Review: Reign of the Fallen

Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


*I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways*

Unfortunately, this book was not for me. When I first read the blurb for this book, I honestly felt like it would be my kind of story. However, I found myself struggling to care about the characters. It felt like a lot of telling versus showing the reader why the characters interact together in certain ways, making me feel very removed from the story.

The setting seemed like it would be interesting but it was never developed enough beyond basically saying everything is like this because it has always been like this and that is all there is to it. I wanted to know the why's to this story and I feel like a lot of that was left out.

Finally, the pace seemed a little off. The story had a scene with what was supposed to be a major plot point of the book, or what I thought would be a turning point, and the characters kind of shrug it off to be dealt with after a festival. And why do they do that? Well, because the festival could be their last chance to enjoy themselves so off to the festival they go until the next bad thing happens. I did not understand the logic of the characters motivations. I felt they made poor choices for the sake of continuing the story and that does not sit well with me.

Overall, I feel like this book was okay, leaning a little towards I didn't like this much. I hope to read Marsh's previous release Fear the Drowning Deep in the next few months though, as I actually own the hardcover and have the e-book as well.


Rating: 2.5 Stars. I wanted to like this so here's to hoping I connect with the next book release.



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