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The Connection by Dana Claire
4.0

Thank you, Dana Claire for the copy and personally reaching out to me for this copy.

I am not much for aliens, honestly. When I first read the description of the book, I was skeptic because I am not familiar or "assimilated" to this genre.

I was surprised by how much I ended up enjoying it. When I started, I was so confused because of some terminology but it all cleared up moving forward. I started getting into it close to middle and now that I finished - I need to know when I can have the second book. Haha.

I really like the idea of this book and it was very tense as you don't know what's going to happen to Bea and the gang. I was hoping to have more clarity in the next book on the DOAA and even more history on the Ferroans.

Out of all the characters, I adored Grouper and Darla. They brought out colour to a somewhat dull Bea.

Beatrice was thrown in the middle without so much knowledge of what is actually going on and I feel for her. She was very clueless, though, towards Coach Barb. If she only had mentioned the interactions with Cash and the group.

Cash is the leader of the group assigned to protect Bea and the source. Heartbroken after his girlfriend was killed and had her power sourced harvested and into a human that he now had to protect. I was hoping of more background from him as well. I knew they would be love interest but I wished I felt the budding through their interactions. I understand both confused the feelings as Bea only harboring Cash's girlfriend's power source but real feelings towards Bea were mentioned, however I really didn't feel it though.

While reading this, all I could imagine was Twilight. Tasha was Alice - keeps the group grounded. Sam was Rosalie - hated Bea at first but they became bffs. I liked that the book is setup for a bigger reveal and can't wait to see what book two brings.

Thank you again, Dana Claire, for writing this piece. :)