Review: Compelling!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
I have to admit that I’m not one of those that enjoys watching reality TV (I’d rather spend my time behind a book) nor have I read any other books in the Games Series so for me this story was a breath of fresh air from my usual reads.In this story, Annabelle Tucker has just returned back to real life after a stint in the fourth season of Endurance Island. While one would expect her to be famous she is infamous for being the slutty contestant that fell for another cast member, Kip. She thought that Kip felt the same as she did but behind the camera he was using her to get further in the game. While she was confessing her love during those confessionals Kip was tearing her down and humiliating her on National TV.Life after Endurance Island was completely miserable. She had to quit school just to get away from the ridicule. She wanted nothing else to do with the show yet when the casting director started leaving messages she was tempted to ignore them. Her curiosity however got the best of her and out of desperation she ends up back on the Season 5 with Kip as her partner no less.I thought that the entire situation couldn’t get any worse but Jessica Clare sure did add enough twist and turns throughout Annabelle’s ordeal. What I enjoyed specifically about all of it was how Annabelle tackled every task challenge beautifully. There were moments were she had to make some difficult decisions and while some might think she was heartless you can definitely tell that all those decisions weren’t made lightly.Annabelle knew that she needed to repair her reputation and make a stand this second time around and she sure did end up doing just that and even gained so much more. I was totally impressed with her character.Now about the romance, it felt that it was on the lighter side than what I am used to. For me this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Because of this, the story seemed to focus more on Annabelle’s comeback more than anything else. It seemed to have highlighted the couples relationship emotionally rather than physically which I very much appreciated.I thought the writing was superb and the story line was compelling. I particularly enjoyed reading Jendan’s thoughts before every single chapter. It took alot of control on my part not to skip ahead to read what he had to say next. What a really nice touch!I enjoyed Book 5 in the Games Series and I sure am looking forward to reading the previous books in the series as well.liezelsbookblog.net