OMG, this is so wrong...

'Of course he did. Jeez.'

That! That right there is the line that made me hate this book. Why, one might ask? Well, because this is Fifty shades of Grey all over again! That stupid line made me forget the name of the female protagonist, so I just started calling her Anastacia in my head instead.

I do appreciate the fact that this book is not as poorly written as the Fifty shades trilogy. In a way, that's pretty normal, as E.L.James' books are in the top 10 books when it comes to poor usage of the English language. So, compared to that, the language style in Bared to you is....sophisticated.

I also think that the author actually TRIED to develop the characters for us. Or at least developing the protagonist character. Come to think of it, the author never revealed what the hell happened with the sex god (even though we are not that stupid and can quite figure it out). But then again, I lost at least 100K brain cells reading this book, so there's nothing I'm certain about anymore...Anyway, Gideon and Ana Eva are two pretty messed up people, trying to fuck their way out of misery. Wait, what? NO, you're doing it wrong. That never happens, friend. If you wanna help these people, just send them to therapy already. Both of them, now! Or at least make them TALK to each other not screw all the time...

There's one thought in my mind after reading this book: do I really need to read the next book, and skim through tons of groaning and hissing and milking and show more sucking just for the sake of reading the series? No, I don't think so... I'm guessing something majorly bad is going to happen in the next book, which would totally rip these two apart and bring them together stronger after all. At least that's what happened in the Fifty Shades trilogy... show less

I'm sorry, is it just me or this book actually feels broken and incomplete?

Ok, let's start from the beginning. The protagonist Amy is one of the most annoying characters I've ever encountered in a book. And I mean it. Her head is a hollow space filled with crazy thoughts, constantly triggered by what appears to be ADD on the loose, and a boobs fixation that's just about over the roof. And her emotions? Don't even get me started there, 'coz there's nothing positive I can say about that. People, she's very deep into Oompa Loopma Land, that's fo show...

There is something missing in this story, and it's missing really bad. So bad, that I caught myself asking: Was Simone Elkeles in some kind of a hurry while writing this book? Was she rushing things so much that she missed some obviously important parts of the storyline? To put it simple--things happened. But how, that I cannot say. Why? Because the most important stuff was never written.

Nevertheless, this book actually made me laugh a couple of times (and quite frankly I'm feeling generous tonight), so I'm giving it 2 stars. Although I'm not sure if I'll read the other two books of the series or any other of Simone Elkeles' books, for that matter.

I really find it hard to express the mixed feelings the book left me with. I'm not sad, but I'm not happy either. I'm not disappointed, and yet I'm not satisfied. The book is good, but still something's wrong.

The story, even though not quite believable, managed to bitch slap me right in the face with a variety of emotions on various occasions. Maybe I was slammed after all, who knows...o.O

Anyway, I think I like this book and I would recommend it to my friends, as I would very much like to hear their opinion on the matter.

I have to be completely honest here. I read Hush, Hush and still woke up the next morning. That's when I decided to punish myself for something I've done in a past life (probably) and continue with the next book.

There are no words which could describe the feelings that torment my poor soul after finishing Crescendo. So, this review will be very very short.

'Scott was speaking, tapping the pool stick against my forehead, [...] .'

This is where Scott actually failed really hard...Dear Scott, you should have slammed Thor's hammer against Nora's head and simply put us out of our misery.

No, no, no. I can't believe you can milk a stupid character like Nora to such an extent, that you write four books out of it! Four books, people, that's a lot of pages of crap, crap, crap. Lemme tell you this. Nora is a moron, not even sure that this is a strong enough word. Like I've previously said, this girl should have been killed back in Crescendo.

'In my mind, I smacked my head against a wall'. Well, Nora, in my mind I also smacked your head against a wall. And I also did it repetitively ...

But I want to point out one of the greatest issues of Silence--the first-time-Nora-and-Patch-meet-from-his-point-of-view shit. Now, how do I put this mildly? Becca, dear Becca, you failed very very hard. You did not tell a story from Patch's point of view--quickly bitch slap that thought out of your mind! All you did is that you magically transformed him into Nora--a mind numbing and ridiculously stupid character (next one, please). I am now officially sorry for noticing that...bonus. And what bugs me the most is that...this final and utterly tormented part of Silence (which I kinda shoulda be thankful for, right?) feels like it wants to grow legs and run far, far away to a land where poorly written books can get therapy!

So, there is only one book left now, and since I've proven myself to be masochistic, I'll read it. Then, all I'll be left with is hoping for somebody to erase my memory....

Either I'm this megamind prodigy of nature, or Finale was written for an intended audience of complete idiots. I'm sorry but reading this book literally insulted me. Come on, all you need to do is take a single look at the cover to understand what exactly is going to happen in the end. One look, guys--that's not like skimming through 400+ pages.

Not only that, but to my humble opinion the author did not even remotely try to make this interesting for us. I mean...It was so transparent and boring, that at some point I could hear my brain snore. Everything in this story was so obvious, it hurt my eyes. It really did.

I don't want this to be one of those reviews that are full of spoilers. But on second thought, there is nothing I can further spoil for you. The biggest spoiler is that Becca Fitzpatrick has not written a single word in this book that could even remotely surprise and intrigue you. Not even one, period .

The only reason behind my 1.5 star rating is the fact that Nora finally cut back on her whining a little (even though it was a little, it's still something, right? Oh, thank you, Lord!). Apart from that, I think the book failed pretty hard.

So, I start reading Hush, Hush and all the way to 5% I get so bored, I decide to get a nap.

A couple of hours later, I've gathered all my strength and willpower, so I decide to continue reading. It takes me several hours more to finish this book, skimming through most of the mind numbing thoughts of the Nora-character and all the other bull this book is packed with.

To say I like this book would be a lie. What I like, however, is its cover. Hell, I think the cover is what made me even consider reading this book in the first place (despite the horrific reviews I've read). So, after I finally got this over with, there is only one question in my head: Did I just reread Twilight?

1.5 stars for the author's effort and the nice cover.

I'm glad that's over and I hope they live happily ever after. BUT...

Even though I didn't love Slammed, Point of retreat hardly even made me smile. Maybe because it somehow managed to completely ruin my 'Will' experience (which was actually the better part of why i liked the first book). I used to think that Layken was the immature one, but this? This is just ridiculous. I was glad Will was almost always that serious and focused in Slammed. But now? He somehow magically turned into a whining teenage girl, I shit you not.

I suppose I could say I kinda (but really kinda) like this book - maybe because of the poetry part and the partial development of some of the secondary characters. After all, I also did manage to read it until the very end without getting pissed every 5 minutes and constantly skimming through the lines.

So, I would recommend both books to all fans of this genre, as well as to people who have a couple of hours to kill.

This book was really awkward at the beginning and it took me a while to become comfortable with the way Charlie introduces us to the past and present of his life and his emotions.

But once you get to know him, it all falls right into place - nothing about his words, expression, feelings or actions is strange. It becomes normal and sweet and clumsy and very emotional. I guess that's just the way he discovers life itself - by making mistakes and trying to fix them, by facing his demons and trying to defeat them. Just like everybody else...

It was very hard for me to get excited about this book when I started reading it, and also took me a lot of willpower to continue reading until the very end. I found myself skimming through the better part of this book, so that I can simply get it over with.

I found the plot quite dull and the characters, if I am to put it mildly, not very exciting - if i have to be completely honest, the female protagonist is one of the most stupid and incomprehensible characters I've ever encountered in a book. At times I was literally considering beating my head agains the wall, wondering how a person could be that deluded. This girl probably killed a couple of thousand of my brain cells. And the Lucas guys...Seriously? How many books are there with the same guy in the cover and that name for the leading male character?! Sorry Lucas, even though you may be a good person and a good-looking guy, I couldn't quite fall in love with you. Perhaps you should ask the person who created you why...

I also totally hate the way the assault issue was treated and, at moments, I was like 'What the ****?!'. I'm sorry but...this is soooooo wrong. This is not how you handle serious issues like this in young adult books - this sets a bad example to young girls and should be completely out of the question. So, if you don't know how to write about this part of life, then don't. Just don't.

Easy? NO. This book was not easy - it was mind numbing.

That's it. I'm out - 1 star (even though I would have gladly given show more it 0 stars, if such an option was available). show less

If I have to be completely honest, I liked this so-called book a little bit better than its predecessor Devoured. Unfortunately, since the characters are the same and still as immature as in Devoured, I can't actually give it more than 2/5 stars.

This could be a fun read for people who are into such books AND are not fed up with the whole first-sight-can't-take-my-eyes-off-of-you-I-wanna-eat-you-up cliché.

Oh, for the love of God, why did I read that?!

I really expected more from this book after reading several positive reviews of it. The plot is a total cliché which, in addition to the pretty immature and poorly developed characters, makes it very hard for me to like this book or continue with the series at all.

The ending was sweet, though, so yeah...1.5/5.

My initial review of The Sea of Tranquility was written a couple of weeks ago, immediately after finishing the book, and, as one might guess, it was a bit emotional. Yes, I'm not ashamed to say that this book got me really emotional. Hell, if I have to be completely honest, there were parts of this book that even made me feel like there is something pressing against my chest so hard, that it was difficult for me to breathe. Parts that were so full of emotion that it was painful to read.

I completely love the characters. Nastya is very easy to love from the very beginning. This character is developed so well, that you really grow fond of her. Not only do you want to know all the secrets she's been keeping, but you want to somehow soothe her despite of her i-can-handle-myself behavior. Then comes Josh--full of pain and secrets of his own, initially he is presented as a complete jerk. There is no love at first sight, no butterflies and sunshine around him. What amazed me the most (character-wise) is the fact that Millay actually took the time to beautifully develop the secondary characters. They were not simply put there as part of the setting of the book--they had personalities, and their actions actually played a great part of what and how was happening in the story. In my opinion, this distinguishes The Sea of Tranquility from the most YA books available, where we almost always never know more about the secondary characters then their names and what they look like.

I know show more there are a lot of 5 star reviews on this book, mine is also one of them. The reason for that is not that the story was something one can never come up with. No, the story was perfectly simple and easy to guess. What makes this book special (for me at least), is the fact that the story was beautifully written and a perfect combination of sad and funny moments, of painful topics and yet witty and fun conversations. For me, The Sea of Tranquility is a story of pain, endurance and coping, of love, friendship and intimacy. And I completely loved it. show less