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** This book review, as well as many more, can also be found on my blog, The Baking Bookworm[...]. **

My Review: I waited a loooong time to get this ebook from my local library. With such a high in demand book I figured it had to be an 'edge-of-your-seat/not getting anything else done until I'm finished this book' kind of good. Sadly, it just wasn't. My overall my feelings towards this book can be described as lackluster (and disappointed, if truth be told). Unspoken also received awesome review and high ratings on GoodReads and Amazon but I guess I just don't see why. The premise was great but the execution? Not so much.

The book started out strong. From the beginning the reader is faced with the unique connection that Kami has with a mysterious person. I was eager to find out who Kami had the connection with but once that was divulged (about one-third of the way through) the momentum petered off and I started to lose interest.

Unfortunately by that time not enough had happened in the book to propel the storyline. Sure the humour was refreshing and the banter (especially between Kami's family) was great but the author has to give me a reason to stick with the mystery and I just didn't get that with this book. Don't get me wrong, the dry humour/banter between Kami and other characters was quite funny and was the highlight of the book for me but even the one-liners and zingers they'd throw at each other became too much after awhile. I do love me some dry humour but no one really talks that way all the time and it started to feel contrived and the situations set up just so that a good joke could be included.

I think the issue is that the book focused much more on the teenage angst and trying to sound cool by overusing teen slang. In the end I feel the reader is left with secondary characters that were just okay - if not a little clichéd. Like the brooding and ultra cynical Angela (I'm still trying to figure out why Angela loves to nap so much. Part of me wonders if there's a supernatural reason but the other part of me thinks it's just Angela's defining 'thing' which would just be odd). I think better use of the secondary characters (and giving them more depth) would have saved this book for me.

Initially Kami came off as an interesting character but her decisions and her inability to stop thinking about her relationship with her mystery man made her (dare I say it) start to resemble Bella Swan. Kami, you don't need a boy to feel complete! Where is the girl power? I think the author was going for romantic angst but instead I was left with a love starved wussy main character. Instead of focusing on the dangerous issues at hand she's more concerned that her man is angry with her. Wha?

Kami also didn't make the smartest choices and paid the price every time. I don't like it when the protagonist has no issues to deal with but, on the other hand, it quickly got frustrating seeing Kami take risks that I don't think a normal person would take. Stupidly dangerous give-your-head-a-shake type risks. Kami also has a lot of dialogue in the book. For a book titled ‘Unspoken’ Kami sure does talk a lot. To her friends and her love interest and she talks a lot in her own head. Put a cork in it, girl! Shut yer mouth, stop having the same argument with your man (and yourself) over and over again and get on with finding out 'whodunnit' already! Less chatter more action would have kept this book's pace high.

This book had a very interesting premise but, for me anyway, just didn't deliver the suspenseful read that I was hoping for. I know I'm in the minority on this book and after reading this review you may see me as a persnickety old biddy who just doesn't 'get' the YA genre at times. But I do love this genre and therefore expect it to be good. Teens need and should expect great writing, characters and plot too. Throwing in some 'Will they? Won't they?' romantic angst with weak characters and a lackluster plot isn't showcasing what is truly awesome about this genre.

My Rating: 2/5 stars


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Unspoken The Lynburn Legacy Book 1 Sarah Rees Brennan Books Reviews

Kami Glass knows that no matter how quiet her hometown, Sorry-in-the-Vale, appears to be, it must have its own fair share of buried secrets. Secrets that are just waiting for someone to uncover them. When the only living members of the founding family of Lynburns return to Sorry-in-the-Vale, Kami can’t help but notice the strange things that have accompanied their arrival. Strangest of all is the appearance of her imaginary friend, a friend whose voice she’s been hearing in her head forever and one she was convinced didn’t exist. When Kami stumbles upon a gruesome scene in the woods and someone makes an attempt on her life, she realizes Sorry-in-the-Vale’s secrets are more dangerous than she imagined and someone will do anything to keep them hidden.

Sarah Rees Brennan’s Unspoken is packed with hilarity, emotionally complex characters, and a mystery that’s sure to intrigue. This is my first time rereading this book and I’ve grown more fond of it and its characters because of it. Kami Glass is one of my all-time favorite protagonists, she’s tenacious, curious, and independent. The supporting cast is better for knowing her and she is most deserving of the devotion her friends and family show her. Prone to getting into trouble, Kami is charmingly cheeky, but also shows a level of maturity and levelheadedness other characters have yet to reach. Though some of her ideas border on crazy, her enthusiasm is infectious and her ability to recognize her mistakes make her a delightful character.

Unspoken would not be as complete without Kami’s eclectic Scooby Gang. From her best friend Angela, who’d rather nap than deal with people to the antithetic cousins, Ash and Jared, Kami’s team is well-balanced and each character has their own struggles and moments of learning. Jared and Kami’s relationship is by far the most complicated as each believed the other did not exist. It’s one thing to share your soul with someone you’ve never met, but quite another to realize that another human being knows every vulnerable moment you’ve ever had and every insecurity you hide from the world. Jared has been hardened by parents who’ve never wanted him and rumors that have everyone regarding him with distrust. His only solace has been his relationship with the girl whose voice he can hear in his head. Despite this, the reality of Kami’s existence terrifies him and he’s as much afraid of having her in his life as he is of losing her.

Brennan’s Unspoken had me laughing out loud, crying with its emotionally gut-wrenching character arcs and sneaking glances at the last two books, eager to read what other trouble Kami and her gang are sure to get into.
** This book review, as well as many more, can also be found on my blog, The Baking Bookworm[...]. **

My Review I waited a loooong time to get this ebook from my local library. With such a high in demand book I figured it had to be an 'edge-of-your-seat/not getting anything else done until I'm finished this book' kind of good. Sadly, it just wasn't. My overall my feelings towards this book can be described as lackluster (and disappointed, if truth be told). Unspoken also received awesome review and high ratings on GoodReads and but I guess I just don't see why. The premise was great but the execution? Not so much.

The book started out strong. From the beginning the reader is faced with the unique connection that Kami has with a mysterious person. I was eager to find out who Kami had the connection with but once that was divulged (about one-third of the way through) the momentum petered off and I started to lose interest.

Unfortunately by that time not enough had happened in the book to propel the storyline. Sure the humour was refreshing and the banter (especially between Kami's family) was great but the author has to give me a reason to stick with the mystery and I just didn't get that with this book. Don't get me wrong, the dry humour/banter between Kami and other characters was quite funny and was the highlight of the book for me but even the one-liners and zingers they'd throw at each other became too much after awhile. I do love me some dry humour but no one really talks that way all the time and it started to feel contrived and the situations set up just so that a good joke could be included.

I think the issue is that the book focused much more on the teenage angst and trying to sound cool by overusing teen slang. In the end I feel the reader is left with secondary characters that were just okay - if not a little clichéd. Like the brooding and ultra cynical Angela (I'm still trying to figure out why Angela loves to nap so much. Part of me wonders if there's a supernatural reason but the other part of me thinks it's just Angela's defining 'thing' which would just be odd). I think better use of the secondary characters (and giving them more depth) would have saved this book for me.

Initially Kami came off as an interesting character but her decisions and her inability to stop thinking about her relationship with her mystery man made her (dare I say it) start to resemble Bella Swan. Kami, you don't need a boy to feel complete! Where is the girl power? I think the author was going for romantic angst but instead I was left with a love starved wussy main character. Instead of focusing on the dangerous issues at hand she's more concerned that her man is angry with her. Wha?

Kami also didn't make the smartest choices and paid the price every time. I don't like it when the protagonist has no issues to deal with but, on the other hand, it quickly got frustrating seeing Kami take risks that I don't think a normal person would take. Stupidly dangerous give-your-head-a-shake type risks. Kami also has a lot of dialogue in the book. For a book titled ‘Unspoken’ Kami sure does talk a lot. To her friends and her love interest and she talks a lot in her own head. Put a cork in it, girl! Shut yer mouth, stop having the same argument with your man (and yourself) over and over again and get on with finding out 'whodunnit' already! Less chatter more action would have kept this book's pace high.

This book had a very interesting premise but, for me anyway, just didn't deliver the suspenseful read that I was hoping for. I know I'm in the minority on this book and after reading this review you may see me as a persnickety old biddy who just doesn't 'get' the YA genre at times. But I do love this genre and therefore expect it to be good. Teens need and should expect great writing, characters and plot too. Throwing in some 'Will they? Won't they?' romantic angst with weak characters and a lackluster plot isn't showcasing what is truly awesome about this genre.

My Rating 2/5 stars