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the_bibliophile_pile's review
2.0
Blah. Can someone please tell me how a book about a succubus can be so... So.. Lame?? So PG?
This book has left me completely frustrated... I didn't like the roles the characters played.. No wonder it was free...
This book has left me completely frustrated... I didn't like the roles the characters played.. No wonder it was free...
charkar's review against another edition
1.0
When I first started this book I really wanted to like it. I was willing to look past the flawless main character and the fact that boys are constantly falling all over her (even though that's pretty much the plot) in order to truly appreciate the book. I don't have anything against supernatural characters, in fact I quite like them. What I don't like, however, is when they're beautiful and perfect and are overly-dramatic like 'oh no I'm a vampire/demon/whatever I'm so awkward everyone hates me yet I'm perfect'. For once I'd like to see a book with a supernatural main character that's not exactly pretty, has flaws and doesn't have 2678 enemies at school.
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a young adult book, but if so I find the constant 'he's hot I'm a demon I want to rip his clothes off oops I can't' extremely boring, overdone and frankly, annoying. I understand that teens Lily's age think like that and I get that she's a demon that thrives on male attention but that she's trying to control herself, but the constant reminder of the sexual tension and desire between them begins to wear thin after a few pages. Sure, a lot of teens might like to read about desire ant lust and whatnot, but can we just get on with the plot and not have to stop every chapter to mention how hot he looks and how much she wants him?
Speaking of the plot, it's pretty bad. Sending Ben to the hospital I can understand, seeing as she's a demon, but the whole running away with a boy she's just met? Over dramatic and unnecessary if you ask me. I find it hard to believe that someone who felt so guilty would be able to leave, even if they were worried about being found out for what they truly are, and put their trust completely unto someone that they hardly know. I also find it hard to believe that her parents would be okay with running away with a strange, overprotective boy who seems to control Lily and likes telling her what she can't do.
The romance side is also pretty poor. It's unbelievable for starters. Who falls madly in love with someone they've only laid eyes on once? Who runs away with a stranger and thinks it's totally okay because they're 'in love'? Who's parents would be okay with that? And then the whole getting angry at him when he thinks about becoming mortal again? Darling, not everything is about you so let the boy decide without the 'you don't care how could you' attitude. I find it hard to believe that people in real life actually act like this, and that people actually enjoy reading stuff like this.
One thing I did enjoy was the line 'we have to get these people off our backs'. I couldn't help but laugh after reading it. Just because you love him doesn't mean they're suddenly hunting you down. Sure, they want to torture you but they aren't 'on your back' all of a sudden. They're on Jake's back because he's immortal. They aren't on Lily's back because she's not important to them, but they think they can use her to get Jake to talk.
I just don't even know what to say, really. I was expecting this to be different from all the other supernatural books I've read, due to it not being written in first person, but I was wrong. Overall, I didn't enjoy it, thought it was cliché and I wouldn't recommend it.
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a young adult book, but if so I find the constant 'he's hot I'm a demon I want to rip his clothes off oops I can't' extremely boring, overdone and frankly, annoying. I understand that teens Lily's age think like that and I get that she's a demon that thrives on male attention but that she's trying to control herself, but the constant reminder of the sexual tension and desire between them begins to wear thin after a few pages. Sure, a lot of teens might like to read about desire ant lust and whatnot, but can we just get on with the plot and not have to stop every chapter to mention how hot he looks and how much she wants him?
Speaking of the plot, it's pretty bad. Sending Ben to the hospital I can understand, seeing as she's a demon, but the whole running away with a boy she's just met? Over dramatic and unnecessary if you ask me. I find it hard to believe that someone who felt so guilty would be able to leave, even if they were worried about being found out for what they truly are, and put their trust completely unto someone that they hardly know. I also find it hard to believe that her parents would be okay with running away with a strange, overprotective boy who seems to control Lily and likes telling her what she can't do.
The romance side is also pretty poor. It's unbelievable for starters. Who falls madly in love with someone they've only laid eyes on once? Who runs away with a stranger and thinks it's totally okay because they're 'in love'? Who's parents would be okay with that? And then the whole getting angry at him when he thinks about becoming mortal again? Darling, not everything is about you so let the boy decide without the 'you don't care how could you' attitude. I find it hard to believe that people in real life actually act like this, and that people actually enjoy reading stuff like this.
One thing I did enjoy was the line 'we have to get these people off our backs'. I couldn't help but laugh after reading it. Just because you love him doesn't mean they're suddenly hunting you down. Sure, they want to torture you but they aren't 'on your back' all of a sudden. They're on Jake's back because he's immortal. They aren't on Lily's back because she's not important to them, but they think they can use her to get Jake to talk.
I just don't even know what to say, really. I was expecting this to be different from all the other supernatural books I've read, due to it not being written in first person, but I was wrong. Overall, I didn't enjoy it, thought it was cliché and I wouldn't recommend it.
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