P. C. Cast

I'm not sure what went wrong for me with this one. The intro was really good - escaping the jail and getting away with her daughter. I could have definitely read a whole book about it.

But the story was about twins Mercy and Hunter. This book had a tough time deciding what it was - at times, the story felt middle grade with huge info dumps disguised as history lessons, other times it felt New Adult (most notably with a very detailed sexual encounter that felt completely randomly thrown in). The girls felt very young at times but, again, were drinking and making other interesting choices. I think if this had been aimed for older, there could have been more details and emotions given into the story and really flushed it out. Or if it had been younger, the odd sex stuff, drinking and other odd discussions would have not been there and then the lighter take on magic would have fit well for the younger age. But this book didn't seem to do either well and I just never felt pulled in or interested in the story.

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.… (more)