Trying to Live With the Dead (The Veil Diaries #1) in Reverse Harem? Anyone?

Jul 15, 2018 Celeste rated it it was ok

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy, fantasy, kickass-heroine, why-choose, paranormal-as-shit, hot-alpha-males, kickass-main-character-s, too-much-pointless-information, draggy, too-long

Some people might argue that this is a ''slow burn'' reverse harem. Those people would be wrong.

There isn't any burn regarding Lexie's future harem in at least the first two books and some of the third. And even up till the fifth book, the most that happens is a kiss for all the boys apart from Miles (because the darling is the only one to actually stick to the vote). What the first two books do, imo, is build the main characters so by the time the fifth book (which is the last finished book at Some people might argue that this is a ''slow burn'' reverse harem. Those people would be wrong.

There isn't any burn regarding Lexie's future harem in at least the first two books and some of the third. And even up till the fifth book, the most that happens is a kiss for all the boys apart from Miles (because the darling is the only one to actually stick to the vote). What the first two books do, imo, is build the main characters so by the time the fifth book (which is the last finished book at this time (don't worry there are meant to be at least 10 in the whole series)), you're already in love with all the boys.

This being said the first book is hella slow, with pretty much nothing happening apart from alot of hanging out and Lexie finding out what she is. It's draggy and if you go into this expecting all the sexual tension then you my fellow reader are going to be disappointed.

While I know this series will eventually become a reverse harem, I can't tag the first books as such because it's all about what great friends they are. Also the fact that the whole friends angle is rubbed in so much when everyone knows it's going to turn into more annoyed me. Because believe it or not, girls and guys can be totally platonic friends forever without being romantically inclined. While I appreciate that the author was trying to build the characters and their relationships that was not what I was expecting for two whole books.

There needs to be a whole new round of editing and proofreading of this series as well because the tenses are all over the place in the first 3 books. It gets better in the 4th and 5th but errors still abound.

As you can tell I've finished the first 5 books already because my poor naive soul was expecting something better in the second book and less stupidity in the 3rd book but by the last two books I was almost enjoying myself. If only the RH aspect had picked up more by then I would be satisfied enough to wait for the next book in the series. As it is I'm not sure what I have to look forward too, or whether I'll be able to remember what happened in the first 5 books by the time the 6th one is out. ...more

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Jul 03, 2017 Sthep rated it it was ok

I'm just really glad I finished it. My main problem: the whole 'I'm not like the other girls' issue was annoying. The author made sure to mention it EVERY SINGLE TIME. Honey, you are like many protagonists out there, and I didn't like them either. I'm not trying to be mean, I really am not, just brutally honest, and I don't like to give a bad review either. And I really tried to like it, but... I kinda dislike this character!
Can we talk about how the characters are so familiar when it comes to ...more

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Aug 14, 2018 Mia LeNae rated it really liked it

I don't like bullies

That is a lot of responsibility for a 17yo to have. I feel like Alexis is doing the best she can without guidance from a more experienced person. I like her as a main character. She does not have TSTL moments and her snark is just right. ...more

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