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A review by grimdreadful
Stay in the Light by A.M. Shine
3.0
This pains me to say, but I didn't love this book like I expected to. (book 1 -The Watchers was a 5 star read for me.) Stay In The Light almost feels like an entirely different book with an entirely different vibe. It was such a slow burn, some parts felt unnecessarily long especially Seans POV, most of which felt like filler, I think a lot of Seans POV could have been cut back and made this book a little more fast paced.
What I loved so much about The Watchers was the edge of your seat mystery, the creepy atmosphere, tension, and just over all scary vibes and I think these were all missing from Stay in the light.
I thought the "big twist reveal" happened in a childish kind of way, it felt very scripted end of a Scooby Doo episode "let me spell it out for you step by step" way and this just made me roll my eyes.
The very end of the book took me by surprise, I really liked this part. I was originally going to give this 2.5 stars but the very end of this book bumped it up for me to a 3 star.
Am I still looking forward to and will I read book 3? yes. LOL. but also crossing my fingers that in book 3 Mina finally names the bird!!
Many thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for sharing a digital copy, as always, opinions are my own.
What I loved so much about The Watchers was the edge of your seat mystery, the creepy atmosphere, tension, and just over all scary vibes and I think these were all missing from Stay in the light.
I thought the "big twist reveal" happened in a childish kind of way, it felt very scripted end of a Scooby Doo episode "let me spell it out for you step by step" way and this just made me roll my eyes.
The very end of the book took me by surprise, I really liked this part. I was originally going to give this 2.5 stars but the very end of this book bumped it up for me to a 3 star.
Am I still looking forward to and will I read book 3? yes. LOL. but also crossing my fingers that in book 3 Mina finally names the bird!!
Many thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for sharing a digital copy, as always, opinions are my own.