Friday 19 December 2014

Review: Beneath

Review of Beneath
by H.B. Moore:
 

 
My Thoughts:

 
 
Beneath was a fast paced short story about a girl in Witness Protection. The story itself was very well written but it was so short! The plot was jam-packed with action but rushed and anticlimactic. I liked the protagonist well enough but she was rather gullible and a bit of sheep. There was some romance attempted - which seems pretty ridiculous when you think about it. How can you develop a relationship in thirty pages? I thought they were cute together but I just didn't believe it would have worked out for Anna so easily.

Overall, I enjoyed this for what it was but it could have vastly benefited from some development.

Note: a copy was provided courtesy of H.B. Moore through Ebooks for Review in exchange for an honest review. No compensation was given or taken during this process.

Details:
 
First Line: My hands shook inside my white gloves as I straightened the priceless Persian tapestry.  
 
Series: kind of
Publication: December 17th ,2014
Source: Author through Ebooks for Review
 
   3 star

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Heist Society by Ally Carter
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4 comments:

  1. It seems like the story could have been better if it was longer. Not exactly an entire novel but maybe a novella, with a hundred pages or so. I totally agree that it wouldn't be possible to develop a relationship in 30 pages. Unless it was instalove, but I hate those (most of the time).

    - The Reading Izzy

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    1. It would have been better if it had been at least a short novella. Only having a thirty page story is a little ridiculous! How did they honestly think they were going to develop that relationship!? Yeah, it was instalove unfortunately. And I agree wholeheartedly that I hate it too.

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  2. I hate it when a book you like is entirely too short. You're just getting to know the characters, then - bam - finished. But at least you liked it! ^-^

    Brittany @ http://www.spacebetweenthespines.com/

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    1. Luckily it was a semi-enjoyable one. That is the one downside of novellas! :)

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