THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE (V.E. Schwab) - April 8/22

 Well this one is sure frustrating. It took a while to get going but I eventually got pretty invested in the central character and her exploits, and just when my attention was beginning to wane, Henry was introduced and I was very intrigued. I was rooting for them to make it, but Schwab's propensity for overwriting the hell out of this book eventually becomes impossible to overlook. And then the whole thing with the story becoming a Y.A. love triangle thing was astonishingly tedious. I wish some editor had chopped this thing in half, ultimately. **1/2 out of ****