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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Alienated by Melissa Landers is the tale of an experimental extraterrestrial student exchange. An alien race has contacted Earth and provided mankind with a cure for cancer. In an attempt to test the compatibility of this alien race with humans, they send three teenager equivalents from their society to this planet to integrate just as a foreign exchange student would. The American family chosen to host one of the student ambassador's has already received the gift of healing for the mother of the family as she had been battling breast cancer. The daughter is valedictorian in her school and a debate team whiz kid. The story progresses slowly at first as the reader is provided a lot of background information that occurred before the arrival of the exchange students. Of course, there is opposition factions of people that just want the aliens gone which provides conflict for the main characters. The story does eventually pick up interest and ends having captured the reader well enough to encourage the purchase of the second book, which I have done and am only waiting for it's arrival to continue on with the saga.
Super hot alien but...GIMME NOW! Seriously, I've fallen in love with aliens. After avoiding the little green monsters my entire life, I've become obsessed. Obsidian, Star Crossed, and now...
This book was awesome. No NA or X-rated scenes *score!*, no insta-love or super unrealistic character traits, character development, awesome sauce plot line, engaging writing and...of course, an exquisite ending.
They say you always remember the beginning and end of things, and I guess that's really true. What do I remember? Attitude changes, revelations, secrets and change. especially change.
A lot of people are scared of change. Heck, IM scared of change. But this book....taught me change isn't always bad. We can think we're doing really well and yet at the drop of a hat that can all break apart. It taught me to be strong within myself and to stick with my beliefs.
It also taught me aliens are hot. It taught me that even people who appear to have their life sorted can be lost. It taught me I'm not alone and sometimes that's all you need.
This book was engaging, interactive, accessible, relatable and more! I can't WAIT to read the next one! (No seriously, February?!? -.-) all I want now is to hold it in my hands...Gerd dermit please appear in Aussie book stores!!
This book was awesome. No NA or X-rated scenes *score!*, no insta-love or super unrealistic character traits, character development, awesome sauce plot line, engaging writing and...of course, an exquisite ending.
They say you always remember the beginning and end of things, and I guess that's really true. What do I remember? Attitude changes, revelations, secrets and change. especially change.
A lot of people are scared of change. Heck, IM scared of change. But this book....taught me change isn't always bad. We can think we're doing really well and yet at the drop of a hat that can all break apart. It taught me to be strong within myself and to stick with my beliefs.
It also taught me aliens are hot. It taught me that even people who appear to have their life sorted can be lost. It taught me I'm not alone and sometimes that's all you need.
This book was engaging, interactive, accessible, relatable and more! I can't WAIT to read the next one! (No seriously, February?!? -.-) all I want now is to hold it in my hands...Gerd dermit please appear in Aussie book stores!!
Really great YA sci-fi! I loved that the world was pretty much the same on Earth as our own word. I liked that there was just the discovery of aliens, and that those aliens happened to appear very human and contain similar DNA.
The concept of an alien foreign exchange student was really cool! I really enjoyed the writing and the characters, and SHOUTOUT TO MELISSA LANDERS FOR REPRESENTING CINCINNATI!
Can't wait for book 2 because gahhh that ending!
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys sci-fi or anyone who is looking to get into sci-fi!
The concept of an alien foreign exchange student was really cool! I really enjoyed the writing and the characters, and SHOUTOUT TO MELISSA LANDERS FOR REPRESENTING CINCINNATI!
Can't wait for book 2 because gahhh that ending!
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys sci-fi or anyone who is looking to get into sci-fi!
This was exactly what I was looking for!
Full review to come.
Full review to come.
Alienated was the first sci-fi book I've read and I must say, it was a lovely start and I ADORE this book
Melissa Landers builds this relationship in a way that makes it feel so real, nothing is forced and you can actually see the characters fall deeply in love
I hope to see more of Cara's relationship with her brother and Aelyx befriending Tori and Eric - both of whom I hated halfway through the book but sorta forgave in the almost-end
SO EXCITED TO THE NEXT ONE
Melissa Landers builds this relationship in a way that makes it feel so real, nothing is forced and you can actually see the characters fall deeply in love
I hope to see more of Cara's relationship with her brother and Aelyx befriending Tori and Eric - both of whom I hated halfway through the book but sorta forgave in the almost-end
SO EXCITED TO THE NEXT ONE
I really enjoyed this book. Was an easy read and fast paced. Also helped me out of a book slump, so I'm happy.
Original:http://mybookliferead.blogspot.com/2014/08/alienated-review.html
Aliens that are just crazy-evolved humans that don't have three eyes and green skin? Seems awesomeee.
The Ups: The entire concept of aliens not being some weird "I come in peace" green things and intellectually advanced, selectively bred, "better" versions of humans was really cool. I think that the entire concept of other life on other planets fascinates me, and to think of it like this was very fresh. I really enjoyed imagining L'eihr and the people living on it, and their culture and such.
Aelyx was an amazing character, and I totally had a huge crush on him. I am not ashamed. I think that he really embodied how we make mistakes and view groups as stereotypes, and only think the way we were raised to think. His intellect and his cultural differences made him the perfect amount of awkward.
Cara was, I think, somewhat of a "perfect" girl, and that annoyed me at first, but as the book went on and everyone seemed to hate her, I think that made me feel kind of sorry for her and sympathize.
What I really liked, though, were the small supporting characters. Tori and Eric were especially my favorite, sticking with her until the end. Her parents too, I think, showed a incredible surge of bravery.
The Downs: This book had the potential to be something more. It had the strength to not be just another romance novel, but to make people compare our everyday lives and our bias about things we don't know, and how we could work to break that wall. Instead it turned into a book about saving Earth and staying together to marry each other or whatever and I was over here like, "Come ON."
Also that and the book was so crazy cheesy. Like cheesy as in double cheese hamburger with a hunk of cheese as the burger and cheese fries with it. Some parts I was inwardly groaning because I could not take that much stereotypical teenage love at one time.
Overall: Not bad, but it could have been more.
Aliens that are just crazy-evolved humans that don't have three eyes and green skin? Seems awesomeee.
The Ups: The entire concept of aliens not being some weird "I come in peace" green things and intellectually advanced, selectively bred, "better" versions of humans was really cool. I think that the entire concept of other life on other planets fascinates me, and to think of it like this was very fresh. I really enjoyed imagining L'eihr and the people living on it, and their culture and such.
Aelyx was an amazing character, and I totally had a huge crush on him. I am not ashamed. I think that he really embodied how we make mistakes and view groups as stereotypes, and only think the way we were raised to think. His intellect and his cultural differences made him the perfect amount of awkward.
Cara was, I think, somewhat of a "perfect" girl, and that annoyed me at first, but as the book went on and everyone seemed to hate her, I think that made me feel kind of sorry for her and sympathize.
What I really liked, though, were the small supporting characters. Tori and Eric were especially my favorite, sticking with her until the end. Her parents too, I think, showed a incredible surge of bravery.
The Downs: This book had the potential to be something more. It had the strength to not be just another romance novel, but to make people compare our everyday lives and our bias about things we don't know, and how we could work to break that wall. Instead it turned into a book about saving Earth and staying together to marry each other or whatever and I was over here like, "Come ON."
Also that and the book was so crazy cheesy. Like cheesy as in double cheese hamburger with a hunk of cheese as the burger and cheese fries with it. Some parts I was inwardly groaning because I could not take that much stereotypical teenage love at one time.
Overall: Not bad, but it could have been more.
i adore this book .great way of interpreting the futur. can't wait for the 2nd book.
Fascinating. Intriguing. Unique! And definitely in my top 5 of books I read this year.
Those are the first things that come up, writing this review. I won a copy of Alienated over at A Book Vacation, and I could not have been happier because I absolutely adored the story. It was such a slow burn that I kept rooting for both sides.
Cara quickly became one of my favorite female YA characters. She is snarky, feisty, adorable but so incredibly strong and not afraid to show her weaknesses. She is one of those girls that you just instantly like and root for. And she doesn’t take shit from anyone, which was a huge plus for me as well!
Aelyx, although not innocent at all, grew on me really, really quickly. I laughed several times at his 'internet research' and just…If I look back at the beginning of the book and now, he has changed so much that he almost appears…human. Even though emotions aren’t part of his life, I absolutely loved how protective he was of his Cah-ra.
Ms. Landers did such a good job at portraying how we, as humans, see the unknown. We fight fire with fire. We do not want to change or welcome it for that matter, and this book brought that issue out so well. Add the whole corruption in the government thing, and you have all the ingredients for an amazing plot. Though nothing is what it seems and even though I saw a few plot points coming, others I was completely baffled with and I loved that surprise. There was so much tension, anger, love, friendship, mystery…this book had it all. I honestly couldn’t put it down. It had a bit of a slow start for me, but then I spent the last few hours reading like a maniac, because: I just.could.not.stop!
Even though L'eihr sounds a bit doom and gloom with all the gray and silent speech going on, I cannot wait to read the next book and find out how everything will turn out. And even though everything seems quite okay at the end of Alienated, there were a few scenes that made it very, very clear that not everything is going to go well in the next book. So sequel: hurry up and get here already, at light speed, please?!
Those are the first things that come up, writing this review. I won a copy of Alienated over at A Book Vacation, and I could not have been happier because I absolutely adored the story. It was such a slow burn that I kept rooting for both sides.
Cara quickly became one of my favorite female YA characters. She is snarky, feisty, adorable but so incredibly strong and not afraid to show her weaknesses. She is one of those girls that you just instantly like and root for. And she doesn’t take shit from anyone, which was a huge plus for me as well!
Aelyx, although not innocent at all, grew on me really, really quickly. I laughed several times at his 'internet research' and just…If I look back at the beginning of the book and now, he has changed so much that he almost appears…human. Even though emotions aren’t part of his life, I absolutely loved how protective he was of his Cah-ra.
Ms. Landers did such a good job at portraying how we, as humans, see the unknown. We fight fire with fire. We do not want to change or welcome it for that matter, and this book brought that issue out so well. Add the whole corruption in the government thing, and you have all the ingredients for an amazing plot. Though nothing is what it seems and even though I saw a few plot points coming, others I was completely baffled with and I loved that surprise. There was so much tension, anger, love, friendship, mystery…this book had it all. I honestly couldn’t put it down. It had a bit of a slow start for me, but then I spent the last few hours reading like a maniac, because: I just.could.not.stop!
Even though L'eihr sounds a bit doom and gloom with all the gray and silent speech going on, I cannot wait to read the next book and find out how everything will turn out. And even though everything seems quite okay at the end of Alienated, there were a few scenes that made it very, very clear that not everything is going to go well in the next book. So sequel: hurry up and get here already, at light speed, please?!