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Long paragraph about Danika’s history, tortured relationship with her parents, major at university, and status as Bryce’s best friend.

…A long paragraph about the fantasy world she lives in and who rules over it and what their names and motivations are, though this time sadly we don’t learn their majors at university.ĭANIKA, Bryce’s best friend, enters the scene. Long paragraph about Bryce’s desk and what her job is about. Long paragraph about Bryce’s parents, age, personality, hobbies, and (I’m not joking) her major at university and her thoughts on it. Here’s a short script to relay what I mean: There wasn’t a SINGLE time a character entered the scene, or did something, without it being followed by long paragraphs explaining the character’s personal background and history and context within the universe of that character’s action. Here is a step-by-step guide of the two main problems which immediately became apparent to me.ĭid I mention there was lots of infodumping? Yes? Well, just in case it wasn’t clear, there was lots of infodumping! I made it 3% in (aka 7000 words) before giving up. I disliked Throne of Glass when I read it aged twelve (but not because of the writing) and I quite liked the first two ACOTAR books, so though I wasn’t rabidly excited about SJM’s new release I was more than willing to give it a shot. I have read 7000 words of this book and I am going to have to call it a day, because THE WRITING IS AWFUL. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he’s offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.Īs Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City’s underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion-one that could set them both free, if they’d only let it.

His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss’s enemies, no questions asked. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. She’ll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths.

When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone.