Heroan by Casey Bering

This is my first review for Booksirens at www.booksirens.com a similar platform to Netgalley and I believe quite bit newer.

Heroan is marketed as adult action-packed dystopian western with a bad-ass female main character. That sounded right down my alley, but there were a few things that I didn't enjoy.

I knew going in that there would be quite a bit of violence and graphic scenes, but putting your female character in attempted rape situations and the flashbacks she experiences gets really on my nerves in books and Heroan isn't the only book that does that. 

I am sick and tired of rape being used to showcase and underline how bad a man is. There are so many other ways. Yes we all know that rape is one of the most horrific acts a man can commit to destroy a woman's life. Don't use it too lightly.

I liked Luke as a character, but I rolled my eyes at the smart pet wolf. This seems to become a trope now. The characters lacked depth and development and were just your stereotypical side characters and not very memorable.

The world building isn't enough to make me believe it's dystopian and made me wonder what part is so special about it. The misogyny is certainly still there and it feels that the world went clearly backwards - a lot.

I also didn't buy Cameron's "instinct" to follow her killer around on foot in this world and the choices she made didn't make sense many a times, which annoyed me.

There are definitely some good parts I take away from the story, but I don't think I will be continuing on with the series.

Thank you Booksirens for giving me an eARC in exchange for an honest review.