A review by haikwil
Whispers in the Dark by Delilah Croww, Delilah Croww

3.0

Fast read and engaging plot, but the ending. I almost threw my IPad out the window and resigned from ever reading ARC again. I was willing to look past the typos and formatting errors, but the ending…

Croww really made the characters hateable, I felt like I was going to puke each time the dumb jocks appeared. Well executed. There are also loveable little darlings such as Ivy [AKA The Best Girl].

In between the plot and spice, the author mentions very accurate statements such as:

“Some think girls are incapable of understanding men because of how emotional we get regarding sex. We can shut that part of our psyche off and [become] carnal like they are. Some men don’t know what to do about it when we do. It’s why they call us sluts. Whores. I call it freethinking or rather–– free feeling. Satisfying our own needs. Some of us do it in private.”

In short it’s a good read if you give it a chance, and you’re not so picky about errors. I honestly didn’t find them that bad, I still understood the story. She wrote a compelling 18 year old troubled girl, don’t expect her to write poetry and speak like she’s a fairy.

OMG, THE ENDING!!! I’m still raging.

Plot - ★★★★★
Characters - ★★★★★
Style: - ★★★★☆
Spice - ★★★★☆ [One scene was cut off, and it infuriated me.]
Overall -★★★☆☆ [3 because the ending also infuriated me.]

I had a few favorite quotes but this one beats them all:

“Stop looking at them and do something about it.”

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.