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Let me start out by saying I normally don't read romance books. They're frequently unrealistic, stupid, and unbelievably gushy. I'm more into the action-ya stuff. That being said, I have a scale of rating for romance books. The best being equal to, over, or slightly under The Fault in Our Stars and the worst being at or under Blue is for Nightmares (that book is a scourge upon humanity. I recommend setting it on fire. Maybe drop a a couple thousand bombs on it, just to make sure) This book was kind of in the middle.
I sorta liked this book. I normally hate romance books (unless it's John Green) and it was pretty much the same for this book. I literally just finished reading it, and the only reaction I have is 'meh'. It wasn't great; it wasn't horrible.
From the beginning of this story, it seemed almost exactly like Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Mousy girl wants the procedure to 'cure' her and then wam bam meets hot mysterious outcast dude who changes her mind and then WAM 'I'll do anything for you' It's extremely cliche.
The characters were kind of flat and boring. Alex was the typical 'mysterious guy with tragic backstory' and Lena was the typical 'mousy not beautiful shy girl who does everything for the mysterious guy' and Hana was kind of just a background filler character. She was just kind of -there-.
The plot was kind of really boring. A society that believes that love is a disease and that all should be cured of it. REALLY?! I mean I'm sorry, but that is just unrealistic and every time I mention it to someone their reactions are all exactly the same: 'what the rocky road are you talking about?' and that is my reaction through this entire story.
It's one of those summer beach reads, I guess. Not really memorable, but at least it's not Blue is for Nightmares bad. Will I read the sequel? Hmm. Maybe someday. Or never. The world may never know.
I sorta liked this book. I normally hate romance books (unless it's John Green) and it was pretty much the same for this book. I literally just finished reading it, and the only reaction I have is 'meh'. It wasn't great; it wasn't horrible.
From the beginning of this story, it seemed almost exactly like Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Mousy girl wants the procedure to 'cure' her and then wam bam meets hot mysterious outcast dude who changes her mind and then WAM 'I'll do anything for you' It's extremely cliche.
The characters were kind of flat and boring. Alex was the typical 'mysterious guy with tragic backstory' and Lena was the typical 'mousy not beautiful shy girl who does everything for the mysterious guy' and Hana was kind of just a background filler character. She was just kind of -there-.
The plot was kind of really boring. A society that believes that love is a disease and that all should be cured of it. REALLY?! I mean I'm sorry, but that is just unrealistic and every time I mention it to someone their reactions are all exactly the same: 'what the rocky road are you talking about?' and that is my reaction through this entire story.
It's one of those summer beach reads, I guess. Not really memorable, but at least it's not Blue is for Nightmares bad. Will I read the sequel? Hmm. Maybe someday. Or never. The world may never know.