Review: Amazing YA Box Set worth more than $0.99!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2014
I read two of the novels included in the Girls On Fire box set and I will give brief spoiler-free reviews of each and my overall thoughts on the box set!I started with Inevitable by Tamara Hart Heiner. The description grabbed my attention and it was one of the few books included that I haven't heard of before so I thought that was a good place to start! Plus it was categorized as suspense and I don't read enough of those books so I thought it would be original, at least to me. It's also a bit paranormal but YA suspense is the way I would categorize it as well.Inevitable was a thrilling suspenseful read. Once I started I couldn't put the story down. My biggest complaint was that it was too short. I wanted more. I wanted the secondary characters more developed & I wanted more from our heroine, Jayne too. As for a YA this story is perfect, it has a fresh perspective on having it all in High School. Jayne is pretty, smart, has cool parents and no lack of interested boys. She just can't keep a job or a crush because her special ability, 'Seeing' people's awful deaths, kinda puts a damper on a social life, especially working with the public or trying to date. Jayne can't tell anyone, because when she does everyone just thinks she's crazy and it never seems to do anyone any good. Jayne grows leaps and bounds as a character, there are consequences for her actions and I wanted her to conquer her fears and start living her life for her. To take the upper hand and stop fearing her curse/gift.Inevitable is a 4 heart read and highly enjoyable. I liked the spin on her gift and I loved the characters! Hoping for more to come from Jayne!I have had The Forgotten Ones by Laura Howard on my TBR list for way too long. I have no reasons for not reading it sooner and I am glad it was included in this box set, because I finally dove in and was enthralled!This is the story of 21yo Allison, who if I am being honest, is a little too stick-in-the-mud stuffy for my tastes. Maybe I am just too selfish, but Allison thinks she's doing the right thing by choosing to have no life, in order to take on the care of her schizophrenic mother. It bothered me that she felt she could have nothing for herself especially when her grandparents seem to be raising her right, to be responsible and to have a life/future of her own.Then Allison's life is flipped around when her father, whom she's never met, shows up with stories about the Tuatha de Danaan (the Fae), and that her mother & her are in danger. With that Allison turns into a strong-willed, risk taker in order to try to make things right for the ones she loves. She will do whatever it takes to help her family and that is when the heroine we are expecting delivers.The story is beautifully written and I may have mixed up characters and had to re-read to make sure I was following correctly, but then again, I was reading with distractions, but I couldn't put the book down! Then it ended...not with a cliffhanger, but with an ending that promises so much more and lucky for us, book 2, The Stone of Destiny is available now!The Forgotten Ones is a 4 heart read and I love all things fae! Can't wait to see where book 2 takes us. Book 1 is Upper YA suitable, nothing too mature.Now since I rated both books I read at 4 hearts, I am sure you're wondering why I rated the box set at 5 hearts? Well it's because I love the idea of packaging 10 kick-butt YA heroines into 1 collection, and you cannot beat the price! I would have paid $0.99 for each of the two books I read in the collection so far, so honestly you are getting a great deal in price plus these books are actually really, really GOOD! Both I read were wonderfully written, well edited, with smart plots and of course kick-butt leading ladies! There are a variety of genres included so even if you read one paranormal, you then can switch it up to dystopian or suspense! Even if you read one or two of these books already, there are a bunch more to read at that stellar price of $0.99! I plan on reading all of the books in the collection, maybe even on a nice sunny beach![book rating=5.0/5.0]The eARC was given to me in exchange for an honest review. Originally published on: http://bookcrush.in/reviews/review-girls-on-fire-box-set/