I got this book in exchange for an honest review by the author. So I went into this book pretty blind, not knowing exactly what it was or what genre it was meant to be. I still have not decided that. This book was just ok for me.
In this story we have Simone moves back to her hometown after making some wrong choices in her life. She gets to her hometown and receives a gift from her estranged relatives that is supposed to be some kind of lucky charm, only the lucky charm is not all that lucky when Simone discovers changes within herslf.
I feel like this had an interesting plot, but I don't feel like it has been played out completely yet. The synopsis talks about unconventional choices that Simone makes, yet we get no backstory on her for us to see what kind of lifestyle she lived that would force her to relocate. Although the book warns of sexual situations, I found a particular scene in the beginning of the book to be unnecessary and redundant. The story could carry on fine without it. I did not find it to be a key element for the story. I also felt the story was very unrealistic which is fine, but this world was hard to imagine it's existence so it was hard to really get into the story. I do find the writing style to be very fluid and easy to follow. Simplicity was definitely a good attribute for this story.
The time frame in this book is also unidentifiable to me. I could not figure out if it was a present world or a futuristic world. There were things that were spoke about that are of our world today and then on the other hand it seemed like some other things were more futuristic. I think the world building is ok, it just needs better explanation.
As for the characters, well I did not like any of them at all, they lacked depth, however it may be because it is a first book in the series and maybe the characters would grow throughout the series. The problem I had with the characters is that their characteristics were not believable or better yet their species. I could not grasp what they were at all, and this I feel is because of the lack of backstory on them. I think perhaps in future installments it would be helpful to get a bit more information on them.
I am not sure who I could recommend this book to because there are many different elements that makes the genre a bit unclear. I think it leans more towards urban fantasy which could explain why it was just ok for me since I struggle with any type of fantasy books. So those who like urban fantasy may enjoy this book.
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