Our “heroine” turns out to be seriously dull. She was just, the most boring main character I have evOkay where do I even begin with this book?
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Our “heroine” turns out to be seriously dull. She was just, the most boring main character I have ever read about... and I’ve read Hush Hush so that says something. Ugh, and I knew it from the start too, when she is laying on her bed pensively reading her book in her nightgown thinking really deep thoughts. You’re 17! Go out with friends! Read a magazine! Do something slightly interesting! I guess I’m not one to talk, because I’m 17 and I love reading, but she makes it sound like she’s reading Shakespeare while listening to Mozart.
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But don’t worry, after this you will definitely be entertained by this book, not because it’s genuinely a funny book, but because it is so ridiculous. I laughed SO FREAKING HARD when Theia and Haden first meet. So while the virginal princess is sitting in her room listening to Beethoven or some shit, she looks out her window and sees Haden falling from the sky on fire. While he is falling out of the sky like a meteor, Theia isn’t shocked by the falling aspect, or the fire aspect, no… she discerns something strange about his eyes. Yes, because his eyes are the only weird thing in that situation.
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But that’s not even the best part. When she goes outside to try to help Haden, he looks at her, and with his dying breath he says “worth…the…fall”. BAHAHAHAAHA yeah, because apparently being set on fire and falling god knows how far to the ground, was all worth it just to see her face.
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And do you know why Hayden was apparently so in love with Theia in the first place? Because he saw her playing the violin. Right, because that’s what guys are really after… your violin skills. Protect your instruments girls, from the predators of the world. I mean when my mom told me that guys are only after one thing, I had no idea she was talking about musical talent.
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Okay I have been mocking this book mercilessly without even telling you exactly why I hated it so much. Honestly, I absolutely abhor the characters. That’s right, abhor. I’ve already told you why I dislike Theia. She’s boring, sheltered, boring, helpless, and just so god-damn boringggggggg! But I’ll tell you why I hate Haden so much. First of all, he’s a hell demon and he acts like it. Second of all, he just says the creepiest things. At one point he says something about wanting to eat Theia's heart or something so that he knows it always belongs to him...
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Third, there was this scene where he dances with dry humps this other girl while making purposeful eye contact with Theia, because he knows that Theia can feel it with some kind of weird-ass demon connection. Ew. Just, ew.
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I guess all I’m trying to say is if you like good books… don’t read this.
Let me start by saying that if you loved this book, beware, because you are not going to like how this review goes down. Okay so you know those horrorLet me start by saying that if you loved this book, beware, because you are not going to like how this review goes down. Okay so you know those horror movies where there is a young girl alone in her house, and a thunderstorm knocks out the power, right after the radio flicks on saying that there is a crazy murderer on the loose. Then the girl hears noises coming from the basement, and she thinks “hmmm well my house is isolated out in the middle of the woods where nobody can hear me scream, my phone has no signal to call for help, and there are no batteries in my flashlight, but heck, screw common sense I am gonna go check it out anyways”. Then she heads down the creaking steps into the basement in her underwear where she is promptly murdered. That was this book, because while reading this book I literally started screaming “DONT GO INTO THE BASEMENT”. So much in fact that my dog got scared and ran under the covers. But seriously, this premise? I actually really like ghost stories most of the time, but Ana literally had a boogie man in her basement. No thanks. If I wanted that I’d go back to Scooby Doo.
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Prepare yourself people, because now that I’ve gotten started on the Scooby Doo gifs, it’s gonna be hard to stop.
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Sorry Velma, I can’t control it.
Okay so let’s get down to business.
I actually liked this book in the beginning. Ana was a normal teenage girl and she moves to this new house and has appropriate emotions for the things she was going through. Then, she starts being an idiot. She goes outside at night in only her nightgown, because she sees a man by the lake. Ladies and gentlemen, Ana has now become that stupid girl that is murdered in horror movies.
And this is me, looking for any sort of common sense:
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I know, Velma, I can’t find any either.
Then, when she goes outside, the figure is gone, but she stumbles on something even more frightening if you ask me: the main love interest getting nasty in the bushes with another girl (an evil bimbo of course). Gross. So. Gross. That was the moment I started disliking Rafe, and he hadn’t even said a word. Then when he does speak this is basically his and Ana’s exchange:
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Rafe is kind of egotistical. He is “sexy” and he knows it.
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When the ghost starts attacking Ana, effectively making her look like a professional nut case, Rafe basically takes advantage of her screwed up emotions.
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The middle part of the book is basically Ana’s parents leaving her alone in a haunted house, and Ana being attacked by the ghost.
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Rafe saving her. Rafe pretending to hate her and ignoring her when she is safe. Her parents coming back and telling her she is crazy. Her parents leaving again. Ana being attacked again.
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Rafe saving her again. Rafe pretending to hate her again (because it’s whats best for her *eye roll*). Her parents telling her she needs a psychiatrist, and leaving her again. And then Ana being attacked… again.
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Wtf parents? They just leave their semi-phsychotic daughter alone in a new house when she has almost died like 3 times? I have an idea. An idea that would solve all of their problems: they should LEAVE.
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The solution is so simple (then again there wouldn’t be a book if she just left, but that would solve my problem because I wouldn’t have read this stupid book).
Ana knew the house was haunted, and it gave me the creeps from the beginning. I understand that at the beginning Ana’s parents didn’t want to move, but if I was being harassed by a creepy ass ghost I would just leave on my own, or at least try a little harder at convincing my parents so I didn’t, you know, DIE. Then, when her parents actually want to leave, when Ana has almost died like 3 times (good job parents you’re finally catching on), Ana doesn’t want to because of her bipolar boyfriend. Ugh.
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Then, when a kid dies in Ana’s basement, the sheriff accuses Rafe and Ana. Wtf? They are minors, and I’m pretty DEFINITELY sure that minors have to have their parents there when they are being interrogated like that. And when Ana finally grew a pair and said “i need to call my parents”, he literally responded, “nobody is calling anybody until I get some answers” and she’s like “I think were done” and he’s like “we’re done when I say we’re done young lady!"… ummm…. okay this guy might be crazier than Ana. Actually no, Ana wins the crazy award hands down.
Ana and Rafe never really had to worry about being arrested though, because the sheriff was dumb as a rock. He actually asked, “where’s the weapon?” and Ana’s like, “What weapon?”, and he’s like “Don’t play dumb with me. What did you use to kill the victim?” First of all, sheriff, she’s not playing dumb, she actually is that stupid. Second of all, I don’t really know what kind of criminals they have in this cracked out little village in the middle of nowhere, but I’m pretty sure most of them don’t TELL THE SHERRIF WHERE THEY HID THE MURDER WEAPON!!! Does the sheriff think that Ana is just gonna be like “oh yeah that murder weapon, it’s right over there see? Here let me show you. Do you want me to handcuff myself too? What other evidence can I get for you?” Come on gang, maybe the five of us working together can find some common sense here.
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Nope, still nothing.
But this sheriff apparently does expect her to answer these dumb questions, because he later asks where she hid the guys SKIN. Yeah did I mention the kid was skinned? Gag. Excuse me while I go vomit.
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The sheriff has some competition for the stupid award, though, and that is Ana and Rafe. These two teenagers try to solve the murders by themselves, like two dumber versions of Nancy Drew.
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But Ana’s not done being stupid yet. I actually laughed out loud when she asked, completely serious, “do you think the lawyer we just accused of murdering Johnny will represent us?”…. um yeah I’d bank on that, dumb ass. And I knew who the killers were like 200 pages before Ana (Lets break this down: Johnny and his killer were fighting over a girl named Kristen when Johnny was killed… then the Mayor comes in, acting super duper sketchy, [image] with his wife who’s name is Krissie, who Ana thought was familiar and who TOLD HER that she both went to school with Johnny and liked him…Hmmmm I wonder what the connection is there).
I guess if you’re going to take anything away from this review, it’s that if you hate clichés, stalker boyfriends, pathetic main characters, and stupid people, then run like HELL away from this book.
Let me just start by saying, I hated this book. Let me tell you why. Travis. And Abby. And America. And tOkay, what the hell did I just read?
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Let me just start by saying, I hated this book. Let me tell you why. Travis. And Abby. And America. And the rest of the characters. And the plot. And basically everything. But let me focus in on Travis, the supposedly sexy male lead. Dear Travis,
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It is people like Travis that make me lose hope in the male population all together. He is controlling, hot-headed, arrogant, disrespectful towards women, violent, a womanizer, and just an all around jackass. Women who are competent, independent, and tough will have no problem dealing with guys like Travis. They won’t let him control them. They won’t let him mentally or physically abuse them. Women like Abby however, are going to be taken advantage of. Women who can’t take care of themselves. Women who can’t say no. Women who have virtually no respect for themselves. And this is Abby. Don’t get me wrong, she does try to say no to Travis sometimes. They break up like thee times in this book. Because, see Travis, this is what happens when you act like, well, yourself.
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But then Travis does his creepy, desperate, stalking thing, and Abby lets him back in. It’s this never-ending vicious cycle of Travis doing something to hurt Abby, Abby leaving him, Travis not letting Abby out of a bet that traps her in his house, Abby taking him back, Travis doing something to hurt Abby, Abby leaving him, Travis buying Abby a puppy, Abby taking him back. Honestly Abby, you never learn! I just wanted to take her by the shoulders and shake her until she realized how much of an idiot she was being.
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Oh and by the way Travis actually does buy Abby a puppy. When the bet that forced Abby to live with him was almost done, Travis buys Abby a puppy, knowing that Abby couldn’t keep it in her dorm so she would have to keep the puppy at his house, meaning she would have to keep coming back to his house. Can you say desperate? I mean is it just me, or is that psychotic? Has he never heard of the phrase “if you love something set it free”? Set her free, Travis! SET HER FREE! But he can’t, because he’s a lurky, psychotic, creep he “loves” her. Also probably because he knows she won’t come back. I wouldn’t.
This book portrays abuse in it’s finest. That’s right: abuse. Travis might not have hit Abby yet, but he’s hit like everybody else! Anyone who even talks to Abby decreases their chances of living through the day to about 20%, because let me tell you, Travis will beat the crap out of them with no remorse at all. And what’s up with that? Travis gets into a couple tousles with his big bad brothers and suddenly he’s Mike Tyson? There is no way that Travis would have been able to beat up two members of the freaking mafia with his small amount of practice and lack of training. It just doesn’t make sense! Neither does Abby’s “gift” for gambling. She wins every freaking time. Don’t get me wrong, strategy and expertise are big parts of poker, and without them you would not be successful. But the cards you are dealt also matter a lot too! You’re not going to win a round when all you have is junk, at a professional table. It’s just not going to happen! You are bound to lose at least a couple games, because poker is mostly a game of chance. Especially when you’re 19 and you’re playing with professionals. Just. Does. Not. Make. Sense.
But back to Travis.
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I hate you. Men like you are the reason that women become nuns. God knows if I was Abby I would gladly hop into a convent to get away from you. Let’s face it, you don’t want a relationship with a partner, with an equal. You want to own someone, to control them. At the end when Travis and Abby get married (of course), Abby brands herself gets a tattoo of her married name, to show Travis that she really is his. What happens when Travis loses control of his property her again? He takes a hot poker and brands “property of misogynistic douche bag” on her forehead, to make sure she’s really his?
I was kind of confused while reading this book. Not because the plot was too complex or the words were too big, I just had no idea what the hell the cI was kind of confused while reading this book. Not because the plot was too complex or the words were too big, I just had no idea what the hell the characters were thinking.
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I’ll start with Seth. I am not surprised that Ellie thought he was the serial killer, because he is c-r-e-e-p-y. Sure he’s not that serial killer, but there’s a first time for everything. He’s already got creepy stalker down so why not take that next step into murderer? I truly believe he could get there. I mean he broke into Ellie’s room! No sane person does that.
Ellie and Seth: Ellie and Seth’s relationship changed so fast it gave me whiplash. Apparently having a suspected murderer for a boyfriend can prove to be quite the obstacle for a relationship. Especially when she actually thought he was the killer for like half of the book. I mean one minute Ellie is stalking Seth, then he’s stalking her, then she believes he is a psychotic serial killer, then she doesn’t, then he breaks into her room like a creep, then he finds a way to absolve himself, then she doesn’t think he is the killer anymore, then he does some other creepy thing like expertly throw ninja stars or sharpen knives or something, and then she thinks he is the killer again, then she gets into a car with him, then she gets out of the car because the author must have remembered that the lead character isn’t suppose to be that dumb, then Seth keeps stalking her, then she tazes him (ahahahahaha), then she doesn’t think he’s the killer anymore (view spoiler)[(only because someone else tries to kill her) (hide spoiler)].
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I just didn’t know what to think anymore. Just pick a side Ellie! Is he a killer or not? My guess would be yes, just not the killer they refer to in the book. But really, Seth has some issues that he needs to work out. Possibly with a therapist. Possibly in an insane asylum. Just saying.
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Here’s a question: why do her parents go on a freaking vacation when their daughter is in mortal danger? I’m surprised Ellie lived past infant-hood with those parents.
Oh and I really didn't like her sister. She was just so fake. And rude. And mean. She kind of reminded me of the step sisters from Cinderella, all preppy and self-entitled. The whole time I was just hoping Ellie would stop putting up with her crap and just slap her in the face.
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That right there, is called justice.
In the end, this book wasn’t terrible, but I’m not going to be raving about it anytime soon either. I just got to the point where I didn’t even care what happened to the characters or the plot anymore. I’m sure some people will really like it, but it just wasn’t for me.
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