All of the women are intentionally insufferable, and sometimes this was highly amusing, but other times it made me want to throw the book. It was overall enjoyable, but probably best read in short bursts.
It was fine. The first section of the book had good pacing and some increasingly tense and terrifying scenes that lived up to the marketing. The pacing in part two felt too slow and then the author decided to use sexual assault as a plot point, which was unnecessary. It turned me off the book for about a month before I decided to just finish it. The end was solid and duly gruesome with only a slight nod to some of the racial dynamics that may have been true in the 90s but probably could have been reevaluated for this story.
Gave up after 4.5 stories. The titular story had promise, but I found the others tedious and boring.
This is a great YA vampire series filled with engaging characters who each bring their own strengths to the story. Mead doesn't shy away from difficult subjects and it's to her credit throughout the entire series. I couldn't put these books down.
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