Margaret McHeyzer

This was a heart-wrenching trainwreck. I could see the horrible things that were going to happen to poor Lily from the first page and there was no way of stopping it, and in that regard it killed me. This was very blunt and very explicit, and a sign of strong story telling.

Though I didn't particularly race through this book, I found myself often unable to look away and resultantly stayed up half the night to finish it. I loved how blunt and unforgiving this was, how matter-of-fact the telling of all the events was.

However, this book was often much slower than it needed to be. Instead of summarizing a scene or conversation, every tiny little detail was played out, and a lot of these didn't add to the story. It was then surprising that multiple years were skipped with a lack of detail.

The tone also often felt very jilted. This worked really well for the first half of the book; however, I expected that as Lily evolved, her tone would as well and the writing would be a bit more smooth. Especially considering the field Lily works in, I expected her to have very flowing prose, but this wasn't the case.

I was also surprised in the second half of the book by how easily resolved many things were. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing; however, I felt like it had a chance to make an already impactful punch even stronger, but it was missed.

Definitely if you're easily triggered be careful with this. Otherwise, I highly recommend this as a touching look into the type of life many may live without us knowing.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (mehr)

Rating 3.36 out of 5 stars
Something was wrong.
Or maybe somthing was right.
This is how I recieved my gift.
. . . Or maybe it's my curse. - Margaret McHeyzer, The Gift
After having to an emergency appendectomy 17 year old Alexa discovers that she can get glimpses into someone's future through touch. If this isn't hard enough to get use to. She suddenly finds herself a kidnapped victim of a handsome but dangerous man named Jude. A man she recently saved with her gift. Now he wants to use her and her gift to his advantage, and claiming to "protect" her in the mean time, but from what?
So I honestly don't know how I feel about this book. It wasn't awful, but wasn't amazing either. I'm very torn. It was a nice and entertaining read, but I'll only read the next book in the series cause their are far to many questions left over and I must know. The romance of the story fell so bad for me due to him being a violent man and kidnapper, and considering her gift being the main focal point of the story, I don't feel she really used it all that much. So it was 'interesting'.
My rating system:
initial feeling= 3
writing= 3.5
story= 3.5
originality= 2.75
unpredictability= 4.25
ending= 2.5
interest= 4 … (mehr)

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The conclusion of this series was good. It wrapped everything up nicely. However, even though I liked it, I didn't love it. It was hard to really want to read, even though there was a lot going on, it was still kind of boring for me. It was worth it to finish the duo though.

How I choose my rating:
1* Hated it. I had to force myself to finish it.
2** Didn't like it. I didn't hate it but not sure why I finished it other than for some closure.
3*** I liked it. I had some issues with it, but as a whole it was good. I probably won't reread ever, but there is a chance I might finish the series. (If part of one) But if not it's not a huge loss.
4**** I really liked this book. Maybe not a work of genius, but highly entertaining. I might reread this, and I will finish the series. (If part of one) I would recommend to those I know hold interest in this book's content.
5***** I loved this book. I found little to no issues with it at all. I will be rereading this and probably more than once. I will finish the series and reread it multiple times. (If part of one) I will recommend this book to EVERYONE!!!!… (mehr)