Review: this was terrible
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
I'm still having trouble coming to terms with what I just read. The book is pretty short, less than 300 pages, and yet it took me forever to finish it, because of how insanely plodding the narrative is. There would be dramatic moments and then nothing came from them, the action stopped completely and the reader was left meandering through the pages. And don't get me started on the showdown with the villain. That was an incredible piece of "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?". The entire see was cringeworthy and completely ridiculous. The things the main characters were saying just blew my mind with their stupidity.Arabella was a Mary-Sue if I've ever seen one. She was as bland as white bread, with no personality, no backbone, and no interesting qualities whatsoever. Merric was actually adorable, but he was just weighed down by her complete unattractiveness as a human being. And she immediately believed a person she barely knew over the person who had protected her no questions asked? Really? Her entire decision-making process was just incoherent, indecisive, and selfish. I hated her.