This book could have been great, it was just ok. There was not much character development which was disappointing because there was so much potential. It's not really a mystery, it's not really a romance, not sure what the author had in mind.
Another thing that annoyed me was in one paragraph Silvia is speaking with one of the vampires and in the very next paragraph she is somewhere else completely ... like her parents for dinner! What??? How did this happen? What about the conversations you were just having??
It really could have been a fantastic read but it turned out very disappointing.
Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for this title.

I have to be honest I was a little lost throughout this whole book. I enjoyed the main characters, but the story had me stumped and the side characters were also a little confusing.

Overall the story was interesting, but my confusion kept me from really getting into it.

Confused, you will be ! I am not sure what was going on at all, I don’t think the characters eve did ! The characters weren’t relatable for me and felt a bit flat, I wasn’t really involved in the story and struggled to finish this one, just not for me.


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

To Pet a Rose, Marie Penn

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews
General Fiction (Adult) 
Genre: General Fiction, Romance

Well, I read it. All of it. Yet TBH I still don't really know what its about, or where the story is going and won't be continuing with it.
The characters feel a little odd, a bit flat, one dimensional, and I'm not sure I like any of them. The writing throws in a lot of vocabulary that was overdone and felt weird I had to look up, I'm pretty well read and its usually only historical words or specialist ones that have me stumped, but here they were not just used within the fencing/festival setting but thrown into everyday speech, and it just felt odd and a bit out of place.
What I did think I wouldn't be so keen on, the fencing and the world of Faires and Festivals ended up being one of the best parts of the book for me. I found that really interesting but not enough to actually enjoy this story.
It could well be just me, this is my view and that doesn't mean others won't love it. Its not a bad book, a few oddities in the language, but just not one for me. It seems to be a first novel, and ?I hate writing low stars for any book, but especially debut ones but honesty is important and this story isn't for me.

Stars: Two, one of those where the story and I just don't gel.

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