Saturday, February 21, 2015

Netgalley Reviews: Modern Rituals by J.S. Leonard

I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  I almost gave up on Modern Rituals a handful of times, but I managed to make it all the way through.  There are some grammatical mistakes and typos throughout the book that distracted me from the story and I found the characters to be a bit unbelievable and inconsistent.  That being said, the premise is interesting, though it is rather slowly revealed, leaving readers a bit confused as to what is going on for a large part of the book.  There are some unique fantasy elements to Modern Rituals, but I felt that some of the wonder of those elements was lost to overcrowding.  This is meant to be the first book in a series featuring three of the novel’s main characters and I’m not sure that I will read the next book.  Overall, I give it two and a half stars and would recommend it for fans of weird fiction. 

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