(Firelight, #2) Vanish by Sophie Jordan

 

Vanish by Sophie Jordan
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

⭐ 1 Star

I did not want to DNF this book but there were so many moments where I was screaming at myself to just quit and move on to something else. I kept telling myself that maybe, maybe, if I held on a little longer there would be a turnaround. Some hope. Anything.

There wasn’t.

This book honestly pained me. The constant whining, the endless back-and-forth in Jacinda’s head, and the wishy-washy behavior between Will and Cassian made it incredibly hard to read without wanting to yeet the book out an open window.

Yes, I know the lead is young but I’ve read plenty of YA books with teenage protagonists who don’t grate on every last nerve. Jacinda really pushed my patience to the limit. I liked book one well enough, but book two felt like a full-on test of my endurance as a reader.

I kept wondering if this was just me maybe I’ve outgrown this kind of story. I have read a lot of books since then, and my tolerance for certain tropes has definitely changed. But honestly? Even taking that into account, nothing here really worked for me.

I’m sitting here trying to figure out what I liked about this book, and that’s hard really hard. It was easy to read, sure, but in a very basic, repetitive, going-in-circles-with-no-progress kind of way.

In book one, I let a lot slide because I expected book two to deepen the story and characters. Instead, I was left disappointed. The characters felt bland and unlikeable, and the story went nowhere meaningful.

I still love the concept behind this series the idea itself is strong but this installment just didn’t deliver for me at all. I do hope to finish the series, but right now I honestly don’t know if I’ll be able to push through the final book.

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