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A review by the_cover_contessa
Sekret by Lindsay Smith
slow-paced
2.0
Thank you to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and Netgalley for providing me with an egalley of this book to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I never got to download this one after approval so I ended up getting it through the library so I could read and give a review.
I really loved the premise of this book when I read the blurb. I don't read much historical fiction and this seemed it would fall in that category. There is also a paranormal aspect to it, maybe a bit dystopian in nature.
The characters are written well and I really liked the political intrigue that comes along with the story. The writing is also very good.
Having read The Darkest Minds, this almost reminded me of those books. I can see someone who loved that series enjoying this one.
Unfortunately, the pacing was just off for me. I needed action and it just wasn't where it should have been for this story. I struggled to pick it up at times and really finish it. It just didn't draw me in as much as I would have liked. It didn't captivate me and I really needed that. I pushed to finish in the hopes of perhaps having the ending draw me back to the book but it just did not.
I will not be continuing on to the second book of this series.
I never got to download this one after approval so I ended up getting it through the library so I could read and give a review.
I really loved the premise of this book when I read the blurb. I don't read much historical fiction and this seemed it would fall in that category. There is also a paranormal aspect to it, maybe a bit dystopian in nature.
The characters are written well and I really liked the political intrigue that comes along with the story. The writing is also very good.
Having read The Darkest Minds, this almost reminded me of those books. I can see someone who loved that series enjoying this one.
Unfortunately, the pacing was just off for me. I needed action and it just wasn't where it should have been for this story. I struggled to pick it up at times and really finish it. It just didn't draw me in as much as I would have liked. It didn't captivate me and I really needed that. I pushed to finish in the hopes of perhaps having the ending draw me back to the book but it just did not.
I will not be continuing on to the second book of this series.