(WARNING: Spoilers for anyone reading through the comments that hasn't read the book yet.)
Got this from the library, and you're right, incredibly quick read. Finished it in about a day. I swear each page took less than a minute to read (so, a little math tells me it takes about 6-7 hours to read all the way through.) At 450 pages, 6-7 hours is nothing.
Anyway, I agree with pretty much everything you said in your review. However, I would add that the schmoopiness was a little nauseating. I love fluff as much as the next person...who loves fluff. But this got a little ridiculous at times. "All she could think about was Daniel", "he was so beautiful", "she was overcome with his touch", it got to be a little much sometimes.
I did like that Luce is a bit more of a stronger female character than a lot of romantic leads are these days in books (i.e. Bella of Twilight), where she logically knows that not everything is about boys and that there's more to life and she's determined to find it. Which I think the author kind of reverses completely at the end where suddenly it's she who is powerless and mindless and waiting for the guy to come save her.
But I digress.
The other thing I completely agree with here is the POV. It should have been in first person, Luce's POV. I couldn't relate as well and often was jarred out of the story when I read the word "Luce".
But overall it was an interesting story and I loved that they actually had fun! I mean, one of the things that someone pointed out to me once about Twilight is that you never really see them happy, so it leaves you wondering what they're fighting so hard for. I felt invested because Daniel (despite his surliness and outright hurtful words--all to protect her) was nice and interesting and complex and you felt for him, knowing that he kept having to watch her die, powerless to stop it.
I'm actually really looking forward to seeing if the author answers some of the not-so-obvious questions in the next book, or if she just isn't aware enough to realize that the questions even exist. For example, why the reform school? Is there anything special about it in particular? Why are they all together? I guess just waiting for her, and they know she'll show up where Daniel is, but it would be nice to have some of that explained. We're just supposed to accept a lot of things here.
I'm excited to learn about more of the rules and how all of this started and why things have begun to change for Luce now (finally being awoken.)
Thanks for commenting! You know, I didn't notice the "schmoopiness" because I've read all four of Stephenie Meyer's books, and Bella is SO MUCH WORSE at this! :)
Glad you enjoyed it though! It's definitely fun. :)
Got this from the library, and you're right, incredibly quick read. Finished it in about a day. I swear each page took less than a minute to read (so, a little math tells me it takes about 6-7 hours to read all the way through.) At 450 pages, 6-7 hours is nothing.
Anyway, I agree with pretty much everything you said in your review. However, I would add that the schmoopiness was a little nauseating. I love fluff as much as the next person...who loves fluff. But this got a little ridiculous at times. "All she could think about was Daniel", "he was so beautiful", "she was overcome with his touch", it got to be a little much sometimes.
I did like that Luce is a bit more of a stronger female character than a lot of romantic leads are these days in books (i.e. Bella of Twilight), where she logically knows that not everything is about boys and that there's more to life and she's determined to find it. Which I think the author kind of reverses completely at the end where suddenly it's she who is powerless and mindless and waiting for the guy to come save her.
But I digress.
The other thing I completely agree with here is the POV. It should have been in first person, Luce's POV. I couldn't relate as well and often was jarred out of the story when I read the word "Luce".
But overall it was an interesting story and I loved that they actually had fun! I mean, one of the things that someone pointed out to me once about Twilight is that you never really see them happy, so it leaves you wondering what they're fighting so hard for. I felt invested because Daniel (despite his surliness and outright hurtful words--all to protect her) was nice and interesting and complex and you felt for him, knowing that he kept having to watch her die, powerless to stop it.
I'm actually really looking forward to seeing if the author answers some of the not-so-obvious questions in the next book, or if she just isn't aware enough to realize that the questions even exist. For example, why the reform school? Is there anything special about it in particular? Why are they all together? I guess just waiting for her, and they know she'll show up where Daniel is, but it would be nice to have some of that explained. We're just supposed to accept a lot of things here.
I'm excited to learn about more of the rules and how all of this started and why things have begun to change for Luce now (finally being awoken.)
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Glad you enjoyed it though! It's definitely fun. :)
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