A review by ravencrantz
Through the Door by Jodi McIsaac
2.0
1.5/5
Not much to say here about this book. It's one of my NetGalley backlog books, so I'm just going through them to get that list cleared whether I enjoy the book or not, but I really wish I could have put this one down. I happened to pick up a different book with the same mythology background and that looks like it's so much better than this one. The real killer here was the writing. It was boring and childish and unrefined. On top of that, there was no reason at all for people to keep so many secrets from Cedar. The lack of communication in this book was aggravating beyond belief and completely unnecessary except to move the plot along and keep the reader in the dark.
I'm not looking forward to the sequels, but since I have them and they seem to be relatively quick, I'll at least skim through them. [b:Hounded|9533378|Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)|Kevin Hearne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327883998s/9533378.jpg|14419515] looks to be a better alternative to this series.
(Not that you can't have more than one book about Irish or Celtic mythology, but when one does it better than the other I think that's a point worth making.)
Not much to say here about this book. It's one of my NetGalley backlog books, so I'm just going through them to get that list cleared whether I enjoy the book or not, but I really wish I could have put this one down. I happened to pick up a different book with the same mythology background and that looks like it's so much better than this one. The real killer here was the writing. It was boring and childish and unrefined. On top of that, there was no reason at all for people to keep so many secrets from Cedar. The lack of communication in this book was aggravating beyond belief and completely unnecessary except to move the plot along and keep the reader in the dark.
I'm not looking forward to the sequels, but since I have them and they seem to be relatively quick, I'll at least skim through them. [b:Hounded|9533378|Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)|Kevin Hearne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327883998s/9533378.jpg|14419515] looks to be a better alternative to this series.
(Not that you can't have more than one book about Irish or Celtic mythology, but when one does it better than the other I think that's a point worth making.)