A review by shmadsie
Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright

2.0

This was well-written but it was so many things that I personally do not enjoy. I appreciated that the love triangle was a triangle and not a tripod but I still don't like love triangles. Also it wasn't particularly well done? The other person just disappeared whenever two of them were together, no matter which two. The relationship building is clearly on its way towards polyamory, which I am all for, but that's not how people's brains work. You don't just completely forget an entire human because it makes the writing easier, especially with people's penchant for comparison. It made a complicated situation unbelievably (in the literal sense) uncomplicated and that's cheating, friendo. Also, every character was overpowered, which got more boring and lame the more it was used and for how many people it was used on. Also, I don't like supernatural/artificial bonds so the blood bridges were also not fun for me.

Very on the fence if I'll read the sequel. If that last chapter with Isaac hadn't happened, I could veto it from my future reading list easy-peasy but it did so.... very much on the fence. I do know it will be a library book if I do. This is very much a YMMV book though, if those are your things you're gonna frickin' love it because the writing is genuinely very solid.