The Prey

While sick with the flu a few days ago I just choose a book at random that was on my Nook and it happened to be The Prey.

Book seemed like a simplistic character at first but the more the story went on the more Book seemed to come into his own. Instead of just being an LT he started to develop a personality and think about the consequences of his choices.

Hope came off as strong and determined while terrified and resentful inside. Her twin sister Faith was a bit harder to read since no chapter was presented from her point of view.

Cat was a fun mystery he clearly knew how to take care of himself yet he was willing to let others help him which also seemed contradicting at times.

My memories of the overall story are blurry since I was running such a high fever while reading The Prey. I do remember the ending well and would not say no to reading the second book in the series.

The Recovery

I did not realized The Recovery was a short story when I checked it out from the library.

While it was nice to get inside of Realm's head I really had hoped for a more in-depth story involving him since he has been my favorite character so far. Realm felt far more human this time, he at least thinks about the people he hurt but he is still one confusing as heck person. Even after reading about Realm I am still not sure I am able to say what his role is in everything. I do not know if this is due to who Realm is or if the writing is not clicking with me.

I have started The Remedy and it appears to be all new characters so far. Time will tell if I continue with The Program series.

The Treatment

The Treatment is the second book in The Program book series. I was really confused with where Suzanne Young was going with the story. I feel like lots of new characters appeared which was exciting and great but none of them stuck around to make an impression on me at all.

Sloane just seems broken and too messed up to even know what is going on anymore, I am not a fan of the love triangle thing going on at all. I just wanted to know if Sloane was going to get her memories back and go completely crazy from all of them. I did not really feel like I knew Sloane or even really cared about her.

James is just as bad as Sloane at times, he is needy and highly insecure. With a lightening fast temper his answer is to hit everything that annoys him and I was not a fan of his character building.

Realm is why I kept reading The Treatment. The mystery around Realm is well done, I still do not understand who or what Realm is. I am sure he has done horrible things but also good things. I love how he is so grey and constantly kept me guessing.

I read a preview for The Remedy and since it is obviously different characters I am highly considering giving it a try. I do not dislike the writing style just the character building to an extent. Plus I hope to read more about Realm.

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

I received an advanced reader copy of A Curse so Dark and Lonely in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Harper comes off quickly as a girl who likes to do the right thing and help people out no matter what the cost to her. In a way I felt like Harper was constantly trying to prove to herself she was worth while despite being born with cerebral palsy. While it seems like Brigid Kemmerer wanted Harper's cerebral palsy to be a key point I did not really see it fitting into the story much at all, no one seemed bothered by Harper walking in a different way in a country primitive with medicine. I kept expecting someone to say something superstitious about Harper's difference. Despite this I really did enjoy Harper, she felt like a real person and someone I would enjoy being friends with.

Rhen is a really complicated character, handsome and stunning he is clearly used to getting his way. Tormented from decades of being under a curse he seems to lose himself in his mind and care less about the reality of his kingdom. Distraught from his own pain, grief, and the memories that haunt him Rhen seems unhuman at times and several times I was wondering if the curse was to make Rhen love not a girl fall in love with Rhen.

Grey was a complicated character, clearly of strong moral fiber Grey took his job as the Prince's guard as his whole being. I liked Grey the best in a lot of ways, while it was hard to read his personality it was clear he has strong character, a sense of duty, and faith in the Prince finally breaking the curse.

The writing was elegant, smooth, lovely, and entangling as the plot line twisted around before coming full circle. I could not get enough, the words called to me taunting me to risk reading later and later into the night. While I know the story of Beauty and the Beast well I was very happy and surprised with the new twists and concepts Kemmerer introduced. While A Curse so Dark and Lonely did have a nice ending and felt like a stand alone I was excited seeing Kemmerer post that their will be a sequel.