Maria Lebron’s Reviews > The Courting of Bristol Keats > Status Update

Simultaneously gets better and remains frustratingly slow, and the writing makes me feel like I’m being held at arm’s length, like I can’t really sink into the story and experience it as it’s happening. So disappointed and yet hopeful.

So frustrating to have made it this far and still not feel connected to the story or the characters. I have so much faith in Mary’s writing, but this has been skipping around and glossing over what could be so good. The bones are there. So much telling going on I hardly know what makes these characters tick, and I certainly don’t feel any of it. The writing is pretty tho.