Inescapable

Okay story, but don't think I'm going to read the rest of the books.

This review does not contain spoilers but does discuss overarching themes within the story. Nothing that won't be obvious to you in the first two chapters. I am thinking that if I had read this book prior to reading Under Different Stars I would have given it a higher rate. Just goes to show how perspective can change things. This book reads a lot more like a debut novel than UDS did. That being said I definitely enjoyed this book. It scored high marks on all of my major requirements such as good editing, well developed characters, pacing, and not being too clichéd. I really enjoyed the fact that this book is set in college, although I thought the greek life depictions were a little over exaggerated but overall not that bad. Same with the use of slang and the fact that everyone has a nick name. But like I said, overall it did not make me roll my eyes so it's okay. The author did a great job of distinguishing each characters voice so that each person was distinct. This occasionally goes too far with the aforementioned use of slang and/or accents. Ways that it scored low were in my D-bag alert and love triangle category. I am not a huge fan of the incredibly mean and "I'm going to kill you" male characters that the female can't help but be drawn to because of some mystical element. Even worse when they are mean BECAUSE they are attracted to the girl. I also am not a huge fan of love triangles especially ones where I can't seem to see any outcome that is not agonizingly brutal. If you are a fan of tormentingly impossible love triangle scenarios that appear to have no way out, then this is the book for you! No judgey. Some people are into that kind of thing. If that's the case then you will find this to be quite delicious. Things I liked about this book: 1-The presence of non-whiny female characters that are smart, independent and witty. 2-Hello, unexpected plot twists! Did not see that one coming. 3-I don't want to spoil the premise of the story but I was surprised by the "what" the supernatural beings ended up turning out to be. I liked how it wasn't glaringly obvious and you are kept guessing for a long time. I love guessing. All in all I really enjoyed reading this book and it had a lot of redeeming qualities despite breaking a few of my lesser rules. Hey, rules are made to be broken right? I liked it enough That I am going to continue reading the rest of the series.

Once again I've gotten a huge sense of deja vu. I have not read this particular book before but I have read this type of story numerous times. One of those stories is really really similar to this one which made me question over and over if I had already read this book. I enjoy the story and I like the characters. Evie is starting her freshman year at a nearby college where she meets the objects of her affection Russell, her soulmate, and Reed, who seems to be everywhere. She cannot deny her attraction to either. Russell, Evie's soulmate, is from North Carolina and is a bit country. The accent for the audiobook is pretty terrible. I got used to it during the book but it was annoying at first. He is a good guy and obviously cares for Evie. Reed, the other object of Evie's affection, is the typical arrogant-controlling YA book love interest. He is an angel, the book cover and beginning of the book make that obvious. The supporting characters are average and we don't really learn too much about them. In the beginning we hear about Evie's nightmares and later the nightmare becomes the climax of the book. The battle of good and evil. I've already purchased book 2 and intend to read it but I think a reader that didn't feel expressly interested in reading subsequent books could stop after book 1 as I don't feel that I "have to know what happens next" and probably would stop here if I hadn't purchased the next book already. Overall it is a pretty good book that kept my interest while reading but not the kind of book that I will read multiple times.

4.0