➼Adylyn⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚'s Reviews > Indigo Spring

I received this book as an ARC from Victory Editing. :) (Sign up for Netgalley.com to request access to Arcs!)

My final rating for this book is 4 stars.
HOWEVER: I did not read the first book in the series so I am sure with further information my rating would have been higher. (I thought it was a standalone when I requested it and only realized it was not in fact a stand alone after I had gotten the ARC so I just decided to read it anyway lol)

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
The FMC (Veronica) kind of irritated me to be honest. She is an elementary school teacher AKA a grown adult, yet at some points of the story she acts/thinks in an immature manner. I suppose this makes her more of a realistic character, being that we all have different reactions to stress. Throughout the story, Veronica struggles to make peace with past trauma, blaming herself for a tragic accident that occurred in her childhood. Simultaneously, she begins a relationship with a man who is ​🇸​​🇪​​🇪​​🇲​​🇮​​🇳​​🇬​​🇱​​🇾​ perfect(Winston), just what she was looking for. Only, no one, is truly perfect.

The MMC/ FMC's best friend (Drew) is very levelheaded, a perfect balance to Veronica's childishness. He works for a sort of "secret society" which consumes most of his time, causing a strain on all of his personal relationships, especially with his life-long friend, Veronica. All he does for work is to remain confidential, leading Veronica to question his motives when he becomes suspicious of the previously mentioned love interest, Winston. I love the way Drew was written, Q.K Petty gave him a fare share of faults as well as admirable qualities, adding to his dimension as a character.

𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭/𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠: Imo, this book was pretty fast paced. There is a duel POV between the FMC and MMC which was written really well, normally when reading duel POV's, I find myself dreading one character and skimming over the text, however, with this book that was not the case. Each character has their own conflicts and motives that kept me interested. This was something that I really enjoyed about this book.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
This book was extremely well balanced now that I really think about it. However, one minor flaw, the interaction between characters was SOMETIMES awkward because it was written a little 𝘵𝘰𝘰 professional. Typically, we don't speak using "bigger words" but we shorten our sentences because it comes more naturally in a day-to-day setting. Although, this could have been done on purpose to convey the social-awkwardness of Drew. I'm only now having this realization lol.
After writing this, I am genuinely thinking about bumping up my rating because this was really well written and I enjoyed everything about it from the plot to the writing style. Either way, I didn't feel any real connection to the characters, likely because I never read the first installment.
(Essentially, It's my problem that I didn't let this book live up to its full potential.)

○Paranormal Activity
○Secret society
○Mystery
○Sub-plot of romance
○Sci-fi ish

Any who, I recommend giving this a read, that is after you read the first book, "True Winter."
(Publication date May 7th 2024)

Thanks again to the publisher, Victory editing for providing this ARC! Thank you for reading bye pookies <3