Worst yet of the series
585195
I'll start by saying that I've been a huge fan of the Dark Angels Space Marines since Warhammer 40,000 first hit the shelves with Rogue Trader.  Because of this my tolerance for bad writing was a bit more forgiving than normal.  Even that wasn't enough to save this book.  After reading Fulgrim which weaved a wonderful tragedy that built up over the whole book I was extremely disappointed in this story.  The author seems unable to use any subtlety in his work... he has to drop every new revelation into the reader's lap within one or two pages.  I won't cite specifics in case you are still moved to read the book.  Also, in every previous book in the series you saw the development of different plotlines from different points of view.  In the first three books you saw events develop from Loken's point of view, the view of the Rememberancers, and later on from the view of Saul Tarvitz.  Every point of view had it's own story that developed.  Not so with this book... after reading the previous books I felt like a horse with blinders on.  The editing was also horrible... there were several sentences where the structure was so awful that it'd trip up the rhythm of my reading.  Once or twice in a book is forgivable but it felt like this was happening every other chapter.  I began to wonder if the publisher decided to cut costs by not hiring a editor to work on this book.
If I wasn't interested in the history of the Dark Angels I'd have given this book a single star.  However, at least I've got the story... however horrible it's delivery turned out to be.
2497499
So far, this book is no better than the previous 4.  I'm so disappointed with all of these books which are not well written and let the relationship dynamic between Stefan and Damon down.
1898242
I pre-ordered this book the second I could because I love this series. Other reviews are spot on and I should have waited until I saw them.

All along the H was such a mystery I thought for sure this would be the best one yet. Obviously by my rating I was so disappointed.  This one felt extremely rushed. These two characters have a history but it was quickly glanced over and you are just told they love each other because they do. That's how it is. I have no idea why but apparently because of their history and whatever happened back then we are to believe they are made for each other. I was so missing some back story, or more in-depth flashbacks or something, anything!

My next complaint is that in the past the author has lightly dove into some political issues that you read and then forget about. This one though she takes it to a whole new level. The topic is abortion and the issue is shoved down your throat on how much the author is against it. However it doesn't add anything to the story. *SPOILER* You find out the hero quit being a doctor after witnessing an abortion and how against it he is and he is telling the h the whole story. Fast forward to the h finding out she is pregnant and she is actually worried the H is going to ask her to abort it. Seriously? Inconsistent much? I got sick of reading about it.

One more thing, the editing issues in this book seemed to be much higher than the author's previous work. Since it was the last in the series I'm shocked about the mistakes that were missed.

Every book in this series I read in one sitting. This one took a couple days because it was boring, and so predictable. I made it 25% and knew what was going to happen. By 50% I was skimming. I'm so bummed because I looked forward to this one the most. Sadly won't be recommending.
4718035
I received an ARC of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.

Vampire Ascendance by Alex Dire is the third book in the Night School series about vampire Norman Bernard and his vampire students. The book is written in third-person and is from several different characters' points-of-view. This is an urban paranormal adventure set in a world of vampires, werewolves and of course humans.

With this book, the series seems to have hit a snag. It took me a lot longer to get through than the previous books and unfortunately this series seems to get worse as it progresses instead of better. So far the first book was the best and this newest one the worst (IMO). One of the things that makes this one hard to read is Skeet, I really have no interest in reading about her AT ALL and she seems to be in this one way too much. Every time a chapter started with her I felt a little less like reading on. I really can't stand when the villains are always three steps ahead of the heroes, it just gets really annoying.

The other problem I had with this one was the stupidity. The loss of the werewolves' help because Norman suddenly can't communicate is ridiculous. How hard is it to explain you aren't working with Skeet and you don't want the werewolves working with her either? Instead, he just keeps saying she isn't a factor anymore, which also makes no sense, she's been behind every plan against them so far, so why would he suddenly ignore her involvement? And Devan, he has to be the stupidest a-hole in existence to listen to the vampire bitch who has actively tried to kill them all and successfully killed some of his friends. And how hard is it to understand Bernard is planning to infiltrate Walsh's cabinet as a spy? Everyone in this series (except for Skeet whom I hate) seems to have become incredibly stupid. It seems like a lot of annoying plot devices devised just to cause problems.
3901509
I love this series and have read almost all the books but I felt this was one of the worst in the series of the ones I have read.

Jaine Austen mysteries are always fairly unrealistic but this story went above and beyond that. Jaine is sued because her cat scares an aged parakeet to death. Parakeets are like $20 at the petstores around where I live so the idea that even a really horrible person would sue her neighbor for a $20 parakeet is pretty crazy. The police think the lawsuit involving this bird is Jaines motive for murder.

Jaine and Lance are both crushing on the same guy and trying to both prove he is interested in them. Lance can be a jerk in some of the other books but this one takes the cake. Up until this point I just found Lance a bit self centered and annoying at times but honestly his actions in this book are unforgivable and I don't think anything can now redeem his character in my mind. I don't know how Jaine can continue to be his friend when his behavior is so terrible. Besides constantly saying mean things about Jaine in front of Peter, he sabotages her Halloween costume and so she ends up wearing an ape suit to the party Peter invited both her and Lance to. Jaine ends up taking the suit off at the party and the killer steals it to murder the evil neighbor they have nicknamed Cryptessa.

Most of the book involves Jaine proving that Cryptessa was a terrible person, exploring the dirty secrets of the neighborhood, and Jaine and Lance competing with each other to try to win Peter.

The book did have some funny moments but they were mostly at Jaines expense. Also, Jaine acts completely boy crazy which is very annoying. In every book she reminds the reader about her terrible marriage and even though she does occasionally date this is the only book I have so far read where she got stupid over a guy. It was pretty awful. I much prefer when the only thing that makes Jaine act ridiculous is chocolate.

The killer was obvious from very early on though their motive wasnt. In the end, the motive was pretty dumb.

The Jaine Austen books are entertaining overall but this one is skippable.
1778673
I have enjoy the first four books in the series tremendously, and I have read each and every one of them in one sitting.

This one, however, was painful to read, and it took me about ten tries to finish.  The story had turn into some kind of crazy vendetta against child abuse and has made the main character, Jon Moore, stupid and foolish.

The writing also gotten much worse.  For the first half of the book, Jon Moore couldn't go two pages without repeating, over and over again, why he couldn't explain anything to anyone.  It's frankly nauseating.  And then for most of the remaining book it turned into to an awkward love story.

The first 90% of the book is just a rehash of the first four books and finally something happen in the last 10% that bought the main story a little forward.

The entire book is barely over 300 pages, and if you take out the two blank pages in front of every chapter, there's well less than 300 pages of actual content.  This should not have been a book. It should be the first half of a normal book.

I hope the next one is more substantial.
4364336
As a hardcore Animorphs fan, it pains me to give any book in this series such a low score. Yet I cannot deny the plain and ugly truth: The Hidden is one of the five worst books in the series, perhaps even in the top three. The plot is utterly nonsensical, memorably summed up by the fan blog Cinnamon Bunzuh as simply "Herp derp derp" and the hook, that a random buffalo randomly acquires the morphing power, flies completely in the face of earlier canon establishing that simply touching the box is not sufficient to activate it. The character of Cassie got some real stinkers as far as her books went, and this one is the worst. Get it only if you're a fan of the series, read it once if you truly must, but then stick it on the shelf and try to pretend it doesn't exist. You'll feel better.
3042731
I usually don't add reviews but this series was painful to read at its best. Yes it has some steamy sex scenes which are nice but you never get to hear a full conversation. Partly because Jessica always walks away but also because the author cuts off the conversation at the end of the chapter and leaves you with so many questions as to what was said or what they solved. The only savior for this series was the last booked added recently in Nathan's perspective. That book at least fills in some of the blanks. I had high hopes for this author because she has so many romance novels I was considering after reading this series. I am skeptical of purchasing anymore. I am very disappointed and having buyers remorse on purchasing it in the first place.
1740800
I'm disappointed in the most recent installment of this series. I really enjoyed the first two books. In this 4th installment, the author explains in the foreword what's wrong with the book. He explains how he's been learning all kinds of more technical military jargon, and he thinks that will make the books better (especially related to helicopters). FALSE. It makes them read like a radio transcript. It's not entertaining, it doesn't make the books more realistic, it just makes them choppy and harder to read and I was an active duty armor officer from 2007-2011. I'm thinking, "We didn't talk like this." For example, one of the characters frequently says things like, "We're going on a Sierra and Romeo," meaning search and rescue mission. Hello, the military uses acronyms and abbreviations to communicate more efficiently. "Search and Rescue" is 4 syllables. "Sierra and Romeo" is 7 syllables. Anyone in the military that uses stupid unnecessary military talk like that, would get reprimanded. I wish he would focus on telling the story and not trying to impress people with technical jargon.
2091983
Other reviewer have commented on this as well, but frankly the sex/rape and swearing just gets worse and worse throughout the series. I could never recommend this book to any of my friends of family because of that, especially not my younger siblings. Sometimes it's better to leave things up to the imagination instead of being so graphic, I found all three of the rape or attempted rap scenes in the three books particularly offensive and overly detailed if not totally unnecessary.

As for the swearing, it felt unnecessary, I can understand the usage here and there for emphasis, but at this point its a stereo type, soldiers swear, therefore all soldiers swear all the time, every time they talk or get remotely excited. It gets old and adds nothing to the story but offense to every reader who actually doesn't care for swearing.

As for the story, I loved the Kreelan's and the power of the Des-kah (or however it is spelled) but in this book it wasn't hardly even used. This epic battle of two fleets was glazed over as the humans totally got worked, even before the empress came into it. As for Reza. Seriously? That's it? What happened to the Reza who wiped the floor with 50 Kreelans? He can't even save Mackenzie? He doesn't even kill Thorrel? Are you kidding? After what he did he got off easy.

The world building done in the first two books was excellent, the usage of that world could have been so much cooler. Also, the lack of information bout what happened to the Kreelans is pretty lame too.
4290039
I have really enjoyed the Fever Series to date. This was the slowest of all novels, it spent at least 50% of the time inside Mac's head. Most readers by this stage know what is inside Mac's head so all this was just painful repetition which presents itself as padding. I mistakenly thought that this was the final book in the series so I kept reading thinking it was building to a finale. I was sadly mistaken. Just as the book started to get interesting it finished forcing the reader to purchase the next instalment when it is available I am assuming within the next year or so. I will not be purchasing any further instalments as this one was a waste of money, I feel like I am being milked. Thank you Karen Moning for the first six books, I will be getting off this ride here.
1125597
This was probably the worst of the Stone Barrington books in the series yet. I don't even know where to begin. The writing, plot and characters were juvenile. I have been so disappointed with the last several books but this turned me off for sure. Of the many ridiculous scenarios going on in this book, there is a murder scene that is summed up in one sentence at the end of the book. It never explains how the crime was discovered and what led them to identify the killer. I'm done with Stone!
4920029
I must say that this series has really gone downhill.  I read the first three books and loved them all, but for me the series remains a trilogy. Book four was okay, but still disappointing in comparison to the first three.  This book however, was unreadable.  The characters suddenly became very shallow, and even Clary, who I've always seen as a strong female character, was annoying and whiny.

Another thing, this book didn't have the same pull that all the other ones (even 4 to some extent) did.  There was nothing about this book that kept me reading, and as a result, I couldn't bring myself to finish.  I'm about 200 pages in and I've decided to return the book.  This isn't worth your money or time.  Wait to borrow it from the library if you're curious.
4136077
This book is definitely the worst of the series so far. There is nothing of substance in it and you can skip it. After reading the one before it at over 600 pages, this one says 240+ but reads much more like a short story. Definitely not worth the price of admission.
2035352
So disappointed in the way this series is headed. Lucy needs a shrink, no one tells the truth to each other, everyone is out to get anyone associated with Kay, Carrie is a dead end - and all of the repetitive storytelling.  If Kay tells us one time that she can't tell anyone about the recordings, she tells us 50.  This book could have been 100 pages shorter if Cornwell had removed all the repeating information.  Someone put Kay on an anti-depressant and  have her get some help for her paranoia.  Let Marino get laid and stop bitching.  Tell Brice to shut up.  I used to love this series but these last three books have been a snoozefest.  I keep reading in hopes that they will get better, but it is becoming obvious that Cornwell isn't enjoying writing them and I'm not enjoying reading them.
3796859
I have read every book in this series.  So to have the last 3 or 4 in the series be so bad makes it almost the time that I stop reading the series, period.  This book was 560 pages.  It should have been 360 AT MOST.  The first chapter had so much promise and it completely fell off in chapter 2.  The plot point you have in chapter 1 doesn't show back up for like 200+ pages after that.  And then, only briefly.  Endless conversations about pointless subjects took me out of this book.  Yes, we get it, Anita doesn't think she is pretty and it takes 20 of her suitors to tell her how beautiful she is over and over again until she still doesn't believe it but at least we the readers don't have to read any more of it.
2967911
I don't know who wrote this book but it sure does not read like any of the 8 before it. The whole story is rushed with no character development of any type. Events happen at breakneck speed and you are left feeling like a huge part of the story is missing. The death of some key characters in the series destroys the next installments and the closing off of the "fay" makes absolutely no sense with the final outcome of the war.
This book needs to be recalled and made right, it is a disgrace to everything that came before it.