Ashkiryn’s Reviews > The Courting of Bristol Keats > Status Update

In my experience, usually when character(s) deceive the MC, the reader is equally as blindsided; w/ this book, the reader is let in on the various levels of deception going on between the entire cast, but you're still held at arm's length & drip-fed the actual details of the secrets. The effect builds suspense akin to knowing there's a bomb under the table, & you're just waiting for it to blow up in everyone's faces

Regular ticks are horrifying enough. MAGICAL ticks that can get stuck inside your body and grow to be big enough to cover your back?!?! THANKS FOR THE NIGHTMARES, absolutely love that for me! :)))

The pacing so far is kinda funky to me, & there's more telling rather than showing than I'd prefer, but overall the reading experience is still going well. Currently feels like we're spinning our wheels a bit, and I wish there was a better sense of progression in Bristol's training/character growth, but at least the book hasn't yet made me want to throw it at a wall XD most interested in the Kierus POV chapters atm