i am going to try to get through this review without yelling at the main character too much, but it is going to be as task so be warned.
So to keep with tradition of my reviews, i need to find you a song to or two to "assign" to some aspect of the book.
First and foremost "Damage in Your Heart" by Weezer, i love Weezer, and just to be original "Face Down" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus which is describing her relationship with her step/foster father
Um first quick thoughts, if you are thinking that you will get a nice, equal amounts of time between the two MCs you are mistaken, and i a struggle with this point because i actually like Nari's story a lot more than i did about Naminé yeah both N names, with four letters, ending in "i" that won't get confusing.
so anyways for me that wasn't a totally huge issue because both have a "fantasy", "paranormal" aspect to them so i was okay with it.
Actually one of my big issues when i started reading this was that i was concerned about the two different plots running along with each other, and i wanted to know when/if they would collide, well i will tell you they do.
. . sort of. But i won't tell you when, i know i am cruel like that, Okay so the plot for the most part i liked and i think that is what kept me going quite honestly.
So yup moving on
Plot: Okay since there were two MCs and telling through their POVs this is going to be a bit weird.
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Nari's i don't remember how to spell her whole name plot: This was the one that i was more interested in, but god, this is going to be difficult, okay so i am going to do Naminé's first so forget this.
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Naminé's plot: The book was more gear towards Nari, Naminé's chapters at longest were like two pages maybe There was a lot of new information that wasn't explained until much, much later and very vaguely, which bothered me and i also understand that its not the most simplest thing to just plug in info for no good reason but if we spent more time in Naminé's world, and learned more about what is going on there i think it could have happened, and quite frankly i am wondering how it will effect the second book.
But really Naminé's plot was vague at best, and nonexistent at worst,
Now Nari's: Like i said before twice already, i liked her plot line more, but it could be because i had a chance to "connect with her" and i am going to go stick with that statement because she is a good source of my anger.
but i will get to that later, This is about the plot, I enjoyed it, i am a sick, sick, twisted, sadistic person, if you have ever read any of my reviews before you would know this i say it almost all of the time, anyways so with that said i love characters that come from broken homes.
Unfortunately this book at times just didn't go as far as it could have, I wanted it to take that extra step, and this goes for about everything, The relationship between the love interest included, because it was like hot and heavy sometimes but would be quickly dampened and honestly the book was acting like a tease sometimes.
Anyways letting that go, there are two Aussies introduced in the beginning of the book and when i read about them in other people's reviews i was thinking they had something do with all this paranormal/fantasy stuff, nope.
At least not that i know of, they just felt like extra characters that weren't entirely needed to be introduced, i do not know let me think about that for a bit longer.
Anyways!!! back to the plot again, Oh there was suspense, and cliffhanger chapters that i adored! and there were many scenes that i was head over heels for both the like "evil" badguy scenes, and kissykissy scenes.
Mostly my anger roots within the characters so let me tell you all about it!
Characters!
Naminé: first again because this is all i can say about her.
I don't know her. I know what she is, i know she has dreams, a friend that is a prisoner, and that is about it.
Nari: ANNNNNNDDDDD here are where my problems begin, Like i have mentioned i like characters that come from broken families, well when i imagine these characters, she doesn't quite fit the bill, at times in the beginning she is just tooo cheery for my likings considering where she comes from, also she seems kinda of bold with Ray abusive foster father and he doesn't react the way that i would assume, i think we have just a few violent scenes between them, and i get it verbal abuse is used too, so okay that isn't my biggest issues but it is up there.
My BIGGEST FREAKING ISSUE is the fact that we cannot go one chapter without knowing how Nari has sworn off all men, and she will never allow herself to be romantically involved, or love them, even when she is with a guy.
Yup you heard me right, well read it right, . . you get the point. BOTHERED THE HELL OUT OF ME, that is why there are so many angry GIFs through my progress of this book, I was ready to jump into the book and punch her in the baby maker, then maybe i don't know kill her if she said it one more time, and she did.
so now that i finally got to yell about that, oh wait i might not be done, . . no i am okay i think i hold no promises i might rant again later, I just, i don't know her character didn't fit quite well with her situation and that is what bothered me i think the most.
She is loyal i will give her that,
Mycah i don't remember how to spell it: Love interest, And all around hottie, with ENGLISH ACCENT! He has quite a few secrets this one, Anyways he is sort of aloof and i was wondering his feelings at first but i could obviously see that he cared for Nari even if she is fu.
. . and i breathe in, breath out trying not to think of it anyways, He is sort of amazingly awesome and i really like him, But he has secrets that i cannot talk about, but he is worth the read at least i think so.
Rydan: Is the best friend who abandons Nari at school for the senior year, he too is aloof, and he kinda pisses me off a lot, and it pisses me off how accommodating Nari is for him.
Like if
she starts to demand to know things about her friend of blah, blah amount of years, because she has trusted him completely with hers, but when he gets pissed she takes it all back You're fucking kidding me right Seriously i would have beat that kid's ass that is not fair and that is not how a healthy friendship functions, and i know you are all thinking, well how would you know I know i am thinking it because i don't think i have a healthy friendship anyways so yeah.
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The Aussie twins: Um, . . hmm. Well Nari does stupidass shit with the girl twin, tells her things she shouldn't but who am i to judge.
I don't know how much i think that they were needed for the story honestly, I just felt like they were there to help the plot move towards certain ways but they didn't have to be Aussies and they didn't have to be new characters either, but i suppose i understand the new students thing.
But i am going to lump Liam in there too, unnecessary,
Ray Foster Father, there for a little bit, and just doesn't take things as far as i think they could have, and i will admit he does some real asshole shit, like the first scene with him i wanted to punch him in the babymaker and make sure that he thinks twice about doing anything.
But he disappears so there is that, . . i mean he still "around" but we don't really see him anymore after Mycah comes into the picture,
Alright so the ending: well A WHOLE LOT happens, and that isn't to say nothing happens in the beginning because it does, and it is very interesting and kept me at the edge of my seat like i said i liked the plot of this book anyways even more happens in the last few chapters, and mother facker i hate cliffhangers, and this is a cliffhanger so there you have it.
So if you are wondering yes i probably will be reading the second one i am hoping against hope that i won't have to hear the same three lines from Nari at least twice in the same chapter.
My last piece of advice, is that overall, i liked the idea, and i wanted to love the characters but i could at best like them because they annoyed me.
well Nari and Rydan annoyed me, and a little bit of Naminé did but since we didn't know anything about her i can't say that honestly now can i The plot is worth it, i liked the idea that it is was presenting and i look forward to what the next book has to offer.
Alright if you don't totally hate my for this review, because a its long, b because i was a bit of an ass sorry but i am just trying to be honest here c because my views are whack which i can honestly say that is semi true, but they are my opinions and i am convinced i am always right anyways if you can overlook ALL these things, or at least two, or even one, or none, you can check out other books that i loved, liked, or hated on my blog that i share with a friend who does compt, fiction stuff.
I mostly do indie authors, so show some love towards them, but anyways i will give you the link if you decide to stop by, or even if you stuck it out through this entire review without ripping out your hair, we appreciate you! sitelink wordp Good overall story, but grammar and structure of writing was terrible, Could not finish. This was a cool concept for a story, Nariella Nari feels like an outcast at her high school, with no friends except Rydan who has moved to another school this year and a foster father who despises her.
When two new kids move in, they become her new friends and life seems to change for the better, But then a mysterious, handsome stranger starts showing up and strange things begin to happen to her,
I was pulled in by the mysterious occurrences, and couldnt put the book down as I tried to figure out who Nari really was.
. . and who the mystery guy in her life was too and where he got his power, This starts out like any other teen plot set in a high school, but quickly changes pace and gets your heart racing with lots of action packed scenes with bad guys and super powers.
I really enjoyed it.
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