Ratings1,181
Average rating4.1
I'm definitely the unpopular opinion on this book. I didn't hate this story by any means, but so much of it just didn't work for me. Of course, the writing was stunning like everyone says, but my main issue was with the romance and the structure of the book. I really like both Addie and Henry as individual characters, but I felt they had no chemistry as a couple. I felt like they only had feelings for each other because Henry remembered Addie and they didn't have any real connection beyond that. At about the half point of the book, or maybe the last third, the structure of the book became alternating chapters of Addie and the entity who cursed her and scenes with Addie and Henry. The Henry and Addie chapter were only filler written in a beautiful way to try and convince me of this great love story they were having but it felt so contrived. The chapter between Addie and the entity were equally as tiring because I knew what they were building up to from the very beginning so there was no feeling of tension, only of dragging out an inevitable. I guess my main problem with loving this book is how much it was trying to convince me to root for these characters I felt had zero spark. I didn't hate this book by any means but I'm very sad to say it's my least favorite V.E. Schwab book to date.