A review by girlgoesbookish
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
3.0
I was really excited because this had so many good reviews, and it really was good in the beginning, but then as it got to the middle and started delving more into the romance, I started getting bored. And truthfully, a little disgusted too because it was so cheesy and tacky. So much that I couldn't even finish the book.
I also felt like Darcy was... it's weird, I don't know how to explain it. Let me put it this way, in a lot of books, people always complain about bland characters and how they should've acted in certain situations, so I feel like Rutkoski combined all those complains and made the "perfect" YA heroine. Except I still felt like she lacked something...
I did love the writing style, and to some extent, the story itself, but none of the characters were likable. I guess that sort of ruined it for me.
I also felt like Darcy was... it's weird, I don't know how to explain it. Let me put it this way, in a lot of books, people always complain about bland characters and how they should've acted in certain situations, so I feel like Rutkoski combined all those complains and made the "perfect" YA heroine. Except I still felt like she lacked something...
I did love the writing style, and to some extent, the story itself, but none of the characters were likable. I guess that sort of ruined it for me.