I did want to find out what was happening to each of the characters (although I’m still not sure I fully understand the purpose of what happened to Lottie) but this felt more like a parody of a scary story rather than a story that was wholly invested in itself. Don’t get me wrong the story was entertaining enough. I think the same can be said of the plot, the premise is exciting and mysterious, the setting should be atmospheric, but it never quite materialised the way I had hoped it would. There was a lot of scope in the story for some real tension between the characters and instead it was like we barely got to scratch the surface. Lottie is a lot more likeable but, her sunshine outlook becomes her whole personality in the story and it just didn’t quite fit, within the first part of the story some very unusual things start to happen to Lottie and it seems like it doesn’t really affect her, and when she is confronted with what is happening to Alice she is a lot calmer about it that I imagine anyone would be. She does start to very slowly open up but is in between bouts of terror and suspicion which means that when it does hit she almost feels like a very different character. The story is told through two POVs, Alice, who feels like everyone is against her but uses that mindset to judge everyone automatically, and Lottie, who always seems very bright and bubbly considering everything that happens to her and around her.Īlice is certainly not the most likeable character to start with, she does have a redemption arc but her spiky demeanour doesn’t seem to come from anywhere in particular which makes her quite difficult to connect with at first. I’m not going to lie it took a little while to settle into this story, I think because our first taste of Carvell and its history is through the main characters who are not the most compelling. I have never come across a Jekyll and Hyde retelling before so with that cover and that title and the promise of a dark academic setting and a good dose of mystery thrown in I was looking forward to getting into this book.
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