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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
Echhhhhh, it's like this author read Twilight and wanted to improve upon the whole Edward-Bella-Jacob triangle by creating her own in a different universe. And she did improve upon it, but considering how bad Twilight was, that's not saying much. The love triangle in this book, while developed more carefully, is just as overblown and unbelievable as Meyer's contrivance. Lily Hunt has just enough Mary Sue in her to be compared to Bella, as well. Is she a 29-year-old woman? I don't believe it. She speaks and acts like a teenager, an immature, naive, and emotional one; and yet, she's extraodinarily powerful for a new addition to the ghost-busting team in this novel, and everyone loves her.
The writing style is easy to read - too easy, if you know what I mean. I cringed at one too many times during this book, and I'm not reading the sequel.
The writing style is easy to read - too easy, if you know what I mean. I cringed at one too many times during this book, and I'm not reading the sequel.
3.5 stars. I loved the premise, but at times, the story moved too slowly and it had too much dialogue.
I am on a role with good books lately! Lily was stocking her grandparents store when a man came in. He stared at her, told her he knew she was cheating on him and pointed a gun at her. She of course freaked out, but when her grandfather came in the man was gone. Later the tapes revealed that there was no man in the store. At first she thought she was crazy, until a vampire tried to drain her. Her mother left when she was very small, and her dad died later. Raised by her grandparents, she always knew, or felt something was missing. She is then thrown into the life of a Sentient, a human with skills, and told that she is Sentient as was as her mother. Christian the guy who brought her from her home to the Sentients home falls for her almost instantly, but it's William that she has eyes for. Very slow start, but once it picks up it doesn't slow down. Hopefully the next book will keep up the momentum.
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Lily's mother left when her Sentient light drew harmful beings, she chose to leave rather than endanger Lily or her father. William is a vampire, turned, but given back his soul so that he is mostly human now. He an Lily are soulmates, literally. He was turned into a vampire to align their time together. Abram is a seer, and knew that they were supposed to be together, and manipulated events to make that happen.
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Lily's mother left when her Sentient light drew harmful beings, she chose to leave rather than endanger Lily or her father. William is a vampire, turned, but given back his soul so that he is mostly human now. He an Lily are soulmates, literally. He was turned into a vampire to align their time together. Abram is a seer, and knew that they were supposed to be together, and manipulated events to make that happen.
I was sent a copy of this and feel in love with it <3 But I stopped coming on goodreads so I could never post a comment, I'm back now and I'm ready for the next book in the series :)
*3 & a half stars
I have to admit that I was utterly surprised by how much i liked Seers of Light. When i got approached about reviewing I thought it looked like a cute novel but I did not expect much to be quite honest and I am really glad that I was proven wrong.
Lilian Hunt is part of a world full of unimaginable power and dangers, but when we meet her in the beginning of the novel she has no idea about that and has been trying to live a normal life when strange things start to happen. However, Lilian only gets to find out about the world she belongs to when she is attacked by a vampire in the forest and a man named Christian saves her and claims to be there to “retrieve” her.
Reluctantly and at the same time curious to know more, Lilian goes with him and that’s when she discovers that she has been trying to be normal her whole life when she has been nothing but normal all along.
While I did really enjoy this book I had a hard time warming up to Lilian, there was a point in the story that i actually hated her and her self-righteous behavior. She let herself be influenced by other people’s opinions too easily in lieu of making her own and that really pissed me off. Her behavior was childish and disgusting towards Vampire with a soul, William and more than once I just wanted to beat some sense into her.
She did end up getting a grip and realizing what an a** she was being and even though I ended up dislike her much less by the end of Seers of Light, her previous behavior has definitely stuck with me since I hate any kind of prejudice.
Vampires are the villain du jour in this new series and they are vicious little creatures that made my skin crawl. The society to which Lilly is a part of has been battling these creatures for a long time and they all have endowments that help them in this fight. Seers of Light counts with a cast of great side characters that really give life to the novel.
However, my favorite character in the book was the hero, William. He is just such a sweetheart and prove that you should never judge a person by their race. He is such a tortured soul that struggles to deal with his own nature and how his world sees him and at the same time he is simply a great person that you can’t help but fall in love with. I do admit that I ended up quite enjoying him and Lilly together, too cute for words.
Christian was my least favorite character for most of the novel, he annoyed me so much. But by the end of the novel i did understand his motivations even though i did not agree with them.
All in all Seers of Light was a great surprise for me and a very interesting read. I am really looking forward to the next book, since it will be Christian’s story =)
I have to admit that I was utterly surprised by how much i liked Seers of Light. When i got approached about reviewing I thought it looked like a cute novel but I did not expect much to be quite honest and I am really glad that I was proven wrong.
Lilian Hunt is part of a world full of unimaginable power and dangers, but when we meet her in the beginning of the novel she has no idea about that and has been trying to live a normal life when strange things start to happen. However, Lilian only gets to find out about the world she belongs to when she is attacked by a vampire in the forest and a man named Christian saves her and claims to be there to “retrieve” her.
Reluctantly and at the same time curious to know more, Lilian goes with him and that’s when she discovers that she has been trying to be normal her whole life when she has been nothing but normal all along.
While I did really enjoy this book I had a hard time warming up to Lilian, there was a point in the story that i actually hated her and her self-righteous behavior. She let herself be influenced by other people’s opinions too easily in lieu of making her own and that really pissed me off. Her behavior was childish and disgusting towards Vampire with a soul, William and more than once I just wanted to beat some sense into her.
She did end up getting a grip and realizing what an a** she was being and even though I ended up dislike her much less by the end of Seers of Light, her previous behavior has definitely stuck with me since I hate any kind of prejudice.
Vampires are the villain du jour in this new series and they are vicious little creatures that made my skin crawl. The society to which Lilly is a part of has been battling these creatures for a long time and they all have endowments that help them in this fight. Seers of Light counts with a cast of great side characters that really give life to the novel.
However, my favorite character in the book was the hero, William. He is just such a sweetheart and prove that you should never judge a person by their race. He is such a tortured soul that struggles to deal with his own nature and how his world sees him and at the same time he is simply a great person that you can’t help but fall in love with. I do admit that I ended up quite enjoying him and Lilly together, too cute for words.
Christian was my least favorite character for most of the novel, he annoyed me so much. But by the end of the novel i did understand his motivations even though i did not agree with them.
All in all Seers of Light was a great surprise for me and a very interesting read. I am really looking forward to the next book, since it will be Christian’s story =)
This book is such a rare animal...it's a complete guilty pleasure book, a romance novel, and it's incredibly compelling and well written. I couldn't put it down and I had to go download the sequel immediately after finishing. This is the story of Lily, who's a small town girl running her grandparents' convenience store. When she starts seeing crazy hallucinations, and finds out that she has what amount to super powers, she just goes with it! This was so wonderfully refreshing. In most novels of this genre, one must suffer through the self-denial, complaining, and doubting of the main character for most of the book...but definitely not so here. She soon moves in with a group of similarly powered people and meets two promising love interests. Now, you will probably assume that she agonizes over which one to choose, hemming and hawing and biting her nails about it. Again, this book was so refreshing as none of that happened. Even the love interest bucks "tradition" by being vulnerable and quiet, with a lot of patience and humor. This was the best part for me...I have lately gotten pretty tired of the pushy, controlling, over the top he-man type love interests. Overall I loved this book! I can't wait to read more from this author.
Wow, this book has blown me away. I have read 20 or so books this year and none compare to this one. It's amazing (okay so I use this term quite often to describe "amazing" books but holy shit this book defines the word amazing) it's sexy and scary all at the same time. This book should be a part of everyone's collection, it is a truly wonderful story. I can't wait for #2 to come out...
I almost put this book in book swap because I think everyone should read it at least once, but I'm not willing to give up my copy as they're not easy to find. So if you find it, buy it!
I almost put this book in book swap because I think everyone should read it at least once, but I'm not willing to give up my copy as they're not easy to find. So if you find it, buy it!
To be honest, this book took me completely by surprise. I certainly wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did! Once I started the story, I couldn't put it down, even to attend my cousin's wedding. I was reading during the ceremony!!!
In Seers of Light, Ms. DeLucy illustrates a world that is ours, yet so different from anything we know. She awakens us to accept a world of new possibilities with dynamic characters that will leave their mark on you and leave you wanting to know more!
In Seers of Light, Ms. DeLucy illustrates a world that is ours, yet so different from anything we know. She awakens us to accept a world of new possibilities with dynamic characters that will leave their mark on you and leave you wanting to know more!