Mark of Salem by Jodie SzarmachMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Great Plot, Really Didn’t Like the Characters
I’m not sure how I feel about this book. Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed it, but not as much as I thought I should. This book has great ingredients; a powerful young witch with a mysterious past, two cat familiars devoted to their witch, a dark witch who has renounced his past, a hellhound and a struggle between dark and light powers. The plot is intriguing, there is sex galore and the characters are initially interesting. BUT, I couldn’t connect with any of the characters.
The MFC, Salem, is a 25 year old witch who seems to have the attitude of a 15 year old. She is demanding, contrary and moody. She seems to want to have her way NOW or else. She attracts all these people to her but she seems to have charisma in 15 second bursts. Whilst I understand she is in a difficult position she doesn’t seem to care that everyone is going out of their way to help her.
It’s not just Salem who is annoying. The hellhound Elijah is evil, and I get that, I really do, but his mood swings are as bad as Salem’s. He’s being nice one minute and the next he’s trying to kill Salem’s allies.
One of the cat familiars, Briggs, is a sweet and loyal guy and one of the only characters I liked, with the exception of Arthur the butler. His twin brother Bryce, though, is selfish, demanding and has a temper.
Gideon the dark witch is so complicated I can’t get a handle on his personality at all. At first he seems a coward, then he seems kind, then he’s been led around by his libido, then he’s secretive and dictatorial and then he’s brave. He’s just all over the place with very little explanation about why!
So as you can see, I just couldn’t connect with any of them really. I just couldn’t see why they’d put up with Salem at all, or her put up with them!
I don’t think I’ll be reading the next book, even though it probably explains a bit more about the characters and why they are the way they are, but I’m not prepared to risk it.
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