Summary:
Starting over sucks.
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.
And then he opened his mouth.
Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something… unexpected happens.
The hot alien living next door marks me.
You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
If I don’t kill him first, that is
Oh how I wished you had killed him, Katy!
Alright, when I checked this out the first thing that came to my mind was Twilight, I mean, how couldn’t I? Girl moves to a small town with only one parent, hates it, has dodgy internet access and there is a family of hot, weird people that everybody stays away from.
However, it’s much more similar to The Vampire Diaries (Daemon, really?) and some say “I am number four” but I haven’t read it, so I can’t vouch for that. The writing was simple, but the dialogues were cringe worthy; it was stiff and awkward, people just don’t talk like cardboard.
My biggest problem (as you can guess) was the dickwad appointed as the “love interest”, who is, of course! An asshole to the MC because he wants to protect her; because it’s hard to find a book where the guy’s abusive behavior isn’t pinned down as the girl’s fault.
“Oh, I was just mocking you, insulting you, humiliating you and doing stuff that borderline sexual assault because I’m dangerous and you have to stay away!”
Well how about you stay away you little piece of shit?
Right from the start he is treating her like crap:
“Can I help you?” Full, kissable lips turneddown in annoyance.”
“You know, all I wanted was directions. This is obviously a bad time.” One side of his lips curled up. “Anytime is a bad time for you to come knocking on my door, kid.”
“You look like you’re twelve. No. Maybe thirteen, but my sister has this doll that kinda reminds me of you. All big-eyed and vacant.”
We are supposed to believe that Daemon is this way because they met another human before and things did not end well, so he’s not only trying to protect Katy, but him and his sister as well. The fault in that theory is that once our MC proves she’s loyal and won’t rat them out, and dear Daemon is no longer pushing her away, you would think he would start treating her with love and respect. HA HA HA, no he’s still the same condescending and abusive asshole he was before.
And the whole plot is so stupid I can’t even write properly.
Hot aliens are being chased so they need to hide, that’s why they go to a small town where being new and weird is the same as writing “I’M A FUCKING ALIEN” in big, green letters all over their body. But of course, to keep people away they just act like assholes, because if the bad guys ever find them, the citizens will, in no way whatsoever point them to their house and set it on fire. Brilliant!
Katy, I gotta be honest I liked her at first. How she dealt with moving to a new place after her father’s death, how she wanted to make friends but was a little nervous about meeting new people. I could identify with all of that, Katy even recognized that Daemon was an asshole when she met him. But it all means nothing when she keeps going after him and accepting his assholish behavior as something normal. He insults her and pushes her against a tree and all she can think is of how hot he is, and how much she wants him! Not that he’s a crazy dickwad that she should stay away from.
Horrible book, horrible characters. Horrible.
Peace out
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