Review: Not quite overtaken
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2011
Although I hate to say it, I was somewhat underwhelmed by this book.  I had high hopes because I've heard good things about Lieske, but I just never connected with this book.  I read a lot of YA and enjoy fantasy and scifi, so I thought this book would be right up my alley, but I was never sucked into the story...never able to forget I was reading a book.  You know how when you're reading a book that you really connect with, you can lose yourself in the story?  I was never able to lose myself.It wasn't a bad story.  I thought the premise was interesting.  Being a comic book fan, I enjoyed the idea of the characters having powers, but it would have been nice to see the powers used a little bit more.  It sounds like the powers may play a more key role in later books, so maybe I'm just impatient ;)With a romance central to the story's plot, I didn't "believe" it.  Yes, the characters are young and therefore may be forgiven for acting silly, but it still seemed a bit fast to be throwing around the "L" word after only a few dates.  Since this story is obviously going to take up more than one book, I think the romance aspect may have worked better for me if it had been a slower build up across the whole trilogy/series(?).This is also a small nitpick, and maybe it's a regional thing, but Shayne spelled like that makes me think of a girl's name.Note: I read a free review copy from author