A review by camilacadibe
Sancte Diaboli: Part Two by Amo Jones
2.0
2.3 stars
Why oh why make this paranormal? Everything was going fine. Why bring witches and dead people into it?
Like, I have nothing against witches - in fact, I adore them. But if you're going to have witches in a book, it better damn well be ABOUT them. They can't just be a sidenote - like, oh, yeah, and in the middle of all this fucked up chaos there is a coven of witches. But don't worry so much about them - they can somehow communicate with dead people, yeah, but that's pretty much it. We don't know a fucking thing about their history, their habits, their magic, their secrets, their rituals... Nothing. Not a thing. Why the hell even put them in here in the first place then??
The villain in this was weird - like, yeah, revenge, twisted assholes with weird principles and priorities, yay, love all that... But it was all made in such a bizarre way. The interactions with the villain and the flashbacks we got made zero sense with the complete backstory/storyline.
And unfortunately, in order to "develop" this whole "plot", we had to take several steps away from the romance and sex, which were the only things keeping me reading.
Ugh.
Also, I hate hate hate the deaths that happen here (especially). Maybe it was done for some future development, but I don't give a fuck, I hated it. And, again, it took us away from the romance.
So, yeah, if there was less plot and more romance and sex between these amazing characters this would've been rated much higher (at least by me).
Why oh why make this paranormal? Everything was going fine. Why bring witches and dead people into it?
Like, I have nothing against witches - in fact, I adore them. But if you're going to have witches in a book, it better damn well be ABOUT them. They can't just be a sidenote - like, oh, yeah, and in the middle of all this fucked up chaos there is a coven of witches. But don't worry so much about them - they can somehow communicate with dead people, yeah, but that's pretty much it. We don't know a fucking thing about their history, their habits, their magic, their secrets, their rituals... Nothing. Not a thing. Why the hell even put them in here in the first place then??
The villain in this was weird - like, yeah, revenge, twisted assholes with weird principles and priorities, yay, love all that... But it was all made in such a bizarre way. The interactions with the villain and the flashbacks we got made zero sense with the complete backstory/storyline.
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Oh! And what the fuck was that whole "oh we are siblings" subplot thrown in there? Are you fucking kidding me, a villain says that to you with no proof whatsoever and you just believe it?! "Oh but she had a vision" - the only thing that vision showed was the woman giving birth to a baby girl, not that it was Saint. And even if it was Saint, there was still the possibility that she was not Brantley's mom then. And, again, Saint knew shit about her own "powers" - certainly less then Veronica. She didn't even consider the idea that perhaps the bitch was messing with her head. Anyway, that was pathetic. Pages literally thrown away.And unfortunately, in order to "develop" this whole "plot", we had to take several steps away from the romance and sex, which were the only things keeping me reading.
Ugh.
Also, I hate hate hate the deaths that happen here (especially
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BaileySo, yeah, if there was less plot and more romance and sex between these amazing characters this would've been rated much higher (at least by me).