but it is more a 3 that a 4. I read the first Lizzie Grace before this one and really liked, 4.5 that one. So it is not the writing, it is starting a whole new world and trying to develop it while keeping the readers attention. Here we are in complete fantasy so there is a lot more world building that is needed. I may try the next but I will select Lizzie first.
So I wasn't sure if this was a romance or a scifi dytopia paranormal similar to UF with the main character first person going on in the series, but in the end there is a romance (with other people in the mix) that ends with a HEA (not HFN) and concludes this portion of the story. No triangle or questions. And really the romance might have been the best part of the book only it was vague, just like the rest of the storyline.
So the story is set in a fantasy/scifi/paranormal world where there was a war with creatures 500 years past. It is thought that those are dormant but there is another that are less organized that are a constant threat to the city's walls. These cities and laws are given in bursts of info that one is not sure of the importance and might even be forgotten (I had to go back to the beginning after finishing). Although, I actually really like the characters and mostly liked the story, the vague world, fighting, and battles, mixed with a slow start to the main characters relationship, stunted me from being well connected.
I liked it, some parts I liked a lot, but it is more a 3 that a 4. I read the first Lizzie Grace before this one and really liked, 4.5 that one. So it is not the writing, it is starting a whole new world and trying to develop it while keeping the readers attention. Here we are in complete fantasy so there is a lot more world building that is needed. I may try the next but I will select Lizzie first.