Honestly the

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Kai-Anna-Kope

love triangle was a bit much, though I do like them both a lot. Pretty good middle installment, with interesting plot and character development.

*shudders* Very creepy, very suspenseful, very interesting. But not super well-written, and the All Quiet references were erroneous and stretched. The plot also felt quite "out there," but it kind of worked.

4.7 stars.

The way Clarke

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switches her affections back and forth between Bellamy and Wells

undermines both relationships, though my opinion is definitely influenced by strong personal bias. In all honesty, I'm not a huge fan of flashbacks for storytelling, and they carry the bulk of the plot/explanation burden here. Glass's storyline didn't really interest me either.

But I enjoyed the overall plot arc, and there were plenty of heart-wrenching (both sweet and painful) moments that hit their mark.

The idea is refreshing, but the characters were cliched - though I did enjoy the gender role swap with Anna and Quinn - and the plot erratic. But overall, it wasn't too bad.

Not too bad, and I think the plot was unique? (Idk, I'm not super familiar with the genre.) I found her web of lies amusing but character-ruining, and it was clearly first and foremost a romance.

I felt like this was straight-up mythology fanfic (which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but usually not what authors intend for their published works). The characters were interesting but kind of annoying.

I concede that Ky is intriguing and dreamy, and Xander wasn't half bad either. But Cassia was downright dull as an individual, nothing special about her. Not a series I'm interested in finishing.

Very much an older-generation kind of Internet cautionary tale, which I didn't appreciate - there are so many great things about the Internet, none of which were given due consideration/credit. I didn't relate to the narrator and the terminology usage was inaccurate, which showed a disappointing lack of personal knowledge, research, dedication, or some combination of the above.

Yuck. The narrator was superficial and self-centered, arrogant and annoying. In all honesty, the main reason I even finished this book was because it fulfilled a category on the 2015 reading challenge.

Wholly believable portrayal of all the family members' emotions and character development. Loved Samuel; he and Lindsey are great together. Beautiful ending (if a little confusing), though I would argue that

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the title is a red herring

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