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A review by jenniferstrand
Imitation by Heather Hildenbrand
3.0
Review originally posted at www.fictitiousdelicious.com on 08/21/14:
I almost wish I could give this book two ratings--one for the first 2/3 and another for the last 1/3 because I have different feelings between the two. But since the strict rules of book blogging established at the same time the wheel was invented prevents me from doing this. So, we're going to mesh the two ratings together for an average.
The first 2/3 of this story was pretty darn good. There wasn't anything wrong with it--it just didn't stand out as particularly amazafantabulous to me, you know? There's a lot of world setup, which was well done, a pretty predictable story line, which was also well done, and a main character who's yearning to, well...BE, which was--you guessed it--really well done. See? No complaints. Just nothing to necessarily write home about.
And then the last third happens.
This is where Hildenbrand's story started running on all cylinders for me. You may be able to guess where the story line is going, but let me tell you THIS: It won't matter. Fun seems like a completely inappropriate word to use when describing all the things that happen to Ven, but it was. It was fun. I tore through the pages because there's a good dose of action, a scene with a motorcycle I imagined myself into, and twisty twists that twist! That's a recipe for fun if I've ever heard one.
I'm confident that DEVIATION, book two in the series, is going to own my attention from the moment I pick it up through the last page. I expect great things based on how things end in this installment. C'mon, December! Get here.
I almost wish I could give this book two ratings--one for the first 2/3 and another for the last 1/3 because I have different feelings between the two. But since the strict rules of book blogging established at the same time the wheel was invented prevents me from doing this. So, we're going to mesh the two ratings together for an average.
The first 2/3 of this story was pretty darn good. There wasn't anything wrong with it--it just didn't stand out as particularly amazafantabulous to me, you know? There's a lot of world setup, which was well done, a pretty predictable story line, which was also well done, and a main character who's yearning to, well...BE, which was--you guessed it--really well done. See? No complaints. Just nothing to necessarily write home about.
And then the last third happens.
This is where Hildenbrand's story started running on all cylinders for me. You may be able to guess where the story line is going, but let me tell you THIS: It won't matter. Fun seems like a completely inappropriate word to use when describing all the things that happen to Ven, but it was. It was fun. I tore through the pages because there's a good dose of action, a scene with a motorcycle I imagined myself into, and twisty twists that twist! That's a recipe for fun if I've ever heard one.
I'm confident that DEVIATION, book two in the series, is going to own my attention from the moment I pick it up through the last page. I expect great things based on how things end in this installment. C'mon, December! Get here.