Unlovely Things

My memories of these characters were a lot more fond when I was deciding if I wanted to read this book than the feelings I have now that I’ve finished it. There are fewer spelling and grammatical mistakes than the previous book, but they’re still prevalent. And I have never seen the word “husked” misused so inappropriately in my life. After the first book, I was curious to know what started the hate-hate relationship between Kristen and Damien, and I still really don’t understand it. That’s one of the things I disliked the most about the way this book ends. There’s no discussion. There’s no growth. There’s no healing. There’s no movement. It’s just “bang” and they’re suddenly together. There’s not even an “I’m sorry I’ve been such a raving homicidal lunatic for decades because I thought you did something you didn’t do and I never gave you the opportunity to explain why I was jumping to the wrong conclusions.” This story desperately needed that moment. I really liked Damien. He comes across as sweet and with a really big loving heart. I also thought he was a giant schmuck for letting Kristen treat him so abominably for so very very very long. It’s not often I actively hate a leading character, but Kristen pushed me to that limit. A lot of it is because she behaves like such a horrible human being and she’s doing it with MY name. I would have liked this book so much better if I could have seen a change in her emotions or her thoughts rather than just her biology.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.

I purchased this book hoping to get the second book in the series but ending up getting the first book which I had already read.