Review of Sylar Wishes by Tina L. Hook
I received this novel in exchange for an honest review.
When I began this novel, I didn’t realize this was a sequel, and if you haven’t read the first novel, I cannot recommend trying the second. For the majority of the novel, I was completely confused. Seven POVs (alternating between first and third) didn’t help my understanding. By the end, even the comet gets a few cryptic chapters.
I felt as confused with all the body snatching as the men in the novel. I had to rely on the chapter headings to keep track of what was happening. With each leap, the characters lose and transfer memories, and by the end, I knew the feeling exactly. I was so confused by who had slept with whom and who was pretending to be whom that I began to question if I’d missed some chapters somewhere.
I struggled to the end, hoping for some closure; however, I found it unsatisfying. It really seemed like several novels jammed into one. The author definitely has some talent, but I think the romance aspect was much better executed than the sci-fi. I enjoyed Wells’s story, and I really wished the novel had explored that relationship more, but I found the other men confusing and contradictory. In fact, everyone’s emotions were convoluted. No one seems to know what he/she wants . . . not sexy enough, too sexy, not forceful, too forceful. The men were completely threatened by confident women but complained when they subjugated themselves.
The idea is interesting, but I’m afraid it was stellar.
2 stars
When I began this novel, I didn’t realize this was a sequel, and if you haven’t read the first novel, I cannot recommend trying the second. For the majority of the novel, I was completely confused. Seven POVs (alternating between first and third) didn’t help my understanding. By the end, even the comet gets a few cryptic chapters.
I felt as confused with all the body snatching as the men in the novel. I had to rely on the chapter headings to keep track of what was happening. With each leap, the characters lose and transfer memories, and by the end, I knew the feeling exactly. I was so confused by who had slept with whom and who was pretending to be whom that I began to question if I’d missed some chapters somewhere.
I struggled to the end, hoping for some closure; however, I found it unsatisfying. It really seemed like several novels jammed into one. The author definitely has some talent, but I think the romance aspect was much better executed than the sci-fi. I enjoyed Wells’s story, and I really wished the novel had explored that relationship more, but I found the other men confusing and contradictory. In fact, everyone’s emotions were convoluted. No one seems to know what he/she wants . . . not sexy enough, too sexy, not forceful, too forceful. The men were completely threatened by confident women but complained when they subjugated themselves.
The idea is interesting, but I’m afraid it was stellar.
2 stars
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