Book: Redemption
Author: Cathy
Greco
Pages: 375
Date(s)
Read: March 6th, 2025 to March 9th, 2025
Date
Published: January 27th, 2025
Rating: 3/5
Genre: Horror
Characters: 2/5
Writing style: 3/5
Story: 3/5
Ending: 3/5
Cover: 3/5
Format: Digital
Date Bought: March 6th, 2025
Book Cost: 0.00
Review
I would
like to thank BookSirens for the ARC of this novel.
This book
has all of the makings of a good novel but the end results are less than
stellar. Riddled with misplaced and misspelled words, this novel feels like it
was thrown together in an afternoon. Certainly, there is a good idea in there
and a writer who is adept at keeping your eyes to the page, but that doesn't
make up for the myriad of problems marring this work.
Jessica is
a stage actress who suddenly becomes embroiled in a game of life or death when
she rescues a vampire from certain death. The premise is intriguing enough, but
the results are sloppy and highly underdeveloped.
We meet a
cast whose backstories are never fully fleshed out. Jessica has bizarre
reactions to the things and events happening around her. The reason we're given
for Jesssica's instability is flimsy at best. We never get a proper background
to the games themselves and their development. One of the characters hints that
there might be a vampire council of sorts, but this is only mentioned in a one
or two sentence aside. There is absolutely no world building here. The big
reveal for why our dour hero feels so guilty is underwhelming at best.
Still, for
all of the negatives, and there are plenty, I was able to read this with rapt
attention. The author isn't a bad writer, but this book needs actual world
building, a stronger foundation, fully fleshed out backstories to the
characters, and an editor. I really can't decide on whether this book deserves
a 2 or a 3, but settled on giving it a three because it did at the least hold
my attention and kept me coming back to read more.
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