Review: I should have stayed away.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
I received a copy of this book in exchanged for an honest review.I requested Dazed from NetGalley because the synopsis seemed really interesting, there seemed to be a lot of potential. I didn’t know it was part of an on-going series either. Side note, I don’t think you need to read the first two books to read this. But then I started reading and realized there was nothing about Dazed that I liked. Nothing.The characters were boring and flat. Nothing about them interested me throughout the book. Aerie is a control freak expect for when she’s with Jagger. Okay? I do no see how anyone can just give up that control just because of another person. It doesn’t happen in real life, and it shouldn’t happen in a book. Okay, it can happen in real life, but only after the people know each other, have been with each other for some time. Aerie is just not someone with whom I can relate to. Jagger seems a bit too good to be true. He comes from privilege, is a know-it-all, and doesn’t seem like he cares about much.I couldn’t get past the writing either. I didn’t care that it was in first person as most books I’ve read lately are first person. I know it’s easier to write that way so that didn’t bother me. The tense wasn’t an issue either. It’s just that it was boring. The author seemed more intent on giving me super long descriptions of what people were wearing, down to the brands, than actually building a world. It was rather simple writing as well. I don’t need to be challenged when reading a book, but something more would have been nice.I don’t know if I would even consider recommending this book to anyone. I just don’t see any merit in Dazed at all.