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A review by bellebookcorner
Defying Evil by Abbie Roads, Abbie Roads
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
The premise of this book really intrigued me the first time I read it and I found the mystery element also interesting enough to follow.
I got hooked into the story pretty fast with a strong opening that comes with interesting supernatural abilities that the main characters have.
While I like the murder mystery plot, I can't say the same about the romance element.
The romance has the insta-love trope which sadly I'm not a huge fan of. The main characters had a dark history connecting them together but, other than I don't see any flashbacks that stated they formed a friendship/ any relationship in the past before meeting each other in the present time. Then, all of a sudden they are head over heels for one another which made it feel unrealistic.
This book has the potential to be a great one with good mystery plot and easy to read writing style as well. It would have been better if the romance was a little more slow burn and gave room for the characters to grow their feelings toward each other.
There's a couple twists and turns inside regarding the murder mystery and I was surprised with some of them. The epilogue also makes me want to read the sequel, so I'm gonna give it another chance and see how that one's gonna go since it's featuring two characters I'm curious about.
I got hooked into the story pretty fast with a strong opening that comes with interesting supernatural abilities that the main characters have.
While I like the murder mystery plot, I can't say the same about the romance element.
The romance has the insta-love trope which sadly I'm not a huge fan of. The main characters had a dark history connecting them together but, other than I don't see any flashbacks that stated they formed a friendship/ any relationship in the past before meeting each other in the present time. Then, all of a sudden they are head over heels for one another which made it feel unrealistic.
This book has the potential to be a great one with good mystery plot and easy to read writing style as well. It would have been better if the romance was a little more slow burn and gave room for the characters to grow their feelings toward each other.
There's a couple twists and turns inside regarding the murder mystery and I was surprised with some of them. The epilogue also makes me want to read the sequel, so I'm gonna give it another chance and see how that one's gonna go since it's featuring two characters I'm curious about.
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Murder