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A review by mythosa
The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones
3.0
I'm torn between three and four stars. This was an extremely smooth read, one that could be done in a night because of how fast the plot and pace goes. With that being said, there were times when the writing was indeed a bit sloppy that it took you from the story. I loved the fact the author referred to fairy tales from the very beginning to the last few lines of the book. I loved the world she created where demons came out of hiding and were willing to have open pacts with humans. But aliens and a sudden invasion thrown in the last 50 pages of the book? After building up the unique demon lore and mystery for so long?
At least - for me - it was the twist I never wanted and found it impossible to look past.
There were moments in this story that just seemed too difficult to get behind, an example being when Gremma escorts Dee to gather her belongings and just happens to pull out a damn AX out of no where. Why would a prep teen have an ax? Was she carrying it with her the whole time? Did the father not notice it BEFORE he started to threaten Dee? And what about Cora's story? She was written off as the mom-bitch-friend who had some guy murdered, wanted to protect everyone - but just kidding, now she's free so forget them but still get teased with her unfinished backstory. There were far too many odd moments like this or loose ends.
And yet - you have BEAUTIFULLY written scenes like Cal's death. Where you expected at least one of them to die, but absolutely not in that way. And the ending? Tears. The Harry Potter books, the CT scans, the fact they killed James in the first place in a poetic fashion. You knew he'd deny getting his heart back, but you didn't expect what actually happened.
Putting all those awful scenes and amazing scenes together, leaves you confused and stuck somewhere between 3 to 4 stars. At least for me.
At least - for me - it was the twist I never wanted and found it impossible to look past.
There were moments in this story that just seemed too difficult to get behind, an example being when Gremma escorts Dee to gather her belongings and just happens to pull out a damn AX out of no where. Why would a prep teen have an ax? Was she carrying it with her the whole time? Did the father not notice it BEFORE he started to threaten Dee? And what about Cora's story? She was written off as the mom-bitch-friend who had some guy murdered, wanted to protect everyone - but just kidding, now she's free so forget them but still get teased with her unfinished backstory. There were far too many odd moments like this or loose ends.
And yet - you have BEAUTIFULLY written scenes like Cal's death. Where you expected at least one of them to die, but absolutely not in that way. And the ending? Tears. The Harry Potter books, the CT scans, the fact they killed James in the first place in a poetic fashion. You knew he'd deny getting his heart back, but you didn't expect what actually happened.
Putting all those awful scenes and amazing scenes together, leaves you confused and stuck somewhere between 3 to 4 stars. At least for me.