Willy W. reviewed on 1/21/2013 + 503 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book is a conundrum. While it finally delivers on the building romance between Merit and Ethan, at the same time the rest of the book felt like a boring reprise of the past two books.. The regurgitation, this early in a series, of basic story elements, the formulaic approach to the writing, has almost turned me off the series. I'm also not sure how I feel about the rather juvenile way almost every character speaks. I get that Merit is 29 and should talk like a young woman in the early 21st century. But why does every other character talk the same way? Why do they all use the same figures of speech, why does everyone use contemporary urban slang?

I also don't get the fight between Merit and Mallory. I didn't really get how Merit let Mallory down or how Merit should have to apologize for her relationship with Ethan. Chloe Neill never shows us any situation where merit has chosen Ethan over her other friends or family, yet that is what Mallory accuses her of (in the previous book), and that is what Merit feels guilty about. Makes no sense. Evidently Chloe Neill was originally a young adult author, and you can really feel that in the books. I think she has a difficult time making the jump into the adult world, frankly.

Progression of Merit/Ethan story -A-
Storytelling -C

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