A review by mesy_mark
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

dark mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

 The writing in this book is done pretty well if not repetitive sometimes. Andrew comes to Nashville at first to study at the university where his friend (maybe it was not to clear to me) Eddie committed suicide. Or was it a suicide??

I was able to keep going through this book only because of the audiobook format. Once I hit a certain point in an audiobook for me the sum cost fallacy gets to me. I didn't think the book did a great job at a foundation of the supernatural for this book. Everything describing the supernatural elements in the beginning felt like I was missing the basics of it and as it went on the only reason I caught onto the later ones was because some things were explained. But not all supernatural elements get explained so it leaves you wondering what are the rules for the supernatural.

I felt like more time should have been spent at the university rather than on drag racing and drugs because that part felt more random and pointless than actually getting into the story about what Eddie studied before he died.

Overall just not a book for me.