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~DNF at 78%~
2 stars for what I did read. Spoiler free review!
There are things that I really liked and for that I am willing to give what I have read 2 stars, but unfortunately, I'm just not loving it enough to continue reading.
What I liked:
Mixed race representation
Morally grey main character
Very very dark world-building
Rich Japanese mythology/folklore
Why I DNF'd:
I'm not falling in love with the characters, they all seem rather flat outside of the fact that the MC has to deal with the difficulties of being a mixed race character.
The love interest was very intense, like not quite instalovey, but intense about his feelings and it was off-putting.
Then there's the plot, which felt very monotone and unexciting. The action that was exciting lasted only a short time, then back to monotone boringness.
I'm just not excited at all to continuing picking up this book to find out what happens next. So... DNF.
It wasn't horrible, just didn't give me what I needed to push through to the end. And trust me, I REALLY wanted to like this. Really badly.
Thank you so much to Inkyard Press for an ARC for an honest review.