1.5 stars - Wow. Where do I start? It's been a while since I've had such negative feelings towards a book. It was a promising idea but it lacked the execution and actual sustenance of the characters. They are quite annoying most of the time and actually took me out of my reading zone/mood. There are so many cringe and eye-roll worthy moments throughout, it's probably easier to count the non-cringe worthy moments in the book. I also heard myself saying "oh no" so many times, whether it was at the cheesiness of the dialogue or the endless cyclone of drama that happened to fall upon our heroes.
First, we're introduced to cookie cut bitchy white teen, Foster and her adoptive mother cookie cut southern woman of color, Cora who have a we're too cool to be mother and daughter relationship and constantly throw some smart banter back and forth. Of course, shortly after, we're introduced to Mr. Perfect teen football player and Foster has all the symptoms of instalove - first comes the denial which entails he's so gross, you're so annoying behavior of course. All this in just the very first chapter! She really does say He was, of course, perfect when she first lays her eyes on him. And then soon after, our Mr. Perfect throws tantrums like a girl and repeatedly calls our heroine a "bitch" and it's played off like it's a totally normal thing. I was already pretty disconnected to the story before this point, and him just calling her a bitch (like there was no creative or better way to express his frustration?!), had me pretty much tuned out. Where's the depth? What's up with the one-dimensional characters and teen anger? But that was only my first impression and so I thought I'd give them a chance and hope they had some substantial character growth. I was wrong in my hopes. They never turn into anything admirable or even compelling enough to warrant any feelings in me besides utter annoyance and a regret of getting myself into this situation.
There was so much drama - Renting a motel room? Drama. Meeting someone? Drama. Driving? Drama. Walking into a store? Drama. Learning about powers? Drama. Talking to people? Drama. Oh, there's a horse on your property? Drama. Going dancing? Drama. Everything was dramatic. Yet somehow, it was slow and boring and it seemed like there was no movement in this book. In fact, the only thing with the movement were the storms that were brewing.
I couldn't help myself - I started hating the characters because they were just so insufferable. The rest of the characters were no improvement. The 33yr old siblings behaved just like our immature mis Bitch and mr. Douchhawk as the heroine calls him. The four of them have hallucinations and tempers of toddlers. The evil scientist with brilliant mind is an addicted to a special substance the daughter creates with her powers. SOOOMUCH HIGH TEEN DRAMA GETS MY BRAIN FRIED! I somehow got 75% through this and because I'm the type of person who must finish a book, I had to force myself to read the second half, skimming my way through the pages just to find something with some sustenance. Now I have other books by the author that I absolutely love, but this one, all I can say: thank goodness it's over!
First, we're introduced to cookie cut bitchy white teen, Foster and her adoptive mother cookie cut southern woman of color, Cora who have a we're too cool to be mother and daughter relationship and constantly throw some smart banter back and forth. Of course, shortly after, we're introduced to Mr. Perfect teen football player and Foster has all the symptoms of instalove - first comes the denial which entails he's so gross, you're so annoying behavior of course. All this in just the very first chapter! She really does say He was, of course, perfect when she first lays her eyes on him. And then soon after, our Mr. Perfect throws tantrums like a girl and repeatedly calls our heroine a "bitch" and it's played off like it's a totally normal thing. I was already pretty disconnected to the story before this point, and him just calling her a bitch (like there was no creative or better way to express his frustration?!), had me pretty much tuned out. Where's the depth? What's up with the one-dimensional characters and teen anger? But that was only my first impression and so I thought I'd give them a chance and hope they had some substantial character growth. I was wrong in my hopes. They never turn into anything admirable or even compelling enough to warrant any feelings in me besides utter annoyance and a regret of getting myself into this situation.
There was so much drama - Renting a motel room? Drama. Meeting someone? Drama. Driving? Drama. Walking into a store? Drama. Learning about powers? Drama. Talking to people? Drama. Oh, there's a horse on your property? Drama. Going dancing? Drama. Everything was dramatic. Yet somehow, it was slow and boring and it seemed like there was no movement in this book. In fact, the only thing with the movement were the storms that were brewing.
I couldn't help myself - I started hating the characters because they were just so insufferable. The rest of the characters were no improvement. The 33yr old siblings behaved just like our immature mis Bitch and mr. Douchhawk as the heroine calls him. The four of them have hallucinations and tempers of toddlers. The evil scientist with brilliant mind is an addicted to a special substance the daughter creates with her powers. SOOOMUCH HIGH TEEN DRAMA GETS MY BRAIN FRIED! I somehow got 75% through this and because I'm the type of person who must finish a book, I had to force myself to read the second half, skimming my way through the pages just to find something with some sustenance. Now I have other books by the author that I absolutely love, but this one, all I can say: thank goodness it's over!
