Where to begin? I'm not sure the author knew where the story was going. It seemed to be all over the place. Was it a love story, Voodoo, Korean Folklore, Hunger Games reimagined or just a weird nightmare?
The jacket cover says that it's, "spellbinding sapphic thriller". There wasn't much of a love story; that could have been explored more. Yes, there was a 'thriller' aspect in the last 44 pages (256-300).
The dialog did not seem natural to what teenagers would say. That was awkward. Sad that I didn't connect with any of the characters, they just seemed one dimension.
I did like the dual time line. The 'Then' catching up to the 'Now'. I will say that was clever. And the description of the thriller-sacrifice-chase-scene was very descriptive, where one could easily envision what was happening.
I will say that the print copy was not up to standard. It was very hard to read the text messages. They were printed light grey on grey.
The jacket cover says that it's, "spellbinding sapphic thriller". There wasn't much of a love story; that could have been explored more. Yes, there was a 'thriller' aspect in the last 44 pages (256-300).
The dialog did not seem natural to what teenagers would say. That was awkward. Sad that I didn't connect with any of the characters, they just seemed one dimension.
I did like the dual time line. The 'Then' catching up to the 'Now'. I will say that was clever. And the description of the thriller-sacrifice-chase-scene was very descriptive, where one could easily envision what was happening.
I will say that the print copy was not up to standard. It was very hard to read the text messages. They were printed light grey on grey.