Tracy Wolff

2,5 better than Twilight stars

I can't help but compare the two a bit because even the book admits in a certain scene to its inspiration. As a whole, it isn't all that similar though.

We have an innocent girl that gets entangled with vampires and werewolves, although in this case, the whole school is full of monsters and we add dragons and witches to the mix.

We have the dangerous vampire love interest. He does tell the MC he is dangerous and she shouldn't be with him.... but it's not obnoxiously mentioned over and over. Honestly, in general, Jaxon is a pretty good boyfriend material compared to Edward. There is no stalking, for one thing. And he manages to have quite wholesome moments with our MC, Grace.

The vampires don't sparkle!

Despite the silliness and clichés just raining, I couldn't help but continue listening. I might even pick up the next book because the ending was quite intriguing.… (mer)

Usually when I DNF its in the first few pages and solely because I don't vibe with the writing style- which is no one's fault, so I don't rate and review. Unfortunately, I wanted so badly to like this book! Romances were instant, bland, and childish, characters were flat and overly focused on purely physical attraction, and there was zero nuance to any of it. It read a little like watching Spaceballs, but at least with Spaceballs I knew what I was getting going into it and there was something of a plotline from the get-go. Frankly, I feel it was incorrectly categorized in the store- I don't browse the romance section as I put romantic relationships in books as secondary to a decent plot and character development, and I assumed that this, being in the Sci Fi shelves, would at least have that, especially as there was nothing on it that explicitly made it clear it was intended as, primarily, a romance novel set in space. Maybe it does get more plot, eventually, but not in the first third of the book, which is far too much of the book to not have a reasonable amount of plot in. A true shame; it did have some excellent zingers, before the romantic pairings were introduced to each other and became all they respectively thought about.… (mer)