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A review by fortheloveoffictionalworlds
Seeker by Amy Reece
4.0
The review was up on For The Love of Fictional Worlds as a part of the blog tour for the series hosted by Indie Sage PR on July 7th!
Ally is having dreams while waking up - only these aren't dreams. They seem to be visions about things that have already happened! This is now playing havoc in her life because while she understands that her family is a little different, she did not expect that "differentness" to be passed on to her!
But those visions bring her something good! They get her closer to Jack - Jack who has a painful and violent past - Jack who is trying to keep his nose clean, and whose plans do not include falling for an underage girl. But fall he does!
I had really high expectations from the book, to be very honest - like 5 stars expectations and it did valiantly try to reach to my expectations. The plot, the mystery and the climax were pretty much on the point but what took the joy out of my experience was Ally herself. She started off as a strong, independent teenager but while she still retained those qualities, she still became quite whiny. She cried at every turn (yes, I understand that the visions were horrible and no, I wouldn't have expected her to get used to it!) but I did expect her to grow a backbone once she knew why it was happening to her.
Jack on the other hand, was adorable and quite frankly Ally's rock! They fell for each other almost instantly (and that for me is just wrong at their age!). While they didn't talk about "being together forever" they did actually fell hard and fast!! But I still believe that this book could have used a chapter or two from Jake's POV!
The plotline and the writing though were point on! These were the reasons why I still held on, even if I sometimes felt like giving up because of Ally. The twists and the background were interestingly vague - which didn't irritate me, mostly cause I knew that I had the second book in hand!
Ally is having dreams while waking up - only these aren't dreams. They seem to be visions about things that have already happened! This is now playing havoc in her life because while she understands that her family is a little different, she did not expect that "differentness" to be passed on to her!
But those visions bring her something good! They get her closer to Jack - Jack who has a painful and violent past - Jack who is trying to keep his nose clean, and whose plans do not include falling for an underage girl. But fall he does!
I had really high expectations from the book, to be very honest - like 5 stars expectations and it did valiantly try to reach to my expectations. The plot, the mystery and the climax were pretty much on the point but what took the joy out of my experience was Ally herself. She started off as a strong, independent teenager but while she still retained those qualities, she still became quite whiny. She cried at every turn (yes, I understand that the visions were horrible and no, I wouldn't have expected her to get used to it!) but I did expect her to grow a backbone once she knew why it was happening to her.
Jack on the other hand, was adorable and quite frankly Ally's rock! They fell for each other almost instantly (and that for me is just wrong at their age!). While they didn't talk about "being together forever" they did actually fell hard and fast!! But I still believe that this book could have used a chapter or two from Jake's POV!
The plotline and the writing though were point on! These were the reasons why I still held on, even if I sometimes felt like giving up because of Ally. The twists and the background were interestingly vague - which didn't irritate me, mostly cause I knew that I had the second book in hand!