Overall, I enjoyed it, but not as much as I was expecting to.
The things she wrote about I am sure she has before, and maybe not all in the same book, but I wasn’t put off by the topics she used, however it is good she put the trigger warnings at the start as I know some people may be. Their relationship was almost too toxic, and at times it was almost too far-fetched which seems a silly topic considering Amo’s previous books, but I just couldn’t click with the plot the same way as I did with for example The Silver Swan or In Peace Lies Havoc.Īlso, I’m not sure what it says about me, but I didn’t think this was the darkest of all Amo’s books by far. Nico was just not attractive, and he didn’t have any redeeming moments to me, there wasn’t one scene where I just clicked with him. However, I couldn’t get behind the hero of this book. She knew she had flaws and admitted to them but tried to push through her insecurities and fight for others. But she was strong, beautiful, and determined to get to the bottom of things. I always do love Amo’s heroines, and again Meraki was very similar to previous books, the girl everyone either wanted or wanted to be. There were way too many tropes here too, MC, some weird cult, mafia, arranged marriage, secret baby, enemies to lovers to name a few, and it all got a bit too much, sometimes less is more. But there was too much happening at once. The base of the plot was great, group of misfit friends who all fall down different paths and years later things are complicated, interwoven and messed up. Some I saw coming, as unfortunately it did feel a bit like it was just conforming to the usual Amo Jones format, which I’m not saying is necessarily a bad thing, but maybe it has set my expectations to always have the wow factor of the reveals, and after having read a few of her books, you pick up on things and see things coming. I liked the twists, but sometimes the twists weren’t twisty enough, just confusing instead. She’s so different to other authors out there and I think she always will be, she does darkness in a way no one else can, and keeps me hooked from page one, but because her plots are so complicated, you pick up on things like small plot holes and how some of the stories follow similar patterns. I want to start by stating that I love Amo’s writing, I always have and always will. Slightly different to my usual review formats, I’m not going to give much of the plot away, but instead say what I thought worked and what I thought didn’t. Okay, it took me a while to get my thoughts and feelings in place after finishing this book, but after a week or so, I think I’m ready to write my review.
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