Blood Over Bright Haven
Jan. 17th, 2026 12:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI'd heard a lot about Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang before I started reading it, which will definitely have impacted on my response to it. And I unfortunately largely agree with those who found fault with their experience of reading it.
The opening pages are exquisitely written but incredibly horrifying - but then it settles down into the main narrative and it did feel like everything was being overexplained and hammered home a bit too hard.
I really wasn't keen on Sciona as a protagonist and the initial hints of romance felt quite forced.
There are a lot of good ideas here but the story didn't really engage my emotions and I wasn't invested enough in it to finish the book.
The opening pages are exquisitely written but incredibly horrifying - but then it settles down into the main narrative and it did feel like everything was being overexplained and hammered home a bit too hard.
I really wasn't keen on Sciona as a protagonist and the initial hints of romance felt quite forced.
There are a lot of good ideas here but the story didn't really engage my emotions and I wasn't invested enough in it to finish the book.
