Caraval

I so wanted to like this book but it's much too Mills & Boony for my taste. All corseted flouncy gowns and delicate, pretty girls, who are either good or naughty, or need rescuing by handsome chiselled young men.

The concept was good and elements of the story were enchanting, but there were so many cliched characters, it's such a shame. Yes her father was an evil bastard but even when the character described herself as damaged I just didn't believe it.

I guess I need more grit and less icing sugar from my romances!