Eve: The Awakening

Hello everyone.


I finished a book.

Yes, that may seem a bit overdone but I haven't finished a book in a long time.

Anyway, when I read this book I have high hopes. I've been watching Jenna's youtube channel for about 6ish months and I finally got my hands on this book. I love her videos and she gives pretty awesome advice.

So I read it, Eve: The Awakening

And when I finished the book, I was like:


Wow.


I didn't know what else to say. It was a great book. It had an amazing plot line. The storytelling was good. I liked most of the characters. Sometimes things seemed too easy like it was sitting there waiting for Eve to find out. And maybe I had to reread some parts, but that could just be me and how I get sidetracked easy.


The best part if the book was the plot twist at the end. I didn't see it coming and it was awesome. It was the best part of the book, hands down.


That was all my first reaction to the book. And then I made a big mistake.


I looked at reviews. (After this point there might be some spoilers).


So like I said, I love this book. It is really good. But once I saw what others were saying, I realized I felt like that too. It was simple things like how three of the females did seem like they belonged in Mean Girls or how things did seem too easy.


Honesty,  I really didn't like anyone other than Percy and his mom. He seemed the most realistic, even with all the money he had and all that. He did just happen to be a huge collector of guns, which was very useful to the plot. I think the best part was either his drinking habit or him being gay. (There's this one awesome scene with him that is the best because he's gay, read and find out). And his mom was just awesome. She was one of those cool moms who really was cool. She liked Eve, which seemed like the biggest problem in the book, and treated her like her own daughter. But other than that, the characters seem too simple.


Jason, the main love interest, was overprotective and gets angry sometimes. I didn't mind him being overprotective at times but overall, it was a bit much and I don't care if someone gets angry but it has to have a use or a reaction.


JJ was pretty cool in the beginning but she did turn on Eve when she learned that she was from the rich apartments (I think they were apartments, I don't fully remember) and told her to get lost. But she comes back in the end because she's useful. (There's another guy in the team but he's not that interesting to me).


And then there's Eve herself. I don't really like females, even more, when it seems like everything is just handed to her. Sometimes, things were just too easy for her, there was a useful conversation that did she needed to know for the plot that was held out in the open. Mind you, this conversation what about secret information and they were just having it out in a hospital lobby. Eve did seem to be the victim because of the fact she was a chimera. Everyone hates chimera and Eve hates everyone else. I do understand that she was raised to think that everyone hated her because she was a chimera and she had to fight to stay alive, but don't you think that she would have some type of relationship with someone, anyone?

I don't know a lot about self-insertion author but I read about this on tons in the reviews. I do see where they're coming from, Eve does look a lot like Jenna but I don't know. I think I may do this as well when I write but I think all writers have done this to some degree.

But other than that I did like the book. There were parts that weren't the best and maybe didn't need to be in the book or could have been written differently. But other all it was a good book. Most likely the best book I have read up to this point and I can't wait to read Jenna's new book comes out in a few months.