Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I struggled with whether or not to put this as three or two stars but the writing swayed me to make it a two. The story is a decent one, it keeps you relatively interested through the novel. I can definitely say I guessed most of the shock moments way before they were revealed but I didn't hate the book. What I did hate was the writing. My god, it reminds me of being in college and providing feedback on classmates writing in a creative writing course. The amount of exposition is exhausting. You're not writing to third graders, it is wholly unnecessary to spell out every single detail and thought process. Context clues get the job done just fine. As readers we're used to putting the pieces together. I have to second another reviewer saying the novel felt too long. I read it in under a day but it's because I skimmed all the excess exposition and overbearing detailed descriptions. I read to the end to make sure I could give a proper review but there's no chance I'd even consider getting another novel from this author let alone the sequel. I would not recommend choosing this novel for your free kindle pick as I did.