Sister's Red by Jackson Pearce

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

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PJVs {Not So} QUICKIE POV: I just could not get into this book. I found the main characters rather lacking and could not get into Sisters Red because of that. Scarlett was too much, over focused and stoic, I couldn't relate. Rose was trying too hard to be the opposite. I felt the attraction between her and Silas was too forced. I think this would have been better played out as an adult novel. It didn't feel YA and with everyone living alone and "hunting" they didn't act like 16 year olds either. When I'd rather ...more I just could not get into this book. I found the main characters rather lacking and could not get into Sisters Red because of that. Scarlett, the scared sister was just too much. She was over-focused and stoic, I couldn't relate to her behavior. Rosie was the polar opposite. The characters were just too forced into these positions it didn't seem natural. Just everything about this book seem forced. It was as if the author had bullet points and she checked them off as she achieved them.

• Disturbed sister, haunted by her past √
• Weak, sister to be protected √
• Hot guy √
• Romance √
• Jealousy √
• Big Baddie √
• Impending doom √
• Something different √

Because of this outline type approach to a YA novel, I didn't get into the attraction. It was just there. "I didn't like Silas before he left...but now after a year away, boy is he hot. Now all I can do is think about him..." {Rosie POV}

I really think this might have been better played out as an adult novel. Then there could have been some more steam with the romance, there would be no need to have the threat of child services, which I don't know how they didn't get involved from the onset. It just didn't make sense that these children were living alone since their grandmother was brutally ripped apart by a werewolf and no one noticed. Not to mention, their behaviors was not that of 16 year olds, because of what they had experienced, so that YA voice wasn't there.

I was quite disappointed because I was so very impressed with AS YOU WISH by Pearce. I also think she is a rather entertaining person herself and think her tweets and VLOGs are usually hilarious. Maybe she should abandon the darker threads and stick with the more cotton candy approaches. Which is an odd sentiment for me, because I'm a fan of dark.

There is a second in this series, called Sweetly. I will not be reading, but hope to read other things from this author.