Ink & Fire: by R.K. Ryals
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I received this ARC from Red Coat Publishing and the author in exchange for an honest review.
I was looking forward to reading another novella in this series, but ended up being rather confused by the halfway point.
The characters came across as flat and uninteresting. A lot of time was spent on the description of the protagonist; how she felt, what she did, contemplating everything, which made her seem self-centred. The secondary characters, few as they were, added no depth to the story in general and only existed to move the plot/protagonist forward.
The writing was too elaborate in explaining everything the main character thought and felt, and the narration was tedious. Written from the protagonist’s point of view, most of the story was spent showing what a special snowflake she is.
The plot had me scratch my head in confusion, wondering if this really was the main point of the story. Also, it was sad that the story did not really have anything to do with Heavenwood Falls, even though it is part of the novella series.
Overall, this wasn’t for me. I have read another book by the same author over a year ago and enjoyed it, but this one didn’t do anything for me. I would give it a pass.
