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A review by ellenisntcool
Secrets of the Dead by Laura Carter

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Wow. Wow.

I didn’t think I’d be rating this book so low, but the more I read the more pissed off I got. 
I do like to try give some benefit of the doubt as this is a indie book but oh my god?? This was not good?? 

The only characters I liked were Nyzaia and Larelle who we didn’t get much of and both didn’t progress the plot at all, the only one who did was Elisara who pissed me off more than anything.
Caellum is a character who was probably the most useless, if you removed his chapters or character entirely nothing would be different. 

The plot itself was abysmal. This is book one out of FIVE! And nothing happened. We have the explosion that kills all their families which intrigued me and each of their reactions and feelings to being forced rulers but after that it become unimportant, their powers were heightened cool but it was never explored properly. But then you get halfway and get an entire chapter of info dumping about these creatures who take children and it’s like what??? Why not SHOW us the threat and the damage they do why are you telling us???


I wish this book lived up to the first 20% but it didn’t, after that it just fell off into an abyss and never found its way back out.
This could have been a great book, but instead it was a big steaming pile of disappointment.