Review: Among The Beasts and The Briars
I'll look at the cover and the first thing that comes to mind is that it's a retelling of sleeping beauty. Well, actually my friend said that, I'm just quoting her right now. Well, other than that, the GoodReads tag did say it was a retelling. To be honest, I'm yet to find out which retelling it is. Lemme know in the comments.
Among The Beasts and The Briars by Ashley Poston, tells us the story of Cerys, the daughter of the Royal Gardener in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Cerys holds royal magic in her blood, she can make flowers and forests bloom, just with a single drop of her blood, but is forbidden by her father to do so. Her best friend is about to be crowned but all that is destroyed when suddenly a deadly virus grips her village where everyone is turning into undead bodies. Cerys knows the magical kingdom inside the forest is supposed to help, but she has only a fox and a bear to help her with it.
QUICK THOUGHTS AND REVIEW: 2.8/5, THE STORY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
WHAT DID I FEEL ABOUT THE BOOK'S:
1. Writing Quality: The writing quality, I don't know what to say. The beginning started off quite as strong but then it seemed like it fell flat after the first two chapters. There is no such development or much less an instigating event which kind of is a turn off. Usually the instigating event is right at the beginning of a story so that keeps a person interested. But two pages of infodump is not something I am looking for in a book, not my cup of tea, sorry.
2. Character Development: Other than Lorne growing a conscience. There isn't any. The characters are well written no doubt, but they're unidimensional. I personally didn't develop an attachment with them and I didn't want them to exist with me in the real world. Because to put it simply, they won't survive. Because there is nothing, abso-freaking-lutely nothing I can base the characters on. I mean, they're growing, and perhaps I think Lorne is the only one showing some development. I mean he is turning from fox to human and that's kind of interesting.
3. Couldn't put it down- Ness: 4/10. As mentioned before, the book doesn't have much to offer. It's just simply there. I kind of enjoyed the beginning and the adrenaline rush was quite high in some places. So that kind of is actually a plus point in the book. For beginnings, the vibe is quite well, and the freaking statement
It is all a lie.
is banger. Like seriously, it's a fucking banger. I love this line. But simply that's all there is.
4. Plot Twists: Zero, zilch, nothing.
5. Plot: In the words of the great Cindy "What fucking plot?". Like seriously? Hello? Respected plot? You there? Because I can't see you there. The plot development is wonky and almost half of the book just passes in info dump. Like "oh look, I have magic and so does everyone else but I can't use magic but I will still use it" for 100+ pages. BOOOOOOOOOORING. AND ANNOOOOYING. Boo-hoo, it was like you didn't get a gift and you're whining about it more than you should. Shut up girl.
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