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kindleandcrochet's review
1.0
What the ever loving f**k?!
Seriously whats with this chick? All of the guys? really can she not make her mind up or is she just that fickle and reckless and heartless?
I mean i get the guys but must she do everything with each of them... i mean yeh you appreciate a good looking guy but you don't just go round kissing them all for no good reason other than they are there!!!
And i get sleeping in a bed would be bettet than a 'couch' so ok but really a different guy everyday?! And whats with the whole she likes them all but has no intention of telling any of them that shes making out with all the others?! With no thought to how this will fuck with their lives let alone her own and shes so fucked uo she cant even figure out how she feels about anything anyway.... Seriously....?
I was actually really looking forward to this book the blurb was really fascinating and the guys characters were so diverse and interesting i mean Raven is f*cking fantastic and Corey is so cute its unbelievable... It was fascinating to read their interactions and then introduce Kayli and it was even better, the way she started out with Raven was awesome exactly like me a some guy friends...
But the whole im going to fall in love with every good looking guy in the book, oh wait they're all so hood looking all tan and trim and you're first meeting of Axel... really...was that necessary?! There was no need for it... and theres no real explaination of what the Academy is whoch is so frustrating and why is she all trusting of these guys that basically kidbapped her?! i know she addresses some of these but theres never an actual answrr or even an illusion of an answer.
this could have been so much better with out the whole lets make out with everyone she sees... its exhausting trying to keep up, also the blurb says something about mature content... where?! i think i remember the word sex once and that was when she wasn't having sex with a guy... and tbh there really wasn't all the much violence either i mean yeh people got shot and there was a small explosion but really violence?! Jeez...
Seriously whats with this chick? All of the guys? really can she not make her mind up or is she just that fickle and reckless and heartless?
I mean i get the guys but must she do everything with each of them... i mean yeh you appreciate a good looking guy but you don't just go round kissing them all for no good reason other than they are there!!!
And i get sleeping in a bed would be bettet than a 'couch' so ok but really a different guy everyday?! And whats with the whole she likes them all but has no intention of telling any of them that shes making out with all the others?! With no thought to how this will fuck with their lives let alone her own and shes so fucked uo she cant even figure out how she feels about anything anyway.... Seriously....?
I was actually really looking forward to this book the blurb was really fascinating and the guys characters were so diverse and interesting i mean Raven is f*cking fantastic and Corey is so cute its unbelievable... It was fascinating to read their interactions and then introduce Kayli and it was even better, the way she started out with Raven was awesome exactly like me a some guy friends...
But the whole im going to fall in love with every good looking guy in the book, oh wait they're all so hood looking all tan and trim and you're first meeting of Axel... really...was that necessary?! There was no need for it... and theres no real explaination of what the Academy is whoch is so frustrating and why is she all trusting of these guys that basically kidbapped her?! i know she addresses some of these but theres never an actual answrr or even an illusion of an answer.
this could have been so much better with out the whole lets make out with everyone she sees... its exhausting trying to keep up, also the blurb says something about mature content... where?! i think i remember the word sex once and that was when she wasn't having sex with a guy... and tbh there really wasn't all the much violence either i mean yeh people got shot and there was a small explosion but really violence?! Jeez...
vailynst's review
3.0
Notes:
4 Stars for Narration by Megan Tusing
3.5 Stars for Characters
3 Stars for Plot
Audible Escape
Good fun & decent start to a series. A little overkill on the angst but the story has promise. Everything needs to be fleshed out more and I hope that happens in the following books.
4 Stars for Narration by Megan Tusing
3.5 Stars for Characters
3 Stars for Plot
Audible Escape
Good fun & decent start to a series. A little overkill on the angst but the story has promise. Everything needs to be fleshed out more and I hope that happens in the following books.
storytimewithlily's review
3.0
Doesn't capture me as much as the Ghost Bird series (seriously when's the next book coming?!?), but I'm intrigued enough to want to know what happens with the cliff hanger.
donnek's review
2.0
I'm typically not a YA reader, except for Cassandra Clare and Jennifer Armentrout because they are so incredibly accomplished with the world building and character development that it doesn't matter that there is no sex because you get so caught up in the phenomenal story.
I chose to read this book because of the warning that this contained mature sexual and violent situations and themes. For the record folks, I don't consider kissing "mature sexual theme" and that was the extent of the "sexual" nature of this book. It's not like these characters were minors either, they were legal adults. At least when Clare's and Armentrout's characters grow up and become adults, their romantic relationships transpire into sexual ones.
The story and plotline in this book was sooo lame and the characters kind of stupid. After taking a peek at the rest of the series, the thought of an entire series of reading Kayli prick tease a bunch of dumb "boys"? Yuuuccckkk!!! No. Thank. You. I'll pass.
I chose to read this book because of the warning that this contained mature sexual and violent situations and themes. For the record folks, I don't consider kissing "mature sexual theme" and that was the extent of the "sexual" nature of this book. It's not like these characters were minors either, they were legal adults. At least when Clare's and Armentrout's characters grow up and become adults, their romantic relationships transpire into sexual ones.
The story and plotline in this book was sooo lame and the characters kind of stupid. After taking a peek at the rest of the series, the thought of an entire series of reading Kayli prick tease a bunch of dumb "boys"? Yuuuccckkk!!! No. Thank. You. I'll pass.
terriaminute's review
2.0
This had potential, but for me that ended at 48% in. My interest had been falling for a few chapters, but when the MC claims girls as teammates bring too much "drama"? When the boys she's with are hardly robots?
*taps MC on the shoulder* Listen, Kayli. Since these guys are hardly drama-free, that means that you, the common element, are the actual problem.
And I question whether the author was aware of that, given the other MC traits she used but never explored, such as Kayli's attraction to every guy she's near, and loving to roughhouse with the boys. Traits that aren't supported by history read as empty. That, on top of some confusion over who's who, a meandering plot, and often-annoying MC inner monologue? Bah. Done.
As usual, YMMV.
*taps MC on the shoulder* Listen, Kayli. Since these guys are hardly drama-free, that means that you, the common element, are the actual problem.
And I question whether the author was aware of that, given the other MC traits she used but never explored, such as Kayli's attraction to every guy she's near, and loving to roughhouse with the boys. Traits that aren't supported by history read as empty. That, on top of some confusion over who's who, a meandering plot, and often-annoying MC inner monologue? Bah. Done.
As usual, YMMV.
pb_n_reads's review
3.0
3 stars for nostalgia and weird enjoyment
2 starts for quality lol. It't such a dumb book.
2 starts for quality lol. It't such a dumb book.
lauren716's review
5.0
https://laurenbodiford123.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/thief-review-scarab-beetle-series-1/
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