![]() “I’ll have to try harder.” Those blue eyes flicked to Eli. If it was YA, I think Schwab might have gotten away with it, but these adults, in a book supposedly aimed at an adult audience, are such strained caricatures of charisma that all I could do was wince.Ī taste for dark clothes and a penchant for one-liners are not sufficient to create a badass hero, and I think the book lacks awareness on this point, focusing so much on stylised details that it completely neglects the actual substance of the narrative. Trying too hard to make a protagonist seem cool usually has the opposite effect, and Vengeful is a textbook example of this. The main issue I have with this book is its characters. The opening scene is gripping, and for the first few pages I wondered if this novel might have taken the few good bits of Vicious and elevated the series to a much higher level. I was kicked off the hype train before it even left the station, however. The average rating on Goodreads is an impressive 4.21 stars, so I had reason for optimism. ![]() It is, I think, the better half of the duology, but I would not go so far as to call it a compelling narrative. ![]() Reviewing this book has taken some time, mostly because I’ve been too busy rolling my eyes at it. ![]()
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