isn't normally my preferred genre, but I found this book, which is the first of a trilogy, quite interesting and entertaining.
When Tasmyn rhymes with hasbeen Vaughn moves to King, a small town in Florida with mysterious origins, she quickly discovers her ability to read thoughts doesn't make her the strangest kid in town.
Tasmyn is being raised by loving parents who are perfectly imperfect, The overprotective manner in which they are raising their daughter to protect her from those who would take advantage of her ability combined with their habit of moving on a frequent basis, has unintentionally made Tasmyn a lonely, insecure teenager.
In King, she meets and falls for Michael, a boy who comes from a family where the men are able to recognize their soulmate at first sight.
When Tasmyn inadvertently hears the thoughts of fellow students that convince her one of them is going to cause harm to another, she and her new boyfriend are driven to act to save the one in danger.
Nell is a young witch who is determined complete a bloodsacrifice ritual that would increase her power, The kids decide not to tell anyone that Nell used witchcraft to try to murder their classmate, Amber, except for Michael's parents who are a little too perfectbecause the knife she was using disappeared and they think no one would believe them.
For some crazy reason, Micheal's parents agree to keep their secrets, Nell, who figures out Tasmyn's thoughtreading ability, decides she would make an even better bloodsacrifice than Amber, More danger ensues. Considering the fact that this is part one of a trilogy, there are still lots of questions remaining at the end of the story which will nodoubt be answered in the next two booksbut overall, enough are answered to give the reader a satisfying ending and a sweet love story.
Fearless is actually a wonderful story, so why did I give it a
To get to that wonderful story, you have to read about a hundred pages that will put you to sleep.
About ninety percent of the first half of the book is only dialogue and it's bad, cliche dialogue at that, Once Tas meets Michael, the only thing they do forpages is profess their love and trust to each other over and over again, in almost the same words really.
It just goes on page after page, and I was literally about to fall asleep because it was so boring, I put it away and went back to it the next day, which made it slightly more bearable to wade through the stuff.
However, if you can force yourself through those pages after they FIRST say they're in love or just skipping it will work since there are only a few little details in there, and they're of minimal importance anyway, it can be a good story.
I certainly enjoyed the last half of the book, at least,
You can pretty much guess what is going to happen in the first twenty or so pages, but I think Nell has a good backstory that adds a nice difference than other stories.
I found myself liking Nell the most since she was the character that remained most constant, next to Michael's parents,
Tas's parents are wishywashy there at the end, They say one thing and freak out, but then the next second it's like they change the whole personality we've been show for the entire book.
It wasn't realistic at all,
The book really should have ended very quickly after the detective talks to Tas, The whole process of introducing Tas to Michael's sister felt out of place or was just done wrong entirely, and it ruined the climax by carrying on too long.
By the time I'd finally reached the end, it felt like I was already into a second book that ended abruptly afterpages and nothing happening.
I'm going to read Breathless once I let this one settle, Kandle seemed to hit her stride mostly and I'm hoping it continued into the second book, One of the things I most enjoyed about reading this was its mature tone, Although were reading about HS age characters, you still feel a connection to them and an empathy for what they are feeling, even with the paranormal aspect to what they are experiencing.
The characters virtually come alive on each page as you become completely involved in their lives, Its very easy to find yourself totally immersed in the narrative of this wellwritten and fastpaced tale, The romance is filled with strong heartfelt moments and the drama is filled with some angst, dark suspense, and intense emotion, You may find this similar to a roller coaster ride with its ups and downs and twists and turns, the excitement and anticipation keeping you fully engaged from beginning to end.
And when you come to the end you cant help but wonder what other challenges await Tasmyn and Michael because you know their journeys not over.
Will their love be strong enough to overcome whats coming next And, although you could walk away with this HFN conclusion, I guarantee youll be left wanting to know more.
This is the first book in the King Series, I feel this book had a few
different genres in one, It has romance, drama, fantasy, paranormal all rolled into one,
We meet Tasmyn who for the first time in her life not only has friends, she also has a boyfriend.
Michael is just not any high school boy, He is the most sought after senior in the school, Of course that causes some envy and jealousy from the other girls in the school,
Tasmyn is not just the new girl in school, She also has the gift or is it a curse to be able to read minds, When Tasmyn "hears" something that is potentially dangerous to others she has no choice but to try and stop it from happening no matter what the cost.
This book is the kind that makes you think beyond the story unfolding as you read it, I found myself wondering what would I do if if I was Tasmyn and could hear the thoughts of others around me Would I ignore what I hear Would I try to interfere with things I shouldn't know Would I love this gift or resent it I can see both the good and bad with this power.
I can't wait to read the next book in the series Breathless, I thought this was going to be a fun ya book about a spooky town and so I kept waiting for it to BE about a spooky town.
Instead it was a sappy dragged out story about two unrealistic teenagers and their unrealistic lives, Remember that Seinfeld episode where George was all like "no you're my shmoopie!!!" It was worse then that, "Let me mentally declare my love and devotion for you over and over Tamsyn, because I'm ayear old boy and I am always pure and serious!"
I read a ton of ya fiction because it's generally a fun little adventure.
Usually it seems with a lot of ya fiction it's about someone taking on something bigger then themselves and finding they are better then they thought when a lot of adult fiction is someone looking inward and finding they were less.
This is the first young adult fiction book that really had me grumping "why are young adult books always about young adults!"
Also, Thanksgiving is the same time EVERY YEAR.
It never "was late that November", Opening a chapter with that is just really annoying, .