I read this for a local book club and found the initial premise to be interesting. Four older women develop superpowers instead of the well-worn trope of say teenagers or children. I like the basic premise but the story and writing didn't quite land for me.
The setup is okay and it takes a little while for the women to develop and become used to their powers, which didn't really keep me interested. It isn't until the middle of the book where the actual conflict comes to light and that is where I started to really pay attention. Unfortunately the stakes lag and no one ever really seems to be in any real danger the closer we get to the climax, so I couldn't find myself really caring too much about the characters. I feel like it is a "mostly-complete" story, but it does end on a cliffhanger which irks me. I want a complete story in my books. If it's part of a larger narrative that's fine, but at least give me a beginning, middle and end with book 1. This book has an "end-ish".
I think the other issue I had was it often seemed like the author wasn't sure what she wanted to happen. Often the characters don't know what they're doing, plans are never thought out and there seemed to be no real arc to the story. It was as if the author was writing and just hoping to think of something to move the plot along. It was entertaining for the most part, but I won't be continuing on with the sequels.
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