Review: Disappointing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
Okay so let me just start off by saying that the reason this is a 2 star read for me instead of a 1 star is because the potential is there. It's obvious the author has an outline, a direction of where she wanted the story to go, but the execution of it wasn't very good. I feel like I should also mention that PNR is my absolute FAVORITE genre to read. I'm especially intrigued by stories of fallen angels, demons, and the whole battle of good vs. evil. So the problem isn't that I was reading something out of my comfort zone. I was immediately drawn to this book by the synopsis alone and couldn't wait to start reading, but as I mentioned above I was disappointed.I had quite a few issues with this book making it extremely difficult to enjoy. I typically love books written in the third person, but I had a hard time getting into this one. Mostly because every other sentence started with "Lisa..." or "Her/She..." making it more like a sequence of events instead of a smoothly told story. I was really trying to overlook the awful third person narrative but it got to be too much and towards the middle it just became full blown chaotic and all over the place. It wasn't flowing much to begin with but it completely went off track by the middle to end. The end of the book had me even more frustrated. It's a retelling of all the "action" that took place in the middle. Everything you've already read is recapped. Whereas most authors would just say that the character told another what happened, in this one the reader gets told AGAIN what happened.I'm sure that Ms. Morgan was going for a suspenseful intriguing read here but everything is spelled out for you, you're not allowed to draw your own conclusions based on a suspenseful buildup, you're just given the info and key details are revealed matter of factly. I'm not asking for a cryptic story line or anything too complicated, I just want to be surprised, shocked, awed, etc. by all the big revelations. That didn't happen here. And as the action picked up it just got to be too chaotic and confusing. There's no smooth transition between scenes, it's rough and rushed and just cuts from one scene to the next. The characters weren't believable at all and need way more developing. Their interactions with each other and everything that occurs between them is just plain awkward and forced.I'm not trying to be harsh with my review, I'm just stating the facts.  I believe in giving HONEST feedback on everything I read. Whether I like a book or not I'm going to let you know. I did read this book in its entirety and really can't recommend it. I'm not even interested in reading the next book, even with all the unanswered questions in the air.*I received an ARC for promotional purposes*