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The Conspiracy of Us
by Maggie Hall
God oh God was this book a gigantic rollercoaster.
First things first, the beggining. UGH. Hated it! Here we have the clicheic ordinary girl that doesn't know much about her past but turns out she is superspecial and can change the world. Oh let's not forget about the new hot boy in town that's into her. Seriously thought about dnf-ing this book just a couple of pages in. I'm so glad i didn't though, because things really started to move a few chapters is and towards the middle of the book, i was so hooked i couldn't put it down.
The plot was unexpectedly good and even if I'm not that into history, i really appreciated the "hints" at Napoleon and Alexander the Great.
The plot twists. OH MY GOD THE FREAKING PLOT TWISTS. Some of them i saw coming miles away (still liked the way the story was going) but there was this one specific thing that we find out towards the end and i swear to God i would've thrown the book across the room if i wasn't reading on my phone.
Last (but not least) the characters. Didn't like them. Just...no. As i've said before, they're really clicheic and generally nothing i've never seen before. Specifically, it felt like a Vanpire Diaries rip-off, fanfic whatever. Just bear with me a minute: a girl who knows little about her past/parents starts to fall for the new hot, foreign guy in town BUT there' also the blue-eyed, misterious, brooding guy that seems to have some kind of rivalry with hot boy over the girl. Was i talking about The Consiracy of Us or TVD? The world may never know......
Fingers crossed that there will be (some) a lot of character development in the next book. Oh and less love triangle would be great too. Please and thank you.
First things first, the beggining. UGH. Hated it! Here we have the clicheic ordinary girl that doesn't know much about her past but turns out she is superspecial and can change the world. Oh let's not forget about the new hot boy in town that's into her. Seriously thought about dnf-ing this book just a couple of pages in. I'm so glad i didn't though, because things really started to move a few chapters is and towards the middle of the book, i was so hooked i couldn't put it down.
The plot was unexpectedly good and even if I'm not that into history, i really appreciated the "hints" at Napoleon and Alexander the Great.
The plot twists. OH MY GOD THE FREAKING PLOT TWISTS. Some of them i saw coming miles away (still liked the way the story was going) but there was this one specific thing that we find out towards the end and i swear to God i would've thrown the book across the room if i wasn't reading on my phone.
Last (but not least) the characters. Didn't like them. Just...no. As i've said before, they're really clicheic and generally nothing i've never seen before. Specifically, it felt like a Vanpire Diaries rip-off, fanfic whatever. Just bear with me a minute: a girl who knows little about her past/parents starts to fall for the new hot, foreign guy in town BUT there' also the blue-eyed, misterious, brooding guy that seems to have some kind of rivalry with hot boy over the girl. Was i talking about The Consiracy of Us or TVD? The world may never know......
Fingers crossed that there will be (some) a lot of character development in the next book. Oh and less love triangle would be great too. Please and thank you.