Kristie

Loved this! Perfect winter read. I love when an author is not afraid to steer away from the standard vampire tale and it pays off. This is my second book by Tudor that I have really enjoyed (loved The Drift as well)

I missed the Fear Street craze in my youth, and grew up on Christopher Pike instead. I grabbed a bunch of these to read to prepare for Halloween. This one concerns Felicia, a girl cursed with telekinesis and the worst friends ever. She's on the run from the lab that has been running tests on her and she lands in a pretty comfortable situation. For some ridiculous reason, she enrolls herself in school and gets a job. All of this with a false identity. I would have liked Felicia if she would have had something going on besides a huge crush on a guy. Things just sort of happen to her and we have some pretty cool emergence of her “powers” later on in the book. Overall, it is a light romance filled with violently insane girls who have jealousy issues. It is not awful, and the chapters leave off on little cliffhangers in order to keep the reader engaged.

This is a case of literati peer pressure. I read this book because every blog I read and every podcast I listen to mentioned it and I should have noticed that everyone was doing that thing they do when they really don't know what to say about a book....they are telling us what the book is NOT. Well, folks, it's not a space opera and it's not a light read. What I can say is this, I was originally put off by the covers which look like a Photoshop newbie's nightmare of a first attempt.

Here is what I will also say. Parts of this story charmed me. The writing was so good I could see the world in my mind clear as a bell. Sadly, this was not the majority of the parts. Most of this book was me suffering under what I felt was an inordinate amount of repetition. Lenu tells us something, she tells Lila the same thing, Lila tells Rino, etc and it's not important and .....who friggin cares......

Historically, this means nothing to me. At times, it reminded me of Circle of Friends by Binchy-only way meaner.
I think I didn't like Elena and that really dragged the story for me. Who is she even? We don't know! She is whoever Lila tells her she is. Frenemies to the nith degree, I guess.

I probably will not continue on with the series.

Loved it! I spent this morning reading this. Could not put it down. The historical details were the best part, but there is also a sweet romance. Highly recommended.

I love these books, I really do. They are charming and sweet with a touch of strange thrown in for good measure. I do think they keep getting longer and longer....This one took awhile to get where it was going, but it was fun when it got there. I wonder how many are planned for the series?