13 to Life (13 to Life, book 1) by Shannon Delany
Genre: Paranormal Young Adult
Edition Reviewed: Ebook
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle
Goodreads: 13 to Life (1)
Everything about Jessie Gillmansen’s life changed when her mother died. Now even her hometown of Junction is changing. Mysterious dark things are happening. All Jessie wants is to avoid more change. But showing a hot new guy around Junction High, she’s about to discover a whole new type of change. Pietr Rusakova is more than good looks and a fascinating accent—he’s a guy with a dangerous secret. And his very existence is sure to bring big trouble to Jessie’s small town.
It seems change is the one thing Jessie can’t avoid.
Review:
It can not be said that I didn't try. Because I did!! I bought almost every book in the series, so I had to try!! Problem is this book had too many tones of Twilight. No it's not Twilight, I am well aware that there are many points that Twilight never had. However, the main lead is undefined, and down right stupid. The male love interests aren't interesting and I'm pretty sure in the real world any REAL friend would tell their friend that those boys are trouble and they're already treating you liked dirt. Dump him.
The overall hate that the students give the main lead about her mother dying in a horrific death is . . . crazy. I'm sorry no matter how messed up the people if someone died in a horrific accident they wouldn't treat an innocent bystander like a leaper. Maybe because the main lead opened her arms wide to the girl who was mean to her, and also is the reason her mother died. No one is a saint. Someone caused your mother to crash you might forgive, but just shrugging it off is ridiculous. Now I'll admit that I did not make it to the end of this book so maybe she finally stands up for herself and even has that emotional break.
Main reason is the drama was so stupidly formed that anything being based off of it was nothing but one giant joke! The main lead was basically a Bella clone, maybe a tad more personality. However, I will forever curse Twilight and any book that thinks a reader needs and empty shell for a lead. We don't. The love interests were terrible from the get go, making one of the most painful love triangles I've seen a while. Plot . . . I'm not sure where it was going. It didn't catch my attention at any point and in the end I have better books waiting for me. 13 to Life kicked started my new reading resolution to stop reading books that I'm not interested in. Thank goodness for my new found self control/resolution.
Sexual Content: Kissing, making out, and sexual humor . . . not sure if anything else happened.
1/5- I couldn't finish it or wish I hadn't.
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| 13 to Life (1) Secrets and Shadows (2) Bargains and Betrayals (3) Destiny and Deception (4) Rivals and Retribution (5) | 13 to Life (1) Secrets and Shadows (2) Bargains and Betrayals (3) Destiny and Deception (4) Rivals and Retribution (5) | 13 to Life (1) Secrets and Shadows (2) Bargains and Betrayals (3) Destiny and Deception (4) Rivals and Retribution (5) |
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