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One Girl.
Two Worlds.
Three Questions.
What lies beneath the hidden secret?
Can love rise above the inevitable?
And most importantly, where will her fate lead her?
Amanda Chaste had lived what she considered an average life in New Jersey, looked after and cared for by her grandmother. But when she accidentally meets an enigmatic stranger from out of town, her world is drastically thrown upside down. A hidden secret has been buried in the past and not even Amanda can save herself from her own fate.
Conflicted and tormented within her own flesh, discovering her true identity will prove to be something that will change her life forever.
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I received this from NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.
I'm sorry, I really tried to read this, but I just didn't like the book and couldn't finish it. I hang in there about half way throught, but I finally gave up bacause I was still not clear about what the plot in this book was.
The summary of the book is rather vague and it didn't tell very much. In fact, when I first started the book, I hardly know what I was getting into. The beginning of the book was rather vague too. I ungerstood that there was something about demons or stuff, but that was all. But on the other hand, thing moved pretty quickly, but it still took quite a while before I understood really what was going on. In the beginning there was some strange and mystical event, but it all seemed pretty obscure.
Amanda's behavior was at least in the beginning a little bit strange. Maybe strange is not the right word for it, but that's what I'm going to use. Of cource it's possible that some people just have a very good intuiiton, but it still felt pretty odd that she twisted drunk driving, drowning and a gas leek into something strange, when I think it's really not. Maybe it is bit strange that many people die in a such short amount of time, but that's it. But they all seemed like accidents, so who would've guessed that there's something strange going on? Also Amanda's interest towards Mitch seemed a bit odd. She runs into Mitch one time in a party and he's rude. So what? Is rudeness only reason why Amanda thinks there's something strange about Mitch? And that's why she needs to get answers. To what exactly she needs answers? I'm sorry, but the whole thing seemed rather stupid and bit far fetched. Amanda seemd to drive into coclusions pretty fast. Od cource there is something strange about Mitch, but how on earth she could know that? It seems impossible to Amanda make those conclusions without any evidense. I really hoped that there would be something more. For me, events did not seem very plausible.
I just could not help it, I did not like the book. In general, I'm not very picky reader, but now I just simply could not finish it. The whole plot seemed very vague and things progressed too fast. First I was completely clueless, then suddenly almost everything is explained. When I finally understood what was going on, I didnät get what plot was supposed to be. The idea behind the book seemed pretty interesting, but the story itself seemed really hastily written, like it wasn't really thought through. And there really didn't seem to be any larger point or mystery, or at least not anything that would interest me. There wasn't anything "more". Things happened, but the point was missing. I rarely leave books unfinished, but I just didnät see any reason to continue reading this. The last pages I read, I only went through quickly in hope that something interesting would happen.
I read the author's Goodreads profile where she mentioned some authors that inspired her. Jocelyn Davies, Alexandra Adornetto and Josephine Angelini were among them and it really showed in the book. I've actually read books from all those authors and I think that there was maybe bit too much influence. This book seemed forced and almost like there were pieces taken from other books and scraped together by force without much purpose. Writing a bad revies is never fun, but sadly I must admit that this book was complete waste of my time.
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5/5
Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.
When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
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Once upon a time,
an angel and a devil fell in love.
It did not end well.
This is (again) one of those books that have been haunting be in labrary for ages and I finally picked it up and loaned it. I've been meaning to read it before, but somehow I always put it off. But yeah, finally it's read. And oh boy, I loved it. It was so much better than I expected. It wasn't at all what I thought it would be. It was amazing. The synopsis doesn't do justice to this book, it doesn't tell anything. I think it's pretty misleading. It makes sense after you read this book, but I think it's not that appealing. I only picked this up, 'cos I got tired to looking at in the library everytime is went there. But I'm really glad that I read it. Really, really glad. Amazing start to this series!
This was my second book that took place Prague recently and the city seems great. And as mentioned in my last review, now it's in my "must visit"-list.
This book was so ometional and overwhelming and everything, that it's so hard to say anything about it. I loved it. It sums it up pretty good. But that's not a proper review, so I need to write something that tells little bit more.
We have a tendancy with YA books to have stories that have super happy couples and happy endings where everything works out and everything is just kisses and butterflies and stuff. Not in this book. This book is pretty dark and Karou's and Akiva's lovestory is really tragic. Kind of like Romeo and Juliet mated with YA paranormal romance. It was powerful and heartbreaking and... I don't know. I really can't wait to read more. This book was so unique and extraordinary and the world behind it is great. I love it and I love everything about this book.
