Victoria Foyt
Publisher: Sand Dollar Press, Inc.
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Source: Author
I'm going to make one thing as clear as I possibly can: I gave this honest review of my own free will, because I wanted to. I enjoyed this book. Yes there were some issues, some extremely racist ones, but I am a book blogger, not a politician. I gave a review of this book, and I'm not offering an essay. If you have problems with this book, I personally understand why. But attacking me is wrong and by doing so you are not helping to prove your point. It's easy to skip over my review and never read it. Two wrongs don't make a right, and hypocrites never win.
CATCHALL
I definitely enjoyed this book. Essentially a love story, it was sexy and unique. It probably wasn't the most inspirational story I've ever read, nor the most deep, but I found it to be exciting and fun. Even if, for all of my hopelessly romantic tendencies, I don't like most pure love stories, I really enjoyed this one.
THE HEROINE
EDEN
Edens a bit naïve, but not so naïve that it's ridiculous. In fact, she's a pretty relatable character and I liked her a lot. She can be kind of annoying at times, and she puts herself down far too much for my taste, but I suppose growing up in a world like that would be pretty difficult and probably that outcome is likely.
THE LOVE INTEREST
BRAMFORD
I don't know. I mean, I just don't know. Sure, there's something a little bit sexy about him, but personality-wise he doesn't have a whole lot going for him. I just didn't have a burning passion for him. He did have an interesting past, and I did enjoy seeing how he got to be who he was.
THE PLOT
Like I said, this book was essentially a love story.
So actually, the world-building was rather poor. Instead of fitting the love story into the world she created, Victoria built her dystopian world around the love story she wanted to tell.
That said, it's not bad. I would definitely have preferred to see more of the plot, but I still enjoyed the story that was told.
And the story wasn't entirely a love story. Although most aspects of the book led back to that, there were actually a bunch of other details too. There was actually a bit of a mystery, and parts of the past were uncovered agonizingly slowly.
I was definitely on the edge of my seat, always wanting to know what was going to happen next.
THE ROMANCE
The romance develops in an unconventional way, but it does develop. It isn't too instalovey, which is nice to see. Sure, a little more development would have hurt, but the underdevelopment wasn't too poor. Obviously I think it could have used more development, as I've just mentioned that, but that aside, there was definitely chemistry and mutual attraction. It was interesting to see Eden's and Bramford's relationship slowly transform.
THE WRITING
I actually really like Victoria's writing. Yes, I think she could have done more world-building, but I don't want to get caught up on that lest I ignore the parts that were done well. Eden was portrayed pretty realistically and her thoughts are a bit naïve but the point is always clear. I also think that the description was pretty good. The dialogue wasn't sparkling, but neither was it dull. Overall, lovely writing.
THE ENDING
Honestly, I didn't care for the ending. I didn't like it at all. Looking back on it, I'm not even entirely sure why. All I know was that I absolutely was not a fan. I thought it should have ended differently. It didn't leave me dying to know what happened next, and I thought that it was kind of boring.
WRAPUP
Will I read the future installments of this series? Most likely. I genuinely enjoyed this book, and I believe that there will be improvements in future books. Would I recommend this? Yes. It's not going to be for everyone, but if it sounds like something you'd enjoy, then go ahead and pick it up!
FINE.
***FINAL RATING: 3.05 RED ROSES***
