While the book didn’t start as creepy as I’d hoped, the second half did not disappoint. But really the name was primarily all they had in common. I think something that might have hindered my initial enjoyment of the book was my expectations for the Rochester character. While I thought the romance was fast, I did enjoy their banter and chemistry. Andromeda is a fascinating character: her upbringing, her abilities, and her weaknesses.
What I most enjoyed about this book was the world building and the characters that occupied that world. I still feel like the romance felt too instant, but as soon as I picked the book back up, there was a scene in the library that won me over to the story and the romance. I think my failed first attempt was a combination of things: I was distracted with wrapping up my yearly reading challenge (and this book was not one that would fulfill a prompt), the book wasn’t as creepy as I expected, and the romance was feeling a little too insta-love for me. Lauren Blackwood, Within These Wicked Walls Everything had felt so real, now all reduced to the memory of a nightmare.” I decided to give it another chance, and I’m happy to report I read the rest of the book in one day. Of course as soon as I did that, all the positive reviews started coming in from my fellow bloggers and Reese Witherspoon chose it as her YA fall pick. It wasn’t a decision I came to lightly as it would be my first DNF of the year. But after I read a third of the novel, I couldn’t seem to get into it and decided to give up, mark it DNF (did-not-finish), and move on. It sounded like the perfect creepy house tale I needed for my fall reading. When I originally heard Lauren Blackwood’s YA debut would be a Jane Eyre-inspired retelling, I was very much on board.
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