Book Review: Hollywood Witch Hunter by Valerie Tejeda
11:41 PM“Iris pulled out her phone and tapped at the screen, pulling up a picture of the slain actress. “It was her,” she said, showing Arlo the photo.” Valerie Tejeda
Author: Valerie Tejeda
First Published: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 250
Goodreads Summary:
From the moment she first learned the truth about witches…she knew she was born to fight them.Now, at sixteen, Iris is the lone girl on the Witch Hunters Special Ops Team.But when Iris meets a boy named Arlo, he might just be the key to preventing an evil uprising in Southern California.Together they're ready to protect the human race at all costs. Because that's what witch hunters do. Welcome to Hollywood.
Review:
To be honest,
after reading the summary on Goodreads, I was hesitant to pick this one up. It
was the Perustopia book club book of the month so I decided to give it a try. I
wish I hadn’t.
There is no
other way for me to put this pleasantly. This book was just not my cup of tea
at all. Do you recognize the feeling when you watch a film but the acting is
just extremely pretentious to the point that it's aggravating you? Or when you
watch a short clip on the Internet claimed to be filmed on the spot, but you
can undeniably observe that it's all acted? Poorly, in this case. This book
gave me that same exact feeling...
I genuinely
tried to appreciate this book, but it was just so preposterous to me that I had
a hard time even completing this novel. The plot twists of this book... I could
see them coming miles away.
Perhaps this
book is destined for a younger audience? That is debatable though. My judgment
on the matter is that the author was trying too hard. Sadly, that didn't quite
work out in this case in my opinion.
I wouldn’t
recommend this book.
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
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