My god this woman goes 7 years without publishing anything only for it to be a novella and STILL BAD WRITING!! 

I was one of the rare few who hated IWWV. I thought it was plotless, flat and boring and I did not understand the hype. However, to be fair to M.L. Rio and her fawning fan club, I decided to give Graveyard Shift a go in case my thoughts on IWWV were a one off.

They weren't.

This woman cannot build tension or pull off a satisfying resolution to save herself, I SWEAR. This barely qualifies as a novella and I read one review which said it felt more like a rough outline for a full length novel, which I completely agree with. 

Oddly, each chapter was from a different character's POV but the story wasn't long enough to justify five different character POVs as they don't have the chance to establish themselves or make us care.

I truly can't tell you anything about them other than that they all chain smoke and have insomnia?? And maybe two of them are queer?

Nothing of interest happened in this story. It started out with promise before quickly fizzling out into nothing. M.L. Rio is definitely good at building atmosphere, but that is truly where her writing skills start and finish. 

I can't believe her editors didn't push her to better develop this story. After all - she had seven years to do it!

I don't believe M.L. Rio is at all deserving of the hype and praise she receives and after reading both of her very boring and anti-climactic books I can safely say I am 1000% done with anything she has to write or say.

Thank you to Hachette NZ for the gifted copy. Sorry to be so neggy about it but it is what it is.