Summary: Cassandra sees death and devastation all around her. In vivid detail.
It’s the price of living with her OCD and extreme anxiety. In every situation, Cass imagines the worst possible fate for everyone in her life. Her dad in a pool of blood after a break-in. Her beloved older neighbor, homeless. A splinter in her finger turned to gangrene.
But this time, it’s not her imagination. The boy next door, Colin, is destined to die. Cass has foretold a real death before; she knows this is a true vision.
Desperate to save Colin's life, Cass immerses herself in a secret organization of soothsayers that promises to teach her how to change the future she foresees. But as she descends into their hidden world of divinatory magic and predictive technology, she discovers there's always a price to pay for unraveling fate's strands. And cheating death will cost her everything.
~Thank you NetGalley and Uproar Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!~
*This is a spoiler-free review, so you can read it even if you haven’t read the book yet!*
My Rating: 3 stars
The synopsis and cover were both so well done that I was sure I would l love this! And though I did enjoy some parts, there were also things that I didn’t like as much which is why I gave this three stars.
Characters: Cassie was an okay main character, but I couldn’t fully connect to her. She was just so bland to me and I felt like I was barely even rooting for her. I liked some of the secondary characters like Reagan and Colin better Reagan was a great friend for her, and I loved how enthusiastic and supportive she was of Cassie from the moment they met to their time at the academy.
I’m not usually a fan of insta-love but I liked Colin’s character(sadly more than the MC) and I found myself hoping that he would make it through to the end, more for his sake than Cassie’s. I do wish we got to see more of him though, since the whole time she’s in the “camp” he isn’t really there, and we don’t get much of him.
Things I liked
-Dialogue + Writing Style
-Mental Health Representation: Cassie’s OCD was treated perfectly because it showed what is was really like for her and what she was dealing with, while also being sensitive about it. I think it’s really important for books to have an accurate and realistic representation of mental health and this book did a great job of that.
What I didn’t like
-Some parts where really predictable
I won’t spoil what exactly was predictable, but there was love triangle in there and it was super obvious and not at all unexpected.
-The Plot was messy
The pacing was really slow in the middle and I often found myself skimming because of it. There were just so many scenes of her in her classes, and the entire 60 percent of the novel is her getting used to her new life and realizing how it will be very difficult and dangerous to save Colin’s life. It’s clear that it will be dangerous and will require a sacrifice, so I don’t fully understand why that’s repeated so many times in so many different ways. It takes more than half of the novel until she actually starts to try to save him.
But finally, at about 70 percent of the book, things finally start speeding up a little, and then the ending was wow. I was soo surprised and yet I felt like I should have seen it coming. But I’m not going to say anything else about it because if you want to know then you have to read it :)
Overall, this wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t nearly as good as I expected either. If anyone does plan to read it, I hope you enjoy it more than I did! :)
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