Review: Didn't Quite Hit The Mark
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
Great title, great cover, and yet...I came very close to not reviewing this. Why? Because I only review books I like and this teetered on the edge. But, I decided to review it because it had some really good points and I think a lot of people will like it.What worked for me: This is so witty and fun, right from the first page. The voice is funny and captivating. If you enjoy quirky main characters and a story that hasn't been told before, this may be fore you. The futuristic world is unique and interesting. The different take on dragons was a blast. While our main character Myrna's sense of humor is a bit dark, I liked it for the most part. She started out spunky and independent and I instantly liked her. There is some great tension between Myrna and Trian that held a lot of promise. The romance took a very, very long time to start to take center stage but once it did it was well worth the wait.What didn't work for me: The info dump all across the first fifty pages drove me crazy and nearly made me stop reading. All that information would have been much more interesting if the author would have 'shown' us with action and scenes instead of simply 'telling' us. I understand that this is a hard temptation to fight when writing in narrative first person, but it can be done and has been often to great effect. Unfortunately, the 'telling' instead of 'showing' never stopped. Then there is Myrna's odd, complete insensitivity to watching animals being devoured alive. While I'm an animal lover, I'm also a realist with a tough skin, but this callousness started to get to me after a few scenes of it. I get where the author was going with this, but it didn't exactly make me like that aspect of Myrna.For the full review, go here:[...]