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Genre(s): YA Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal
*Series: Books 1-4*
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In a nutshell, the books are about an academy of warriors with special powers who need to save the world from an evil god. You know, the same old same old.
My review is more of a rant? That’s too strong of a word, but I’m
brain-toast right now from the lack of sleep (WHY SCHOOL START AT 8 AM?! WHY SO
MANY TESTS?!), and I can’t think of anything better at the moment. I guess this
would be considered more of a rant than a review, but eh. A rant implies I cared about this series
intensely- and I didn’t. Was I annoyed with the series? Mm. Not really? I wasn't so much annoyed but resigned (and maybe even a little accomplished :)- more on that later) at another cliche filled series. For right now, I think indifference would best describe my feelings.
(So just to clear this up: I read four books of
the series in three days. It wasn’t
because this series was enjoyable that I read it so fast, but because the
writing was so… common? I’m not sure if that’s the right word. I wouldn’t say the writing was juvenile, but
it was really easy to read; however that doesn’t mean the books were well
structured and flowed well. It just
meant they were really easy reads.)
So onward to the rant:
-YA Stereotypes and Cliches galore!
-Very predictable.
-Insta-love despite denying said insta-love.
Just like any other YA novels these days, like
those vampire books and what not. (Was
it Vampire Academy? Hush Hush? I don’t
know anymore.)
Again, these books were super fast reads, not
because they were super short (about 350 pages each) but the writing just rolled
off my eyes (does that even make sense?). It was just unbelievably predictable,
and by the second half of the each book, I was just reading to confirm my predictions.
Even at four books (I think this series is
still ongoing; I’m not sure when it’s going to end), I felt the plot was
stretched way too thin. I mean it seems
like the books will never get to the main point: killing Loki. Something happens again and again, and it
would be nice if there was a point to everything that was happening, but that
was the point: THERE WAS NO POINT.
Gwen was your stereotypical YA heroine:
*A Mary Sue? The epitome.
*Special power that no one else had (basically was
THE ONE): check (Side note: I actually don’t mind this, like if the heroine/hero
is THE CHOSEN ONE, but in these books, it was beaten into our heads that YES
SHE IS THE CHOSEN ONE. SHE IS VERY SPECIAL. THAT’S THE GIRL. SHE IS THE ONE. OBEY HER. It gets obnoxious after a while.)
*Sounds just like any other YA heroine: check.
Her sarcasm and one liners were so cliché and
not funny or original at all. When characters in the books were laughing
whenever she said something snarky, I was like
And finally:
Whenever they mentioned Loki, I saw
OOO! He's so scary!
So why the rating of 1.5 and not a straight out
1? (The .5 does make a difference!)
The books were, in some BIZARRE way, entertaining. (I know,
I know. Hypocrite much?) BUT they were
entertaining in that I felt so accomplished every time one of my
predictions came true . (EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. CAME. TRUE. NO JOKE.) Every time that happened I was like:
Usually, I
would be annoyed that the books were so cliche, but that usually depends on my mood, and a ego boost now and then is nice xD (esp. after getting caught unaware of a certain plot twist and having your heart ripped out and torn to pieces and as if that wasn't enough they stomp on it with spiked heels and then throw it to the wolves. But I digress.). I wasn't really expecting much out of the books anyways, so might as well turn the small and the bizarre into little
victories. :)
So yea.
It worked out that way.
It worked out that way.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5
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