ARC via NetGalley
📖 Story: 3.5/5
❤️🔥 Characters: 3.7/5
🌶️ Spice Level: 2/5 (reduced because of quality)
🔁 Re-read?: maybe
⏭️ Next book?: maybe
Perfect for lovers of BM Clemton and Tessa Hale!
Ideally 3.5 stars, but on the higher end, so I gave it a 4.
This why choose was really interesting, but not necessarily captivating. The characters are interesting, but, at least for me, did not create personal attachements. For example, despite the cliffhanger, I am not anxiously waiting for Book 2, but rather I will try to remember to read it if/when it comes out. So unlike BM Clemton, I don't feel connected to the characters. This is partially because of the way they are written. I feel like the maturity levels of the characters, particularly Haven and Ezra kept fluctuating. They are all supposed to be around 18-20, but sometimes it felt as though they were 16 year olds, and sometimes 25.
The plot itself was somewhat interesting, but again I am not hooked the way I would be for other books. There was a lot of history, world and character building in this novel, which I believe could have been split over the first 2 books of a series.
Spice wise, it is not a yearning, nor a slow burn. However, there is only 1 full sex scene, which could have been written better. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't to the level of the other writing.
Overall, I don't regret reading it (not a waste of my time), and I will try to read book 2 if I remember. If the characters were more personal and relatable, and the plot was a little more engaging this would be 5 star.
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