Uncover Fire In The Woods (Fire In The Woods, #1) Translated By Jennifer M. Eaton Categorized In Printable Format
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I read this along with one of my really good book friends so it made reading this book even more fun! She was actually the one who really introduced this to me.
Basically by saying its about aliens and is a little similar to the Lux series by Jennifer L, Armentrout. Now if you know me and have seen my reviews, youll know Im a HUGEEE JLA fan and the Lux series is one of my all time favorite series.
So to find another book that has a hot alien, Im down for reading!
Now, dont get me wrong, I REALLY still enjoyed this book! But, on Goodreads it still shows it is a standalone but on the book theres a possibility of a sequel If there is a sequel which Im hoping, I would bump it up to astar rating.
I felt that the ending was really rushed and we dont get any answers in the end, Im really hoping there is a sequel to answer all these questions I have, I immediately started sending likemessages to my friend she finished it before I did trying to understand the ending,
I really liked this world! Our main character, Jess lives on a military base with her dad, Her mother recently passed, so their interactions with each other arent what they used to be, Its been hard for them lately, Jess likes photography and one day something crashes on the military base and its not something small, Being ordered to stay inside by her father, she disobeys to go take pictures of the crash, While in the woods, she begins to hear a high pitched noise and it completely deafens her for a short period of time, She is then immediately introduced to David who has been alone in the woods, David though doesnt seem normal Something is really wrong with him, Hes always cold, and not just normal cold, His body basically shuts down because of this, Jess tries to do all she can, but the only thing that will really help David is to take him to her house where he can warm up, David is a threat and Jess doesnt realize this until its too late, Now shes on the run with David trying to prove hes not the bad guy,
I really did like the concept and plot to the story! This isnt a spoiler, I promise, David is the alien and the way Jennifer M, Eaton describes him as an alien is soo interesting! Its definitely VERY different from the Lux aliens and Im really glad it was,
I also really enjoyed Jess character at times, Sometimes I wanted to slap her for some of the choices she made, But overall, she was a great character and really funny at times!
I really hope there is a sequel because I have so many unanswered questions! Ihan suoraan sanottuna en tiedä, miksi luin tämän.
Se vain tapahtui. Ihan vain koska syistä. Olen ensimmäinen, joka antaa tälle kirjalle yhden tähden, Ouchie
Joo, ei ollut häävi kirja tämä näin, Lähinnä typerä, täynnä kliseitä, niin nolo ja suoraan sanottuna naurettava alieniinstalove, joka nostatti allekirjoittaneessa useaan otteeseen jäätävää myötähäpeää koko tätä farssia kohtaan.
Sain ehkä parhaimmat/pahimmat mielikuvat ikinä, David kuvataan komeaksi, seksikkääksi ja söpöksi, mutta minun mielikuvani oli jotain aivan muuta, . .
Älkää kysykö, En pysty selittämään, Jos jätkä olisi ollut vielä violetti niin hän olisi suoraan henkilökohtaisista painajaiskuvistani,
Tuijottakaa tuota kuvaa hetki niin voitte sitten varata kiljuen ajan lobotomiaan, . .
Yksi tähti,
P. S. Minussa roihahti mieletön halu katsoa Burtonin Mars hyökkää! jälleen niin monen vuoden jälkeen, Pienenä se oli pelottavimpia elokuvia ikinä, ja rakastin sitä :D No, Just No. I had oddly high expectations of this book and I don't even know why, This was a big disappointment for me and it took me aboutweeks to read this book,
Jess is kind of an idiot, She meets this gorgeous guy in the middle of the forest, who obviously has no clue about anything, And there's a missing fugitive and she thinks "well, this guy can't be that guy, He just happens to be in the forest and he is wounded and he doesn't want to be found, No way he could be the missing person!" Like, really There was a huge chaos going on yesterday and his father asked her to stay home, Well, Jess doesn't listen even though it's dangerous to go alone, Naaahhh, she just wants to go and take some freaking photos for her future career in National Geographic,
And then she brings that gorgeous guy inside their house who has this weird thermowhatever disease that can't even be found from the internet, And she thinks "well, if he says he has the disease, it has to be true, "
David was a boring character, I just didn't feel any connection to him or to Jess and they didn't really have any chemistry, This weird love came waaaaay too fast, They have talked like a few times for a couple of days and they already love each other, And of course there just has to be a protective ex boyfriend who came out of nowhere, This book was FULL of cliches that I hated, Oh, oh! And whenever Jess cursed, it was written like Fuc, . . Shi . and that also annoyed the hel, . . out of me.
The reason I gave this bookand notwas because I saw potential in the plot, I really did. It was interesting, I have to admit, I guess a lot of people could actually enjoy this book but this just wasn't for me, I would have probably liked this too if I just had liked the characters even a little, But, if you like fast romance and action, you could try this one, Why not Spoilerfree review:
This book was such a fun read! I flew through it for a couple reasons:
, The writing stylephenomenal
, The characters hilarious and cute as hell
, You wouldnt think that an alien book, where the aliens are actually confused by how foreign Earth is to them, would be a unique spin on an alien story butat least with the alien books Ive readit is.
The only alien book that Ive read that has even come close to doing this before was Alienated by Melissa Landers but I think Eaton does an even better job.
From page one, this story was full speed ahead, Just about every page was actionpacked, One small complaint I had was that the developing romance seemed a little lacking in areas where I was looking for more but I felt like that was definitely rectified by the end of this novel.
Eaton proves to be a master at evoking emotion in her readers, I cannot tell you how many times I felt secondhand embarrassment or even fear for these characters!
Davids character was truly well done, In most cases, I wouldnt usually go for a lead character as jumpy and as easily scared as David appeared in the beginning but I actually thought it worked given his situation.
I think it would have been strange if David had been confident and reckless in his new surroundings because that really wouldnt have made sense for the story, Props to Eaton for that!
I liked Jess as one
of our main characters, Im extremely picky about protagonists but I truly enjoyed her personality and her passion, It never felt like she was too much or she was trying too hard, She was really just a curious, adventurous and brave teenager who knew when to trust her gut, She also had some pretty funny oneliners, That goes for David as well, There were some great quips and amusing banter between the two of them,
Another point I feel I should bring up is how well done the end of this novel was, As I said, there will be no spoilers in this review so you dont have to stop reading but I honestly felt like I was there with these characters that I have grown to love.
Eaton took her opportunity at the ending of this novel to really let her skills shine, The visuals her words were capable of provoking were incredible,
Overall, this novel surpassed my expectations, Truly a job well done and Im already dying to get my hands on Ashes in the Sky, book two in the series!,