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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
4.5 stars for me! I will have a full review up soon but I really enjoyed this story! Super fun and lots of surprises!
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love Kami and I wish we can be best friends. She was hilarious and her comments and interactions to other people were great! My heart broke at the end for her.
“Nothing else ever mattered to me, and you weren’t even real. All I ever wanted was you." The words of Jared Lynburn.
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! Everything about it drew me in from the first page to the last. Sorry-in-the-vale is the dark, quiet, mysterious, little english town everyone hopes to find in a book. Search NO more people! It's right here!!! Kami is different from the other characters I've read about before, she's like a breath of fresh air you didn't even know you needed. I love the whole "Imaginary friend" thing Brennan has going on here, it was something new & she totally pulled it off! Let me just say... Jared is absolutely delicious! *swoon* I ate up every single word he said. Haha! I've yet to find another book that made me laugh as hard as this one did. Since the second book is already out, you won't have to wait for the excruciating cliff hanger like I did... That was SO hard! Trust me, you NEED this book!
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! Everything about it drew me in from the first page to the last. Sorry-in-the-vale is the dark, quiet, mysterious, little english town everyone hopes to find in a book. Search NO more people! It's right here!!! Kami is different from the other characters I've read about before, she's like a breath of fresh air you didn't even know you needed. I love the whole "Imaginary friend" thing Brennan has going on here, it was something new & she totally pulled it off! Let me just say... Jared is absolutely delicious! *swoon* I ate up every single word he said. Haha! I've yet to find another book that made me laugh as hard as this one did. Since the second book is already out, you won't have to wait for the excruciating cliff hanger like I did... That was SO hard! Trust me, you NEED this book!
Best banter, lovable mains, exciting romances--Brennan writes what I wanna read. So excited for the rest of this series AND her adult debut this summer!!
Mediocre ya fantasy. This book started of slowly for me. It dragged on, and in truth, if I hadn't been away from home, and hadn't already read all other books I brought - I wouldn't have finished it.
I do still give two stars though, as it did pick up pace from the middle on, and the ending was really ok.
I wouldn't have started the story if I knew beforehand how long it'd take to take off - but I'm not a very patient person.
If you are ok with holding up for a while before the action starts you might enjoy this anyway.
I do still give two stars though, as it did pick up pace from the middle on, and the ending was really ok.
I wouldn't have started the story if I knew beforehand how long it'd take to take off - but I'm not a very patient person.
If you are ok with holding up for a while before the action starts you might enjoy this anyway.
A book of sinister whimsy, fantastically unique characters, and a dark Gothic heart.
“Kami'd always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real objection to the handsome prince.”
I don't know what went wrong with this book. I feel like Unspoken could have been awesome, but in the end it just settled for OK.
Let's be clear: it is a good book. It's interesting and original, with very likeable characters; I loved its humour and the witty dialogues, as well as the gothic atmosphere.
Kami is a great heroine, absolutely hilarious and quite clever and very easy to like, even if she falls in the plain-girl-surrounded-by-beautiful-friends-that-every-guy-loves-anyway cliché. I mean, I get it. Looks are not everything and you can be loved and all even if you're not that good-looking. I GET it. So please, dear authors, stop stressing that in every single book you write, because it's getting very annoying.
The other characters were nice as well, but unfortunately I couldn't really connect with any of them.
Another thing I had problems with was the writing style: so fast that sometimes I didn't even realize what was going on or how the characters had ended up in a certain place, so I had to go back and read it again. It just felt... awkward and it failed to get me interested in what was happening to Kami & Co.
However, overall, Unspoken was an enjoyable and fun read, and I'm sure many people will like it better than I did. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I felt like there was a lot of wasted potential, which is a pity. Still, I have faith in its sequel, which I will surely read because that cliffhanger sounds really promising, and I can't wait to know how things will evolve.
I haven't fallen so hard for a book series in awhile. I was so distracted, I could focus or concentrate and read until 3AM in the morning, and read all three books voraciously in a row. Like the book addict I am.
Firstly, the dialogue was funny. Like REALLY funny. Consistently hilarious dialogue.
Secondly, Kami seemed a lot more fleshed out then some of the more one dimensional characters in some YA novels. She was fiercely loyal to her friends, she had quirky style sense, and wasn't always on about how she looked, she had interests, she sets up the school newspaper, she's close with her parents and two brothers. Her parents are also hilarious.
And this might be my favorite part of all
And while it's one thing to think to an invisible stranger all your deep and innermost thoughts, it's quite different when that person shows up and you're confronted with someone who knows things, that you don't want anyone to know.
Jared has lived a hard life, and he has a lot of self esteem and trust issues. He wants to lose himself in Kami, truly he hates himself so much that he tends to see her as his only redemption. Kami, as much as she tries, relies on their connection, but it's too intense, she wants so badly for them to be individuals, so badly for their to be space and privacy. She finds herself pressured under Jared's obsession with her, to lie, to placate him, to find ways to say, I don't love you, but I care for you, but I will always be there for you. All the while every thought and feeling is being communicated. It creates such a weird dynamic and mixture of emotions, that the author really plays up and really lets it be confusing, and ugly, and beautiful, unhealthy, and healthy. And many more adjectives that are the opposite of each other.
Firstly, the dialogue was funny. Like REALLY funny. Consistently hilarious dialogue.
Secondly, Kami seemed a lot more fleshed out then some of the more one dimensional characters in some YA novels. She was fiercely loyal to her friends, she had quirky style sense, and wasn't always on about how she looked, she had interests, she sets up the school newspaper, she's close with her parents and two brothers. Her parents are also hilarious.
And this might be my favorite part of all
Spoiler
she has this imaginary friend that she's been speaking to her in her head, her whole entire life. And then he shows up in the flesh, and they feel an instant connection and their all consuming love brought them together....NO! None of that! He's horrible, and awful and they hate each other. She thinks he looks creepy and weird, especially next to his cousin who looks just like him, only normal and sweet.And while it's one thing to think to an invisible stranger all your deep and innermost thoughts, it's quite different when that person shows up and you're confronted with someone who knows things, that you don't want anyone to know.
Jared has lived a hard life, and he has a lot of self esteem and trust issues. He wants to lose himself in Kami, truly he hates himself so much that he tends to see her as his only redemption. Kami, as much as she tries, relies on their connection, but it's too intense, she wants so badly for them to be individuals, so badly for their to be space and privacy. She finds herself pressured under Jared's obsession with her, to lie, to placate him, to find ways to say, I don't love you, but I care for you, but I will always be there for you. All the while every thought and feeling is being communicated.