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The Keyhole Shrine by Claudie Arseneault: 3/5*

A Christmas Gift by Ben Alderson and Laura R. Samotin: 2/5*

Marcello is the single most useless, boring character I have read about in a long time and if I could remove him from this book, I would.

After reading the author’s debut, The Final Strife, I can’t help but feel like this is good but underdeveloped - like a draft rather than the completed product. I love the story, but it feels like a sequence of actions and dialogue, like the barebones of a draft before extra details are added to bring the story to life. I’m enjoying it but not loving it and I wish it had been given more time to grow.