Good story with alot of potential
926711
Good story with alot of potential. But I just couldn't get into the characters - the development was rather shallow in my opinion.
494790
I liked the story and concept of this book. The story begins in a futuristic here, then jumps to elsewhere, another world. There are airships, intrigue, a war our hero must understand to survive and a talking wolf. I felt like I wanted more  there are so many concepts and characters thrown at the reader, that I hope the future books will unravel all the mysteries. Interesting cover art. Im intrigued by the idea of the 14 emotions and how that plays out.  Would have benefited by further editing and formatting, but overall a fun read.
4893506
3-3.5 Stars Good Story

I was graciously gifted an ARC by this new author and I was pleasantly surprised!  I thought the premise of the story was great but where it fell short for me was the overall execution.  I found that the characters also had great potential but again, for me, they themselves fell a tad bit short as well.  I almost felt like the storyline stayed on a monotone level throughout and the characters were one dimensional.  I would have liked more overall "energy" for lack of a better word to add some depth to the characters and the storyline.

Robert, I really loved him, I truly did.  He had a job to do but underneath it all, he was a good man with a big heart.  In his line of work, he cannot get emotionally involved and I understood that but I did love how he battled between his head and his heart.

Emily, hmmmm, I liked her but her character lacked a lot for me.  For someone, who found herself under these particular circumstances, she acted so matter of fact.  I had a really hard time to relate to her and because of that it made my connection to the story a little bit harder where she was concerned.  I needed her character to be more "believable", her character needed a lot of work and for me, I think she was the main reason I couldn't invest fully with the story.

Congrats Author Kate Sands, I think you have a very good future ahead of you.  It doesn't matter how fast you climb the ranks, it's the slow and steady that will get you there and with time and maturity, I see a lot of room for growth.  Just because I may not have been in complete love with this story, doesn't mean that others won't love it.  I am a picky reader and I have my own preferences while reading and they may not be the same as the next but I do wish you the best in the future. I hope to see much more from you in the future, and I will be looking forward it!
3234121
I agree with some of the other reviews written that this story has good potential but still needs some work.  It is a good story line and comes together pretty well in the end.  However, as has been mentioned, the errors and abrupt transitions makes it very difficult to read especially at the beginning.  I was very tempted to not finish it but it is hard for me to leave a book unfinished.  In addition to many grammatical errors, there is often no indication of a scene change within a chapter.  It leaves you feeling like you missed something and there was a section early on where I think a portion actually was missing.
4413691
I give this story 3 1/2 stars. It was a good story that bogged down at times. However, it is  plausible that this could actually happen someday. It was a little too technical at times. Overall I enjoyed the book.
2912264
I enjoyed this book. The story was interesting and I liked most of the characters. I struggled a little bit with how the story flowed and a little bit with the relationship development between the characters. Also, I would've really liked an epilogue - it felt like some of the story was left unfinished when the book ended. I enjoyed this book and would read more if the author turned this into a series (to tell Adeline's story.)
3017098
**ARC provided by Ten28 Publishing via NetGalley**
(3.5 stars)
Kenzie & Remy are aspiring musicians both dealing with demons from their pasts. Kenzie meets Remy when he begins to frequent the diner she works at. Little does she know that she's become his muse. Through a series of events they become roommates and well, one thing leads to another. I liked the characters and the story had real potential. I felt that Remy's relationship with his father could've been explored more and the ending felt rushed. Would I read a sequel? Probably. I just wanted more from the story and conflict.

- One thing she'd learned from her first romantic relationship was that you never truly knew what's underneath the mask that another person wore.
229492
I was torn between 3 & 4 stars, but since this seems to be a newer author I rounded up, because there is a lot of potential here. Good story, decent telling. Could hadn't benefited from another run through with a beta reader and editor. At one point two of the main characters are "cans of peached" instead of peaches, and there were several other spelling/grammar errors, although they didn't detract from the overall telling.

My main issue was the everyone they ran into, they knew. Now with this being the zombie apocalypse and there only being  handful of characters, it seemed a bit far fetched. I liked the twist at the end where two of the protagonists knew each other, but since there were several other scenes just like it, I felt like it didn't have that punch of emotion it should've. The ending felt slightly rushed overall.

Characters were pretty well done, and I ended up getting attached to a few of them. They were all vastly different, and very non cookie cutter. The length of the story was perfect, although the pacing staggered at a few points, but that was few and far between.

I got this with my kindle unlimited, and I'm pleased overall. I would give more works by this author a shot, especially if they are included with KU. If you're a huge zombie fan like I am, the this one a shot!
1102399
I like owning a Kindle if only to read the new authors, or those trying to be writers. I picked this book because the young man's name popped up somewhere else. I actually liked the book and thought there was a lot of potential in the story, but somehow it was missed. It read more like an extensive outline of what could have been a really great first novel. Yes the ending was predictable from the beginning, but still in between could have been a great story if there was more meat on the bone. The book felt like the writer wrote in spurts and at times he was really flowing smoothly and at other times a laxative seemed the order of the day. However, it is his first book, (that I know of) and again, I think he has potential and if he writes another book I would read it to see if he had mastered his craft a bit more. I almost felt like this was his first draft and he was so excited to put it out there he did so without any rewriting or editing. But if you do read the book I think you will see real potential.
1011075
Well... there were things I really liked about this book and a few things I really didn't. So...here goes.

First off, the story itself was really good. The world building was well done and intriguing with great details. It started a bit quick and unnatural, but once they reached the other world things seemed to slow to a more natural place and I enjoyed learning about the world with Paige.

I also like that there appears to be a relationship growing between Paige and Naialah, but that relationship was also a little strange. It was a little too, "I hate her, but I'm drawn to her" for me. Also it's never really addressed. It isn't established at the beginning of the book that Paige likes girls, so I really feel like when she started having feelings she would have some confused thoughts about them or something. For most of the book I thought I was just reading into it, but then at the end Paige said something about wanting to flirt with Naialah and I was like, "Oh, I was right about that?"

I also hope that Paige matures a little bit more in the next book because she was a little too whiney at times. I get that she is a teen and they can be like that, but I wanted to smack her a few times.

So why four stars? Well honestly for me it was a three and half star book. I thought rounding it up was more fair because I feel like most people will really enjoy it. It sort of reminded me the Mortal Instruments books which I know a lot of people like. I really enjoyed the plot of the story, so that part is four stars for me. The relationship and Paige's attitude were a three for me.

If you're a fan of paranormal, this is probably gonna be a good book for you!
3479711
This book had the potential to be great. However, to me the heroine came off time and time again as weak and unsure of herself. The male "love" interest did a lot of staring into her eyes and almost kissing through most of the book. I am giving it four stars because it has serious potential and an interesting plot. The book was good but annoying at times. Hopefully, the author will take this series to the level of great in the next book.
1911428
First, I did receive a free copy of this book for siging up for Aaron Hodges' newsletter.

Good story with some flaws.  The characters were not fleshed out very well before jumping right into action, and even then it was somewhat superficial.  The relationship between Alastair and Eric seemed a bit forced, and does not really give reason for the strong emotional tie at the end of the book.  The relationships need more fleshing out in general in order to justify the strong emotional reactions.  The story could have been longer in order to solve this issue, as well as really flesh out the action.  Other than that, great story, and I will be reading the rest of the series to see how it ends.
4955910
As an entirety, I liked this story. The authors did a great job in explaining the nature of vampires (as well as other mystical beings) and the whole mythology behind them. It was a nice twist in vampiric fiction.

However, I do have three main criticisms: (#1) I would have liked to see a more thoroughly developed relationship between Naya and Vaugh before they fell in love. (#2) Too many subplots and characters POV switches throughout the book. Made me feel bombarded. (#3) The ending. It ended rather haste.

Over all though, a lovely lovely read! I really LOVED this book and it does have potential. I will definitely be sticking it out for books two and three and the rest of the characters in R.L. Kenderson world! Great debut ladies!
4842766
Interesting story, needs more detail and character development
659914
I thought that this book had a lot of potential. The storyline and characters were interesting. I wanted to give it 4 stars but I couldn't do it.

There were enough grammar errors to take me out of the story at times, and there was one scene toward the end where I thought one thing was happening and it suddenly did a 180 and there were different characters involved. It was confusing, and I'm not sure if it was too complicated for my brain that night or if the description of the situation needs work.

It's a good story, regardless of my nitpicking, and is worth a read. I'll likely read more in the series, but with so much competition and so little time to read, it won't be at the top of my list.
3226980
For a first book by someone with no apparent background in writing, this was a pretty good story.  It could use some polishing but overall I enjoyed it.

If we continue to abuse our planet, we may end up with the Earth in this story.  Air pollution/smog has gotten so bad that we can no longer breathe the air without gel masks.  The sunlight can't get through so the plants and animals are now gone.  The people are controlled by the World Government and all companies seem to be subsidiaries of it.  This government has recognized that the human race cannot continue here so they looked to the stars to find a new place to live.  A planet was found but the atmosphere was incompatible with us so the terraforming began.  The problem with this was that there was already sentient life there.

This was all very interesting (I do love my sci-fi) but I had a couple of problems with the science.  I'm no authority on laws of physics but I'm fairly certain we cannot travel faster than light, which was how people travelled here.  I would have preferred a wormhole theory or some other thing that has not yet been proven impossible.  Even if we could somehow travel as fast as light, the nearest star system to us would still be four years away but in this story it only took two weeks to travel between the planets.  See, it just doesn't make sense.  The other thing would be that if you could somehow travel faster than light, you would no longer be living in the same time as everyone else.  Time would slow (or go backwards in theory).  I know, I watch too many science shows.

The first several chapters of the book were from different characters points of view.  This threw me off at first but as I got further into the story, I found it was quite helpful in knowing the players and why they were doing what they were doing.  They all come together in the end so be patient with it.  There were several instances where things were mentioned a couple of times, like the author forgot she already told us.  There were also a few things that didn't make total sense but as I said right at the beginning, for a first book, Green did a pretty good job.
419276
This book is a nice start to a series with lots of potential. Looking forward to the next books in the series.