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A review by anna4
Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This book started off so good: great atmosphere and vibes, interesting characters, promising plot. And then, after the first 50 pages, it went gradually downhill. Why.
The author tried to balance the murder mystery plot and character development and, in my opinion, failed at it.
At some point, the characters and their relationship with each other (MMF romance) took over the book more and more until the plot was abandoned until like the last 30%. And I could be forgiving of that, if the characters had any chemistry. Which they didn't.
The more the book progressed, the less recognisable the main characters were compared to how they were introduced. And this was not due actual character development. They weren't really fleshed out and felt like changed personality every other chapter.
It's like they suddenly did a 180.
The author also constantly tried to sell me Shan as this scheming mastermind. The LeClaire heir, who has this great big revenge plan that she has been plotting for years. When in fact, she was anything but. Especially, because it was a lot of "tell" and "no show". At all.
The pacing was absolutely wild.
The writing got more confusing and somewhat exhausting the more the book progressed.
I cannot tell you how many times I read the words "blood and steel", but it was about 50 times too many.
Around the 50% mark, I made the unfortunate mistake of not touching the book for about two days and when I finally picked it up again, I couldn't remember anything that had happened.
I have a book I haven't touched since March and I still know what happened yet here ????
I guess my second mistake was not to DNF at this point or at any point during the second half. I just pushed through and I don't think I would have missed anything if I would have DNFed.
I have absolutely no idea what happened in the last 50 pages.
And 400 pages later, I still don't know what a Blood Worker is and what they do.
Needless to say that I won't be continuing this series.
I tried. I really did. But nope.
The Illumicrate edition is very pretty though.
The author tried to balance the murder mystery plot and character development and, in my opinion, failed at it.
At some point, the characters and their relationship with each other (MMF romance) took over the book more and more until the plot was abandoned until like the last 30%. And I could be forgiving of that, if the characters had any chemistry. Which they didn't.
The more the book progressed, the less recognisable the main characters were compared to how they were introduced. And this was not due actual character development. They weren't really fleshed out and felt like changed personality every other chapter.
It's like they suddenly did a 180.
The author also constantly tried to sell me Shan as this scheming mastermind. The LeClaire heir, who has this great big revenge plan that she has been plotting for years. When in fact, she was anything but. Especially, because it was a lot of "tell" and "no show". At all.
The pacing was absolutely wild.
The writing got more confusing and somewhat exhausting the more the book progressed.
I cannot tell you how many times I read the words "blood and steel", but it was about 50 times too many.
Around the 50% mark, I made the unfortunate mistake of not touching the book for about two days and when I finally picked it up again, I couldn't remember anything that had happened.
I have a book I haven't touched since March and I still know what happened yet here ????
I guess my second mistake was not to DNF at this point or at any point during the second half. I just pushed through and I don't think I would have missed anything if I would have DNFed.
I have absolutely no idea what happened in the last 50 pages.
And 400 pages later, I still don't know what a Blood Worker is and what they do.
Needless to say that I won't be continuing this series.
I tried. I really did. But nope.
The Illumicrate edition is very pretty though.