authorrachelcooper's reviews
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I'm not much into mystery detective novels. This one in particular took a long time to get into. However, I am a fan of J.K. Rowling, and I had read the first book in this series (The Cuckoo's Calling). Having finished this one, I will freely admit that until the last, I had no idea who the criminal was. It was quite exciting to find out!

Many mysteries were solved, which I'm happy about. But so many people are doing things to stray from their paths. I am very annoyed. Why can't they see that they are all being very stupid right now?

Creepy, horrific, and entrancing. This book is everything you want a modern vampire novel to be. This is a nice blend of true vampire folklore, and post-Dracula modern vampirism. What a delight. Though it began slowly, I found that I was quite hypnotized by the end.

I know this is the first book in the new series, but I wished that it had felt like it wrapped up a bit neater. The clues littered throughout the pages were too few, and it wasn't clear that they were even clues, let alone key clues to be looking out for. It felt like we just jumped to this conclusion. The riddle the Fairy Queen gives the human Feyre is too simple. I had it solved the moment she gave it, it was so obvious, and Feyre should have seen it immediately as well. It feels as though there's too much left hanging. I love Sarah J. Maas. I love her writing style that just drags you into the story and doesn't let go, and I am going to likely read the entire series, regardless, but I was not happy with the messy way it just ended, just like that.

The premise of the book was good, but I would not say it was well-written. It felt very amateurish to me. I can see how shifting perspective from time to time benefits a story like this, but with it changing as often as it did, it just served to make the characters muddled and confusing.

The second installment in the Falling Kingdoms series, and quite a bit easier to read than the first. I regret to say that I do not feel for any of the characters, or relate to them in any way. The story is written as a decent story, but with no real character depth. There is very little on their histories, as if they came into being only the moment a character was written on the page. Perhaps they were.