Review: Ethereal and the next 4 books
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2013
Five stars? Seriously??I am almost at a loss for words this series is so bad. I just learned these are self-published, and I think that explains a lot. While these would never be powerhouse YA books, a good editor would have at least made them a fun throwaway read rather than these tedious, repetitive slogs.The main character is one of the least interesting teen leads ever. She is unlikeable, and makes bad decisions that end up in strange acts of violence perpetrated on her - repeatedly. Why are you running back into the forest? Why are you following someone who wants to kill you  - again? Why are you such a jerk?The amount of unnecessary violence among these teens is just odd. Girls are slapping, kicking, cutting and punching each other constantly. Is this what the author believes goes on in high schools? And Skyla breaks a bottle and cuts the face of the boy she loved two days ago because she doesn't like what he did? Throats are cut, arms are chopped off and all with no real purpose for either character or story advancement.The books draaaaaaaaaaag on to the point of repetition and boredom. Nothing happens. Nothing ties together. The teenagers are by and large repulsive. Girls get knocked up and don't care. It's like a town full of socio & psychopaths rather than celestial beings.What a waste of time and money- I was looking for fun beach reads, so not after literature. These books are frustrating because there is so much more the author could have done with the concept. Instead, it feel like opportunistic coat-tailing on the paranormal trends. These 8 books could have been 3 good ones rather than an unwieldy mess strewn across so many sub standard books.