Painted Devils

Margaret Owen, answer for your crimes. The end of this book has given me everlasting emotional pain and I don't think that I will ever recover.

It's refreshing to see that nearly every character in this book is deeply flawed yet relatable (not ALL of them, but you know...), and you feel and fear for them. The opening of this book is hilarious, and Vanja pulling a Klaus from Umbrella Academy had me in tears. I also loved the dynamic with Emeric and threat they both have no clue about relationships and still try to make it work. Then however the story feels disconnected with weird pacing for a long stretch, as if the author got drowned by Vanja's chaos as well. It was hard for me to get through it, but gladly the ending makes up for all of this und you'll want to read the next book asap. I'm still puzzled by the fictional language the author is using, which is German but also very not German. At times I felt she overdid it, just trying to be clever, but in the end it didn't bother me too much. Solid 4/4 stars Thank you so much @netgalley and @hodderbooks for the eARC!

Storyline: gute Storyline, interessante Idee ⭐️ Figuren: haben mich emotional nicht überzeugt… Schreibstil: nichts besonderes. War gut lesbar. 1/2 ⭐️ Spannung: hat mir gefehlt… Gesamteindruck: solides Werk. 1/2 ⭐️