Who We Truly Are (Enhanced Book 2)

You know how sometimes pictures of fast food make it seem so good and tasty and then the real thing arrives and it’s not quite that attractive?
You start eating it anyway and the taste doesn’t seem too bad at first, but the more you eat the more you notice all that’s wrong with it, because you’re not starving anymore and you can actually taste it for what it is.

This was me and this series. It seemed great reading the blurbs, I read the first book and it wasn’t great, but there was the possibility of improvement. Only, the second book didn’t improve, if anything my tolerance decreased with every new chapter.

The romance between Finn and Talon lacks depth, the rest of the plot is messy, the characters flat and at times the narrative has an almost stream of consciousness quality that makes the reading experience confusing.

I loved the idea behind this series, the cast of characters, the storyline of Talon’s ability evolving, and it’s all the more frustrating because I can see all this unexpressed potential wasted on a mediocre execution. I know it sounds harsh, but it feels like the author had a great idea for a series without the writing skills to make it shine.

Quoting one of my favorite characters (not from this book, of course): “First of all, ideas aren’t the hard part. Secondly, there are no new ideas, only the author’s unique execution.”
I couldn’t agree more and this right here is the perfect example of the execution ruining a perfectly good idea. ( )

review to follow