Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry #2) by Simone Elkeles

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


First, I just have to say I totally love this cover, it's just so dreamy, Grease-esque. Anywho, with this installment we move from Alex to Carlos. Carlos is forced to live with Alex in Colorado after he gets into some trouble in Mexico. He meets Kiara and the fun begins.

Alex has some of the same problems that his brother dealt with as far as gangs are concerned, but with more opportunities that were not available to Alex. I think this one is much too similar in structure to Perfect Chemistry, but it's still a good fluff read.

Also, I may not be a teenage boy, but Carlos didn't really strike me as acting realistically for what Elkeles was trying to portray. It was nice, but there was never really anything Carlos was guilty of doing for being such a bad-boy. Maybe everything was a little too sugar-coated, which isn't bad, but it's not exactly good, either.

A simplistic story overall, but one that was worth the time. If you liked Perfect Chemistry, it's more of the same.

Copy Source: Ebook purchased

The Vampire Voss by Colleen Gleason

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


***Review copy provided for free from NetGalley***
Anticipated Release Date: April 1st



Voss is part of the Draculia, men and women passed over judgement of Death by God because of a bargain with Lucifer. Forced to bare Lucifer's mark as a testament of their agreement, they 'live', but there is also a war brewing amongst their factions. Voss has returned to England with the purpose of retrieving some very valuable information: which of the Woodmore sisters possess the Sight. If he can glean the right information he's set.

I liked Voss, against my better judgement, almost immediately. He lives a life full of gluttony, but when you're going to live forever he feels there's really nothing else to fill the void of time. Angelica, our trusty heroine, was also refreshing. Lately, I've been very unimpressed with PNR heroines, because they swing to either side of the pendulum, sugary-sweet and innocent, or ass-kicking woman that doesn't take any prisoners. Angelica on the other hand has common sense along with not taking herself too seriously. It was a nice change of pace! Plus her reaction to the truth about Voss is what I've been looking to read, and that's all I'll say about that! ;)

Yet even with all of the things I did like about this story I was a bit disappointed with convenient resolutions to some of the problems. I thought it could have been fleshed out a bit more than black and white.

Definitely recommended for fans of PNR looking for something a cut above the rest. It was great historical romance, but with vampires! I know I'll be continuing with this series.

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore


My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is one where I think the movie may turn out to be better than the book. Also important to mention is that this is a review of the book, not a commentary on the method of its creation.

The one thing that really bugged me about this story were the simple declarative sentences. I never really felt any extreme emotions from 'John'. The premise is very dramatic, a group of children separated around the world are responsible for saving whatever is left of their home-planet from the Mogadorians that invaded years ago. This is some heavy stuff, but I never really felt that the characters acted like they should have in their situation. Would a 15-year old alien developing super powers on the run for his life really just want to go on the hay ride at school? Maybe, but I was still bored.

Then comes the action-packed ending was not very satisfying and once again I feel it's because of the author's lack of making the action really pop-out at me. I didn't feel any sort of adrenaline or sense of danger at the comical villains. So the ending was a disappointing one for me and it pretty much set the tone for how I've come to feel about this book.

I wouldn't say it's a waste of time, but it's definitely a library book.

Copy Source: Library

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