Cadaver & Queen

2.5 stars

This started out great, but went downhill in the second half. I loved the idea of a Frankenstein retelling, I just could have done without the romance. Hopefully the second book will be better.

ended up not really liking this one... :/
A huge shame since this was one of my most anticipated reads this year.

I loved the concept and started out being really interested in what was going on, yet the middle became a bit stale– or more like a book without direction. Which makes sense considering the ending was confusing to me and left many loose ends. In fact, many things which I considered problems are just looked over, gone along with, or forgotten about. Pretty much nothing is explained. In the same vein I'd say the ending was a bit rushed and just pulled together.

But I liked the concept and I really liked Victor. Seriously, Victor is the best character here. I felt like he is the only one who experiences character development, even though many others needed it, including our lead Lizzie. Well, Lizzie has a moment where she could be developing, but they never went further showing she understood and changed for the better. Which made that moment and the accompanying dialogue seem unneeded in the story.

I'm going to end my review here because the more I think about the book, the more I want to lower my rating. I might recommend this to people, but at this time I'm just not sure who too...