Curse Breaker: Guild Assassin by Berley Kerr

I received an advanced copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

I intensely disliked this book. I didn't finish it for numerous reasons, the foremost being my extreme irritation with Wendy as the narrator and protagonist. While the first chapter of the book is full of action, the majority is rife with boring details leading her up to the action that takes place in that first chapter. I couldn't relate to Wendy at all. She didn't seem to have any narrative emotion and came across as more of a neutral recording of events, even though some pretty traumatic things happened to her throughout the story.

The writing leaves a lot to be desired. There is so much description that I often forgot what was happening around whatever scenery was being discussed. The cover leads one to believe that this will be an steampunk story, but I was surprised to find out that it takes place on several different planets and involves quantum physics in addition to magic.

Overall the premise of this book was good, with an intriguing backdrop. Unfortunately, the narrator and the writing put me off of the story and leave me with no desire to find out what happens at the end of Guild Assassin, let alone what waits in the next installment.

Curse Breaker: Guild Assassin by Berley Kerr: 1 out of 5 stars.        

Until You Find Me by Amber Hart

I couldn't connect with the characters in this book at all.  Raven annoyed me with her incessant anger and refusal to even try to understand her father.  I admit, it wouldn't be easy to have a dad who seemed to care more about gorillas than his own family, but by the halfway point of Until You Find Me, she still hadn't given any indication of having any feelings other than blind anger.  Jospin also seemed incredibly shallow, with little character development by the halfway point. 

I gave up there because I'd already spent days trying to get into this book.  Neither the characters nor the story had me hooked enough to keep going until the end. 

Until You Find Me by Amber Hart: 1 out of 5 stars.