Soraya Honei

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• Criddle

  Finished February 20, 2026

  "Soraya Honei is a Why Choose, Dark, Fantasy, Mystery. Tropes include Fated Mates, Spice, Elemental Powers, and Suspense." Based on the blurb I should have LOVED this book and I really tried, but this left me more frustrated than intrigued. I came close to DNF'ing this multiple times. I understand that some of the initial confusion is meant to be intentional with Soraya dealing with memory loss, but it was disorienting for nearly 80% of the book. The pacing was another challenge and because of the memory issues we don't start to see answers until 80% with nothing concrete until like last 5%. Why Choose? Sign.me.up. Just not for this one unfortunately. There was absolutely no character development or buildup for any of the MMCs and they were introduced one after another so there was very little distinction between them. This made it extremely hard to feel invested in any of the six relationships. The only real connection you get in the entire book is between Soraya and her bff/roomate Jesmine, but even that needed more development than just a memory lane talk in a rose bush. There were places here that had SO MUCH potential, but overall the lack of clarity, character development, and delayed answers made this a tough read for me. Thank you to The Nerd Fam for the gifted eARC. #sorayahonei #thenerdfam

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