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A review by endlessreader
Clarity by Kim Harrington
4.0
I’ll admit it. When I first started Clarity, I assumed it was going to be like EVERY OTHER paranormal young-adult romance: shallow, with an annoying heroine, and a controlling alpha male guy. But Clarity wasn’t like that at all. I actually found it a bit different from the other paranormal young adult romances (you know, the ones that are trying to capitalize on Twilight’s fame of having a very unoriginal premise) and enjoyable.
I liked that the book wasn’t mainly about the romance. It actually had a plot and wasn’t all mushy-mushy “I love yous” with an itty bitty resolution at the end to make it seem like it had a plot when it really doesn‘t. The mystery in Clarity was also very intriguing. It made sense and bonus points to the author for keeping me guessing most of the way. I usually figure out the whodunit at the very beginning or by the middle, but with Clarity I kept thinking “No, it was this person. Wait, no! It was that person! No, no, no, it was THAT person!”
As for the romance, I didn’t really like Gabriel all that much. He reminded me of Jess from Gilmore Girls and I loathed Jess. I like Justin way more (which is shocking considering what happened in their relationship). I basically liked EVERY OTHER guy more than Gabriel. I guess I found him a bit standoffish. But the romance didn’t make me roll my eyes the way it usually does, so again, I award the author bonus points for that. Oh, and I really liked Clarity (the character). She was feisty and spoke her mind often. That’s what I want in a young adult heroine. Someone strong-headed and logical. Not just someone who follows a guy blindly.
However, not all of Clarity was good. I had a very big “suspend belief (or disbelief)” moment. No detective in his right mind is going to employ teenagers in the case no matter how unofficial it is (or at least partake in the case as much as Clarity and Gabriel did). It just doesn’t happen. If you add in the fact that one of those teenagers is a psychic and the other is his offspring then you pretty much have me ranting “this just doesn’t happen.” First of all, a good detective wouldn’t want to put minors in any unnecessary danger. Secondly, any evidence obtained would be debunked by any good defense attorney. They could argue that the evidence (not counting the premonitions because that’s a whole other topic) was tainted or that there is a conflict of interest with the detective’s son finding the evidence and so on. Any evidence obtained by those means would be thrown out by whatever judge assigned to the case. Or so I believe by my many Law and Order: SVU marathons that I’ve been watching this week. That was my main gripe with Clarity.
Besides that, I did really enjoy Clarity. It was a pretty unique paranormal romance (I.e. not a Twilight knock-off) and it was a quick, breezy read. I just could not put this book down (I ended up reading it in one sitting). So, Clarity is highly recommended.
I liked that the book wasn’t mainly about the romance. It actually had a plot and wasn’t all mushy-mushy “I love yous” with an itty bitty resolution at the end to make it seem like it had a plot when it really doesn‘t. The mystery in Clarity was also very intriguing. It made sense and bonus points to the author for keeping me guessing most of the way. I usually figure out the whodunit at the very beginning or by the middle, but with Clarity I kept thinking “No, it was this person. Wait, no! It was that person! No, no, no, it was THAT person!”
As for the romance, I didn’t really like Gabriel all that much. He reminded me of Jess from Gilmore Girls and I loathed Jess. I like Justin way more (which is shocking considering what happened in their relationship). I basically liked EVERY OTHER guy more than Gabriel. I guess I found him a bit standoffish. But the romance didn’t make me roll my eyes the way it usually does, so again, I award the author bonus points for that. Oh, and I really liked Clarity (the character). She was feisty and spoke her mind often. That’s what I want in a young adult heroine. Someone strong-headed and logical. Not just someone who follows a guy blindly.
However, not all of Clarity was good. I had a very big “suspend belief (or disbelief)” moment. No detective in his right mind is going to employ teenagers in the case no matter how unofficial it is (or at least partake in the case as much as Clarity and Gabriel did). It just doesn’t happen. If you add in the fact that one of those teenagers is a psychic and the other is his offspring then you pretty much have me ranting “this just doesn’t happen.” First of all, a good detective wouldn’t want to put minors in any unnecessary danger. Secondly, any evidence obtained would be debunked by any good defense attorney. They could argue that the evidence (not counting the premonitions because that’s a whole other topic) was tainted or that there is a conflict of interest with the detective’s son finding the evidence and so on. Any evidence obtained by those means would be thrown out by whatever judge assigned to the case. Or so I believe by my many Law and Order: SVU marathons that I’ve been watching this week. That was my main gripe with Clarity.
Besides that, I did really enjoy Clarity. It was a pretty unique paranormal romance (I.e. not a Twilight knock-off) and it was a quick, breezy read. I just could not put this book down (I ended up reading it in one sitting). So, Clarity is highly recommended.