Review: Pleasantly Surprised
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
I really enjoyed this series! It was free and I downloaded it not expecting much, but I was hooked from the very first chapter in the very first book. The characters were strong and had very distinct voices, which is great because the plot was confusing at points.On another note, I was a huge fan of the novel "Divergent" and the sequel that followed, but the disappointment the third installment brought sent me searching for a dystopian/post-apocolyptic romance that would knock my socks off the way Divergent did. It sucked me in the way Divergent did and, actually, I like this series much, MUCH more. The writing was great, if not a little repetitive at times. The third book REALLY dragged out; I feel like it was completely unnecessary, actually. The story could have been told in just two books. There was very little character development between the second and third books.Tiny Spoiler alert!The third book, towards the end, there was a particular character who just WOULDN'T DIE! Another character kept attacking and attacking him until it got to the point where I just kept flipping pages saying "oh my god just DIE already!"Spoiler over!I give the author major props for writing a story through the eyes of a female character despite the fact that he's a male. As a writer myself, I know how hard it is to get into the head of a character of the opposite sex. Morrow did a great job with that. However, the romance aspect of the novel could have been developed better. I feel like Mora was so wishy-washy and her relationship(s) with Aaron and Conner were too rushed and unbelievable. The reader had to genuine reason to really WANT her to end up with one of them over the other.But all in all, this book SUCKED me in until it was 5 in the morning and I was so exhausted that I went to school late the next day. I'm a senior in high school and, though the writing was not challenging itself, the plot and content was appropriate for my age. I'm glad I read these novels and will most definitely look for more works by the author.