Mini Reviews Volume #1
What: Powered (Powered Trilogy #1) by Cheyanne Young
Who: N/A
When: November 28th 2013
How: A copy of this novel was provided by the author for review.
Rating: ★ ★ 1/2
Powered was a premise that I was extremely interested in: people with powers have to take a Hero test to be a fully fledged superhero, and a girl who doesn’t pass. Unfortunately, the main character, Maci was immature, childish, and downright annoying at times. I wasn’t rooting for her to get her hero status, and in fact I was hoping that she’d have to wait and grow up a little before she received the title. I really liked the character of Evan – I thought he was a good edition to the story, even if I thought he was a little too perfect at times. The world building and descriptions weren’t the greatest and sometimes I had no idea what the character’s surrounds looked like. Even so, I’m quite interested in reading the next book in the series, simply because there was quite a cliffhanger, and I’d like to see if Maci grows as a character over time.
What: Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney
Who: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
When: September 16th 2014
How: A copy of this novel was provided by Bloomsbury Australia for review.
Rating: ★ ★
Yet another two star read for yours truly. I seriously don’t know what’s going on at the moment with me and my reads – it is thoroughly disappointing that I am reading so many mediocre books at the moment, especially when they have great potential, like Starry Nights did. I was immediately interested in Starry Nights, back when I read a book by the same author earlier in the year. Paintings that come to life? A guy who falls in love with one? That SCREAMS Chiara all over it. And yet – I was disappointed. I felt that the romance moved too fast and the plot moved too slowly. Sometimes there were things happening and I didn’t know why, like the introduction of a certain character/spirit. I had no idea why they were included, nor what they added to the storyline. I wasn’t swooning over Julien at all; in fact I found him quite pretentious as times, which is a huge turn-off. I didn’t feel the romance between him and Clio, and was overall severely disappointed in this book. I’d say the best thing about Starry Nights was the character Bonheur – he was the only thing in this novel that truly came to life.
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That is sad about Starry Nights, because helloooo PARIS. I hate disappointing books. They’re the worst. I actually hadn’t even heard of these two, but not so interested in them. :|
I KNOW. It had all the makings of being a ‘Chiara loves this book 5ever’, but it fell so short, Cait :(
D: Why are you having such crappy luck with books lately, Chiara?! It makes me so sad. You deserve to be reading awesome books that you looooove.
Unfortunately neither of these are particularly interesting to me. :( I’m trying to stay away from contemporary because I always end up disappointed with it. I recently read Anna and the French Kiss and really liked it, but it’s so rare that I love a contemporary. I suppose it just isn’t my genre. (Although that book doesn’t sound 100% like a contemporary novel…)
IDEK Sydney. I miss being blown away :(
It wasn’t really contemporary, but I was simply expecting more awesomeness from the inclusion of paintings that come to life.
Ah, well. Hopefully my next read will be amazing!
Aw I’m sorry these two books didn’t work well with you! Starry Nights looks like an interesting book for me to read, but I can see why you don’t like it so much! I tend to dislike books quickly if the romance can go too fast. I hope you find a better book to read :) Something that will make you flail and cry tears of joy (because I love books that give me the FEELS)!!
Jillian
Me, too! I was looking forward to Starry Nights, but I simply couldn’t get over the quick romance :(
Thank you, Jillian! I love the feels too, so hopefully I’ll get some soon, haha!
It’s unfortunate that these books didn’t work for you Chiara – it can be hard when there are expectations that just aren’t met. I’ve got ‘Starry Nights’ to read, so I’m hoping that it still works for me, but thanks for sharing an honest review. Hope you come across an amazing read soon!
I know! :( I had pretty high hopes for both of these titles.
Hopefully Starry Nights is more to your liking, Eugenia!
Thank you! I do, too >.<