The Great Hunt

3.5 Stars

I really enjoyed this book it was a refreshing YA romance with a tiny, and I mean tiny, amount of fantasy. I really wish we had gotten more world building and explanation of the lashed and where they came from. But this is a Wendy Higgins novel so I expect romance to be at the forefront.

The relationship between Aerity and Paxton actually didn't bother me as much as I thought it was going to. I think Wendy did a good job of having it slowly grow into something while still starting out with that fire.

There was a huge chunk of this book that was boring to me. The hunters were doing the same thing day in and day out and there was not enough going on to keep me fully invested in the story and the characters.

Overall, this was a good “light” read. It was light in the sense that it was not the typical high fantasy, intricate magic system I have been reading lately. This book is definitely not for everyone especially when it is marketed as a fantasy and definitely leans more towards romance centric rather than the fantasy aspect.

I look forward to seeing how Wendy Higgins ties everything up in the next book since this is one of those rare YA duologies.