Hello my fellow readers! As promised, I am back with a review. I'm not reviewing A Spark Unseen, sorry. I thought it'd be better if I reviewed a first book instead of a second. It helps because then you don't have to hope that the person has already read the first book and worry that you risk spoiling it.
Anyway, I'm doing a review to Teardrop by Lauren Kate.
As you might know, Lauren Kate is the author of the Fallen series. I have never read the Fallen series and that is for three reasons: A. It's a "hype" B. It's about fallen angels which is highly shirkish(blasphemous), and C. I didn't really want to. And to the second reason you might say "But you read Angelfire and The Mortal Instruments." However, I didn't go into those books knowing that there'd be ***Spoiler Alert*** fallen/tortured angels or a girl who turned out to be an archangel.
Anyway, on to the review.
I give this book a 3.5 stars out of 5.
Here's a summary of the book:
Eureka, a small town girl, is grieving the loss of her mother. She is feeling alone and uninterested in the things that she used to enjoy. She is now living with her father and stepmother who are worried for her and send her to therapist after therapist.
Then, one day, Anders comes crashing, literally, into her life. Suddenly, things aren't as they seem anymore. Her oldest friend is acting very strangely, her mother left her something she doesn't understand, and to top it all off, Anders seems to show up into her life unexpectedly and disappear again in the blink of an eye.
Then she learns that there is a legacy that pertains to her. She must find out a way to stop the impossible from happening, or be there to fight it if it does.
Well that's my summary of it. I hope it was good. I know it has to be better than that misleading blurb.
Now time for the unspoiled version of what I thought of it:
I thought that it was very interesting. I liked it but I didn't love it. It has me a bit conflicted.
The plot was good, the blurb was misleading, the book seemed to drag certain things out and then the author must've realized that it had gotten too long and decided to gently speed things up a little. It wasn't totally rushed but it did feel that way a little.
Anyway, I cannot wait for the second book. I wonder if this'll be a series or a trilogy.
Now for the spoiled version of my opinion:
***SPOILER ALERT***
Mostly I am full of questions. Questions like:
How did Claire break the circle?
What will become of Brooks?
Why is Anders the "boy who will break Eureka's heart"?
Where has Anders been staying if he ran away?
Is Eureka's mother secretly still alive?
Why'd Rhoda have to die though? Now Eureka's father has lost two wives and all his children are motherless.
Does Claire have the Tearline too?
Other than these questions, I have to say: I think that the book was okay but a little rushed towards the end, as I said before. One minute she doesn't trust Anders for anything he's worth and the next they're kissing each other like they've been a couple for ages?
Oh, and what was with the blurb? It was totally misleading. "Anders comes closer to making her cry than anyone else"? No, that's not how it went at all. She only nearly cried one time around Anders, when he smashed into her car. The other times she nearly cried was because of Brooks, because he was being a cruel jerk. So Anders is not the one who is mainly making her come close to crying. That also being because he wasn't present for, like, half the book anyway.
Also, the interview. The author said that her husband did the same thing Anders did: picking up her tear and blinking it into his own eye. Okay, what the hockey sticks? This scene happening in the book was weird, yes, but it's a book. These things don't really, aren't supposed to, happen in real life. Who does this? I mean, it might sound all cute and stuff in the book(it doesn't) but I'm just imagining it and it just seems all kinds of weird. What drove the authors husband to do that? It just weirded me out.
Anyway, back to my conflicted feelings on the book. I liked it. I wanted to really like it. I just don't think I can. I'm too conflicted. I want the second book.
***SPOILERS OVER***
So thank you for reading my first ever proper review. If you liked it thanks, if you didn't, feel free to leave your opinion on what I should change. This is a learning experience, I will accept constructive criticism gracefully.
Also, if you're planning to read Teardrop I highly advise you: ignore the blurb. It is misleading. You will think one thing and be shown another.
That's it for now, hope you enjoyed it.
Read on my friend,
Sumiyya <3
