Summary:
Corinthe was a Fate who was punished by being sent to Earth to become an Executor. She follows directions in hopes of going home, so when she is informed about her last assignment, she is thrilled. She just needs to kill this one teenager, Lucas. In the process of trying to assassinate him, he jumps into a different world and she follows. This continues to happen until the two fall in love and realize that their lives are being manipulated by forces outside of their control.
My thoughts:
Honestly, I got to the first world that the two jumped into and then stopped reading. I was looking forward to this book and it just did not deliver. First, I'm a cover shopper (just like most of us). The cover is BEAUTIFUL! It's hard not to pick this book up to investigate further. Even the back summary is tempting, so it probably would have come home with me, it just did not deliver. My biggest issue is the lack of motivation/back story/mythology. Bross is attempting to make up her own mythology instead of tying it up directly with a preexisting mythology. So going in, there is definitely a difference than what I expected when thinking of Fates. Like science fiction and fantasy novels, if something is made up then a lot of background needs to be done. The world building is necessary to help the reader really understand what's going on. Bross doesn't lay the groundwork. This led me to be confused. I kept asking myself why things were happening and if there was something I was missing. Then I got frustrated and just gave up. I put this into my library for my students to read, but it is not one that I will recommend.
Corinthe was a Fate who was punished by being sent to Earth to become an Executor. She follows directions in hopes of going home, so when she is informed about her last assignment, she is thrilled. She just needs to kill this one teenager, Lucas. In the process of trying to assassinate him, he jumps into a different world and she follows. This continues to happen until the two fall in love and realize that their lives are being manipulated by forces outside of their control.
My thoughts:
Honestly, I got to the first world that the two jumped into and then stopped reading. I was looking forward to this book and it just did not deliver. First, I'm a cover shopper (just like most of us). The cover is BEAUTIFUL! It's hard not to pick this book up to investigate further. Even the back summary is tempting, so it probably would have come home with me, it just did not deliver. My biggest issue is the lack of motivation/back story/mythology. Bross is attempting to make up her own mythology instead of tying it up directly with a preexisting mythology. So going in, there is definitely a difference than what I expected when thinking of Fates. Like science fiction and fantasy novels, if something is made up then a lot of background needs to be done. The world building is necessary to help the reader really understand what's going on. Bross doesn't lay the groundwork. This led me to be confused. I kept asking myself why things were happening and if there was something I was missing. Then I got frustrated and just gave up. I put this into my library for my students to read, but it is not one that I will recommend.
