Review: Boundless

Boundless by Cynthia Hand

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I felt dragged to read this against my will, because I hate leaving things unfinished. Now I have tidied up another series and can put it behind me. Luckily since I'd gotten past book two, I found this one was worth finishing just to read how it ends. I can't help thinking that it would have made a better story if shortened into one longer novel instead of broken up and spread out.

Boundless was much better than the middle book of the trilogy - it's not just teens talking and feeling (but that's still a big part of it). Something actually happens - all the promised action that we've been waiting for, the war between dark and light angels arrives. It's not on the large, apocalyptic scale that I expected with the word 'war' in the description. It's more like a personal fight. Still, this is the part that I kept reading for, and I was happy enough with how it went.

On the teen drama side of things, which still takes up much of the book, Clara, Angela and Christian are all in their first year of college, and the love triangle is on-going with Tucker. I really don't care for love triangles since I have a hard time with a girl who can't make her mind up and strings guys along. I'm not sure what I think about how it was resolved, but I've decided I don't really care. I have a feeling there's going to be a spin-off series for the person left hanging, but I don't think I'll be reading it. This is finished enough.



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Review: Easy

Easy by Tammara Webber

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This was a lot different than most of the stuff I read. It's contemporary, and it's romance. I enjoyed the change, and I really enjoyed the college setting. I really can't think of anything else I've read that is in college rather than high school, so I felt like I was reading something new.

It is mainly a contemporary romance, and there is plenty of attention to the physical and emotional aspects of falling in (and out of) love. It's definitely for the more mature audience. There is sex, and although it's not very graphically described, there are other things that are quite explicit.

In spite of the heavy focus on romance, that's not all there is to this book. If it was, I probably wouldn't bother with writing this review because it would have been just a quick fluff read not worth thinking about. But there was enough here to make it more than that. It's also about the experience of college - classes, parties, the process of separating from parents, finding out who you are, etc. It also involves attempted rape, rape, and the social pressures surrounding the reporting of such assaults, so there is some pretty serious stuff in there. I am still thinking about it, so that tells me it's not just brain candy (not that I'm opposed to reading fluff when I'm in the mood!).

It was refreshing to read something other than the norm for me, and I also enjoyed indulging in a true romance for a change.



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