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Havenfall by Sara  Holland
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bookshelves: published-2020, fantasy, young-adult, arcs, read-2020

Thank you to Netgalley and Bloomsbury YA for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I'll admit, I fell in love with the cover of this book. Even knowing that I am not someone who should be reviewing anything YA fantasy, I couldn't help myself. Plus it's about the center of multiple worlds in....Colorado? I had high hopes for it. Seriously -- this cover is absolutely gorgeous. Every time I look at it, I see something new.

I also thought this was the author's first book, and I was prepared to forgive a lot of things because of that. But on second look, it isn't. And honestly, I just found most of this book boring. There are 4 worlds that we know of, and one has been shut off because they have too much power and could easily harm the other worlds. (I am just realizing that also is similar to A Darker Shade of Magic, which I love....maybe that's what's wrong?) I mean I really love the concept of an Inn in the middle of nowhere that connects all these different magical places. But in actuality, this mystery in this book was fairly easy to figure out and thus I spent so many pages bored?

I think the characters just lack a lot of depth that made it hard for me to pick up. I didn't care about Maddie much, despite the fact that her mom is LITERALLY ON DEATH ROW FOR KILLING HER BROTHER? Yeah, it's a weird plot point that kind of gets ignored most of the time.

And I feel that the bisexuality of the main character is almost there for checking off boxes?

In the end, this is a good cover hiding a story that just....could have been developed more.
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Reading Progress

June 3, 2019 – Shelved
June 3, 2019 – Shelved as: long-term-to-read
June 3, 2019 – Shelved as: published-2020
June 3, 2019 – Shelved as: fantasy
June 3, 2019 – Shelved as: young-adult
September 25, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read
September 25, 2019 – Shelved as: arcs
March 5, 2020 – Started Reading
May 27, 2020 –
page 156
51.15%
June 4, 2020 – Shelved as: read-2020
June 4, 2020 – Finished Reading

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