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A review by lenoreo
Casted by Sonya Loveday
Did not finish book.
https://celebrityreaders.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/casted-by-sonya-loveday
DNF @ 31% -- There wasn't some huge badness about this book, I was just simply not engaged. I felt like I was forcing myself to read, and when I have 40+ books I want to read in just over a month, well, I just have to make some tough decisions. I have a feeling this book would have ended as a 2.5 or 3 stars if it maintained where it was going, and I doubt I would have read more in the series. I wasn't feeling any connection for any of the characters, most especially not for Jade our heroine. She wasn't necessarily annoying or bugged me, I just didn't care about her and couldn't really tell you much about her except some facts. There was a depth missing there. I guess she did annoy me a little with how she quickly she trusted people (like Jessa and Rainy). It felt a little bit suspect, what with her being on the run for unknown reasons since she was young.
As for the paranormal aspect, I found that it was kind of laid out in facts too, and I just wasn't enchanted. I wasn't clamouring to learn more. And occasionally I found myself kind of confused -- almost like there were pieces missing that would have helped the story flow better (for example when Dagger all of a sudden tells Jade about being there with the vial...when? Was this when her parents died? Why did he all of a sudden bring that up? It didn't feel like it flowed naturally from what they were doing or talking about).
So yeah. Just not a book for me. It's too bad too, b/c I won it. For some reason I feel an obligation to finish books when I don't buy them for myself, you know? Oh well. On to the next!
DNF @ 31% -- There wasn't some huge badness about this book, I was just simply not engaged. I felt like I was forcing myself to read, and when I have 40+ books I want to read in just over a month, well, I just have to make some tough decisions. I have a feeling this book would have ended as a 2.5 or 3 stars if it maintained where it was going, and I doubt I would have read more in the series. I wasn't feeling any connection for any of the characters, most especially not for Jade our heroine. She wasn't necessarily annoying or bugged me, I just didn't care about her and couldn't really tell you much about her except some facts. There was a depth missing there. I guess she did annoy me a little with how she quickly she trusted people (like Jessa and Rainy). It felt a little bit suspect, what with her being on the run for unknown reasons since she was young.
As for the paranormal aspect, I found that it was kind of laid out in facts too, and I just wasn't enchanted. I wasn't clamouring to learn more. And occasionally I found myself kind of confused -- almost like there were pieces missing that would have helped the story flow better (for example when Dagger all of a sudden tells Jade about being there with the vial...when? Was this when her parents died? Why did he all of a sudden bring that up? It didn't feel like it flowed naturally from what they were doing or talking about).
So yeah. Just not a book for me. It's too bad too, b/c I won it. For some reason I feel an obligation to finish books when I don't buy them for myself, you know? Oh well. On to the next!