this book was really fair
934374
I love a good story about a control freak CEO and the woman he desires to possess but this one was just okay. Her self esteem issue was a bit overdone and the whole thing is entirely predictable.  It's a fast easy read so if you like this genre and will settle for an okay story than this is it.
1954203
The price was right, and was actually informational- I don't say this to be trite it is just a fair number of newer topical non-fiction books I have read lately have been pretty void of information, and have been mostly filler, this would be the opposite mostly information and only a little filler, or to be on topic mostly solid stones and only a little mortar.
82686
One thing that I really liked about this book was that the protagonist was a very self sufficient woman and the book didn't spend a chinch if time telling us about how hot she was.  She was a likable and capable person who people liked because of her personality, not her looks.  So, anyway, as a female myself, this made her relatable.  I cared what happened.  I think this is one of the best parts of this original book.  I want to know more about this universe, what happened and why.  The author gives you just enough information to let your imagination spin.  I will probably read it again.
3530509
this is a nice book, not overly complex, not too cutsy a protagonist, no gushing descriptions of the men. the characters were rounded out nicely although i would like to know more about barr. i suppose that will come in future books. the mystery was good, enough twists to make it interesting and kept me entertained. thank heavens there weren't so many characters one loses track.

the biggest issue i had was how sophie mae made enough money selling soap and lip balm to support herself, buy supplies, computer, car, insurance etc. even if she had commercial customers in addition to her internet business the only way she could have made money was to have an enormous inventory. she had a part time helper, maybe two and sold lip balm at craft fairs? i have been to enough craft fairs to know folks are not going to pay a whole lot for lip balm, no matter how good it smells. let's say she sells them for $3. realistically how many can she sell in a day - 20? ok, let's be wildly generous and say 30. so she takes in $90 - for the day for lip balm. a few other products sell. but come on, enough to pay booth rental, wages for two part-time helpers etc. i have sold my own products and no way could i support myself totally on those sales.

other than that really no complaints.
2486258
I received a free copy for an honest review

This book was an overall a very well written fantasy book, that is very appropriate for middle schoolers or some lower schoolers. There are mild romances, and the book is mainly focused on a specific plot on multiple characters. And this is one of those books that involved many different perspectives; 7 in total (Layauna, Kai, Talia, Jade, Kaso, Kalaya, and Weston). Some of these characters don't even know the other characters, so I am assuming that they would meet somewhere in the second book.

Although the writing was a little bit young and 'child friendly', I didn't find it annoying (unlike some other books) because the plot-line was well written and the world-building is organized, understandable and interesting. And since I haven't read young writings like these in a while I was expecting myself to be bored by it, and that didn't happen. The characters have good narratives and they are realistic which helps them to be relatable, and I find myself connecting to every single one of them despite all the different POVs. In fact, one of the reasons I am not a big fan of multiple perspectives is because it can be confusing at times and often authors failed to connect or engaged with the readers because of the constant switching. Didn't see this problem here. A good book can make a reader feel attach to the characters despite the differences, and I feel like that's what the author did. I am also impressed by how the author managed to give all these characters different tones through the writing, since another possible flaw a writer can make in different POVs is the failure to give these characters distinct tones, different attitudes or general feelings so the readers can identify them. It is hard, since without different voices and sounds it'll be almost impossible, and if it's not achieved readers sometimes wouldn't even realize the perspectives have switched because the tones are exactly the same despite the different characters (trust me, that's possible. It has happened to me for a few times). Take Kai and Kalaya for an example. I can literally feel the age difference between them. I can feel the childishness within Kai when I was reading his perspectives, and then I feel a different feminine maturity when I was reading Kalaya's POV.

I also really enjoyed the plot-line and the world-building. The whole idea of 'colors', 'tests', 'and projections' is very original, and I've never read something like this before.

Even though this book only has mild romance (between Kalaya and her boyfriend, Jaremon), I still suggest this to all my readers (including those who live for romance, like me). A great book and it earn itself four strong stars.
214684
well i just happened to see this book browsing through amazon.
The book has various chapters and each chapter is written from point of view of a character.

the books theme is good and could have been brought forward even better.
The characters were decently defined.
i was lost in lots of descriptions and side stuff and lost interest in between.

Book ended nicely for the sequel though
would rate it 3/5
2602813
It wasn't terrible. I mean, it's a free novel, and that needs to be taken into account, but I really didn't think it was bad. I haven't bought the next book, but that's just because I'm currently reading something else. It won't win any prizes, and you certainly won't have any profound life changing moments whilst reading this book, but it's light and fluffy and fills a gap.
596179
I liked THE book and THE characters although Some of them were kind of shallow...
THE story was fun to read although i knew certain things before They happend in THE book.
One thing that i do encourage THE writer to do is to read iT again and change THE I could sentences in THE book. As a writer myself i know how hard iT is to cut them out but trust me, iT would read better...
For example: I could hear becomes I heard, I could see is I saw and so on.

All in All a decent book
2848552
Pretty good book, a little predictable for my taste but I appreciated the fact that it was pretty G rated.
3517656
I really enjoyed this book. We purchased it for a teen book club book, and while the teens took issue with some of the story line (I agree parts of it were super cheesy), it was still a very enjoyable read. It was clean, and there was enough character development and action to keep me interested. There isn't a lot of explanation about why things happened, but perhaps later books go into more detail with that. I really liked it.
4204838
The book was very readable with a very good story and some interesting characters. I guess my problems with the book were two fold. One, there seemed to be times when the author was simply filling up space, could have gotten to the point much quicker in some chapters. Secondly, after reading awhile you knew the outcome was going to be positive. It was almost like the old melodramas where the hero shows up at the last minute to save the heroine in distress.
2888834
Although the alternative version, I actually liked this book a lot. I can understand a little why this was ditched but I actually liked the fact that this version got rid of the "Logan loves Sam" issue early in the game.  Of course that would have changed the trajectory of the entire series, though.

I loved the Rex, hamster, and freezer thing, which I found hilarious. Sam was fairly stupid in this one but I guess I can't really blame her too much. This is a girl who was abandoned a lot. Much of it has to do with Analise, as always, but it was interesting to see how the other adults in her life seem to be pretty clueless too. Helen seems like the same bigoted witch and the Elite and Public girls all seem pretty much the same too. The Becky and Adam thing was unbelievable. Becky was really stupid and way too clueless during this book. Her demeanor was OTT with the bouncing and giggling and stuff. Shallow.

One star off for the normal editing issues, like missing words, etc.  Otherwise this was actually better than some of the other books in the series. I really liked it.
2558790
I kinda liked this book but may need some improvement on wording, overall it is not so bad, in my opinion.
2447188
I liked the book enough and the writing was done really well.  I would definately read the authors books in the future
3341106
It was OK.  I read the entire book easily but sometimes her language seemed to be only for shock value.  Some of it seemed contrived but a lot of it was spot on.
3890516
This book seemed to be more about the characters than the story. It started a bit slow and I had a hard time learning who all the characters were and where the story was going. It picked up in the second half and I was glad I kept at it.  There was a fair bit of humor.  Somewhat religious, but not preachy.

One of the best features is that this was a very clean book. As a reader who has no interest in books loaded with sex, violence and profanity this one was welcome.
4973960
It was OK, but I feel that the author was not well served by his editors. Plot was pretty good, but the characters were poorly portrayed and the ending was not there. I observe that there are more books in the series, so I can only go with the strong hope that the editors got off their benched and actually worked for the author.
Paul McS did his best to give the characters depth and differentiation. His voice is clear, pleasant, and cadences well.
Thank you AudioBook Blast