Ascension

Ascension
by Hannah Rials
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

( I received a free copy of this boo in exchange for my honest review )

Well, that went in a completely different direction then I expected. Holy plot twist! Talk about hiding the not-so-quite-anti-hero/not-that-evil-but-sort-of-is/ out-to-lunch ending that threw me for a loop. Brovo! That was wicket!

Lets get down to it. I loved the opening, it was mysterious, heart pounding and for me sad. It got me hooked on this read, and I dove right in. But, there is a but. It's felt like the plot came to a screeching halt after the MC gets to the big easy. There's a lot of major plot points left out, and well, it started to get to me. About 60% into the book nothing exciting happened, aside from the MC almost getting toasted. The middle of this book is a slow go, and it was frankly annoying. It wasn't boring, the writing was quite good, but I felt like I was being tossed around too much, and main plot was an after thought.

I get that you want to build a connected between the MC and the romantic lead, but there are ways to do that without forcing it. And, that's what it felt like. There are to many gaps, and that is why I can't give this unique read that 5 star. It just made into the 4 start because of the ending. That is how you do a plot twist people!

Also there are a few plot bombs that are nonchalantly dropped that the characters simply ignore. Like really, one of which comes at the end and no one bats an eye ರ_ರ... WFT... I get that this book is setting up for what I believe will be an epic series, but common, there's no rule saying that the first books can't get equally as epic as the series that you've planned.

In all I do highly recommend this book, it could use another around of Edits, and fluffing. More so at the start, we didn't get much on the MC's life or school life (because there is a major player in there) before we're tossed into a episode already in progress. As I said, this book sets the tone for the rest of the series, the ending, this book is all about the ending. I can't wait to see where this cliché stopper is headed.

Happy Reading

E.A. Walsh