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gothiclibrarian's review against another edition
1.0
I had heard a lot of positive reaction to this book and upon seeing it at the library, I thought the synopsis sounded interesting and the cover was gorgeous. I couldn’t wait to start reading it. However, I was quickly disappointed.
To me, this book reads like Twilight if you had replaced vampires with fallen angels. I know there are a lot of Twilight fans out there, but I am not one of them. The prologue was very interesting, but the more I read, this less seemed to be happening in the book. You spend most of the book in Luce’s head, which was kind of irritating to me.
I really hate when girls ignore guys who are really into them to chase after, or in this case, stalk boys who want nothing to do with them or treat them like crap. Just because a guy is cute does not give him the right to treat girls like that don’t matter, nor should a girl put up with such behavior.
A lot of the first part of the book was spent dealing with the issue of whether or not Luce will make friends at her new reform school and once she finally does, you don’t hear much about her friends for chapters. The scenes just seemed to be slight variations of ones that had already happened and it got rather boring.
I know that it’s part of a series, but I really dislike when book one of a series becomes mostly set up. I know that the book has a lot of fans, but this one just didn’t do it for me and I don’t see myself continuing with the series. Despite the tag lines, I didn’t see much sexiness, romance or even all that much mystery in this one. I really wish it had turned out differently because I felt that this book had so much promise to be one that I would really like.
To me, this book reads like Twilight if you had replaced vampires with fallen angels. I know there are a lot of Twilight fans out there, but I am not one of them. The prologue was very interesting, but the more I read, this less seemed to be happening in the book. You spend most of the book in Luce’s head, which was kind of irritating to me.
I really hate when girls ignore guys who are really into them to chase after, or in this case, stalk boys who want nothing to do with them or treat them like crap. Just because a guy is cute does not give him the right to treat girls like that don’t matter, nor should a girl put up with such behavior.
A lot of the first part of the book was spent dealing with the issue of whether or not Luce will make friends at her new reform school and once she finally does, you don’t hear much about her friends for chapters. The scenes just seemed to be slight variations of ones that had already happened and it got rather boring.
I know that it’s part of a series, but I really dislike when book one of a series becomes mostly set up. I know that the book has a lot of fans, but this one just didn’t do it for me and I don’t see myself continuing with the series. Despite the tag lines, I didn’t see much sexiness, romance or even all that much mystery in this one. I really wish it had turned out differently because I felt that this book had so much promise to be one that I would really like.
pippasimp's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Death
honey00's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved this book. It was amazing. U can really feel with the characters. A must read book!!!
calycooper's review
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
rainbow_bookish_owl's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
emilyb_chicago's review against another edition
2.0
The book is primarily focused on trying to be mysterious about a plot point that is pretty obviously given away by the title of the book. As a result I found the book a little annoying, but am somehow still curious about the characters next steps. I wish they just cut all the extra fluff and combined the trilogy into one book.
katxh's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, so having reading the reviews not a lot of them are positive, let me just put it straight out there. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE TWILIGHT YOU WILL NOT ENJOY THIS BOOK! It is as simple as that, for me Twilight is, as I like to call it, 'my guilty pleasure' and I simply thought that this book, and the story line of this book was feeding into my thirst for typical romantic books. Now that this is cleared up, I shall begin -
"What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours?" - this has got to literally be one of the saddest quotes I have ever heard! But it is literally one of the first feelings whilst reading this book, you wonder, if you was to be in Lucinda's shoes would you ever be able to love someone that was a mysterious as Daniel Grigori. Although, what made me want to read the book the most was the book cover, I have never seen a book cover that looked so beautiful yet depressing, it didn't matter. I loved the plot behind the story (the written techniques could have been better) but I am not complaining.
I cannot wait for the film and watch as the book comes to life with my beautiful Jeremy Irvine as Daniel.
"What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours?" - this has got to literally be one of the saddest quotes I have ever heard! But it is literally one of the first feelings whilst reading this book, you wonder, if you was to be in Lucinda's shoes would you ever be able to love someone that was a mysterious as Daniel Grigori. Although, what made me want to read the book the most was the book cover, I have never seen a book cover that looked so beautiful yet depressing, it didn't matter. I loved the plot behind the story (the written techniques could have been better) but I am not complaining.
I cannot wait for the film and watch as the book comes to life with my beautiful Jeremy Irvine as Daniel.
ommie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
jenna_schauer's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
kate_loves_books_n_yarn's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5