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isa_kira's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed reading the book but it had some major flaws in my opinion. While I didn't dislike any of the protagonists, they felt underdeveloped and I never grew to care about what happened to them. There were also some plot holes in the story. Overall I never felt like any of the characters were going to die or that the antagonists in the story were going to triumph so the ending was predictable.
kirstenjonorarenfroe's review against another edition
5.0
AMAZING FIGHT SCENES AND AWESOMENESS!!
Jenna Moreci's novel Eve:The Awakening was so amazing. This book I would consider a scfi-fantasy action adventures with a hint of romance. There are many things I loved about this book. The first is the female heroine is great. The one thing I liked about her was that she wasn't perfect. The had her strengths and her weakness, which made her a realistic character. Another great thing about this book is that Jenna has a way of describing scenes which stick in your mind. When I wasn't reading the book, such as when eating a meal I was still thinking about the book. I had to remind myself that they weren't real people, but they were fiction characters. Even though Eve: The Awakening is in the scfi genre and it takes place way into the future, I still felt very connected to the book. Jenna also described the inter workings of the world all while not making things to scientific and boring. I highly recommend you pick up this book because it is great. There is cursing and graphic fight scenes, so I wanted to let you know of that if you are sensitive to that. This book is so amazing and thank you Jenna for allowing me to have an arc copy In which I gave an honest review.
Jenna Moreci's novel Eve:The Awakening was so amazing. This book I would consider a scfi-fantasy action adventures with a hint of romance. There are many things I loved about this book. The first is the female heroine is great. The one thing I liked about her was that she wasn't perfect. The had her strengths and her weakness, which made her a realistic character. Another great thing about this book is that Jenna has a way of describing scenes which stick in your mind. When I wasn't reading the book, such as when eating a meal I was still thinking about the book. I had to remind myself that they weren't real people, but they were fiction characters. Even though Eve: The Awakening is in the scfi genre and it takes place way into the future, I still felt very connected to the book. Jenna also described the inter workings of the world all while not making things to scientific and boring. I highly recommend you pick up this book because it is great. There is cursing and graphic fight scenes, so I wanted to let you know of that if you are sensitive to that. This book is so amazing and thank you Jenna for allowing me to have an arc copy In which I gave an honest review.
justinj_00's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not going to go into any details, but please, even if you get bored, try to power through it. If you look at all of the negative reviews, 90% of them are DNFs giving the book one star because they couldn't finish it. Yes, I'll admit the start is slow and kind of boring at times, but once you really get into it the book is pretty good, and I liked it.
I do have one complaint though, the "dumb snobby rich white girl with powerful parents and overexaggerated 'assets' who loves diamonds" stereotype is very overused, she could have put a lot more work into fleshing out those characters and giving them ANY redeemable qualities whatsoever
I do have one complaint though, the "dumb snobby rich white girl with powerful parents and overexaggerated 'assets' who loves diamonds" stereotype is very overused, she could have put a lot more work into fleshing out those characters and giving them ANY redeemable qualities whatsoever
kappareads's review against another edition
I'll give Jenna this, she's at least made progress comparing EVE to TSC, unless the change in voice is because one is more real world and one is fantasy.
I tried reading through the three free chapters on her website and I just can't.
They're in university, 80 years from now, where aliens are wreaking havoc and there's some really thinly veiled racism metaphor for a new human race, and yet there are "mean girls" saying things like "cuh-ray-zee" and the whole thing sounds more like a poorly written THE CLIQUE fanfic than an actual sci-fi novel.
Like, I would rather reread THE CLIQUE and deal with the massive wave of second hand embarrassment at rereading my favorite series from middle school that read this book in it's entirety.
Again, the improvement is clear. But yikes.
I tried reading through the three free chapters on her website and I just can't.
They're in university, 80 years from now, where aliens are wreaking havoc and there's some really thinly veiled racism metaphor for a new human race, and yet there are "mean girls" saying things like "cuh-ray-zee" and the whole thing sounds more like a poorly written THE CLIQUE fanfic than an actual sci-fi novel.
Like, I would rather reread THE CLIQUE and deal with the massive wave of second hand embarrassment at rereading my favorite series from middle school that read this book in it's entirety.
Again, the improvement is clear. But yikes.
wondermajica's review against another edition
1.0
Like many others, I discovered this book after falling in love with Jenna Moreci's youtube channel. The main focus of the channel seems to be about books and writing them, so you would think that if she sounds like she knows what she is talking about in her videos, that her actual book would be great. Sadly, it is nowhere near being that. The premise for the story is interesting and the writing is actually pretty good, however, those are the only compliments I have for this book. The characters are annoying, boring and one-dimensional, which makes it difficult to find any ounce of myself caring for what happens to them. One of my biggest pet peeves, lazy stereotyping, happens to be on full display as well.
The story just keeps going on...and on...and on...and I find myself trying way too hard to force myself to keep reading. Every few pages of this book would find me wanting to throw my Kindle down on the floor and do ANYTHING else but continue. That is why as of this review, I have only managed to read 31% of Eve: The Awakening. I do not want to finish it and that is an extremely rare thing for me. I usually force myself to complete every book I start, but this one is just really, really horrible and really, really disappointing.
The story just keeps going on...and on...and on...and I find myself trying way too hard to force myself to keep reading. Every few pages of this book would find me wanting to throw my Kindle down on the floor and do ANYTHING else but continue. That is why as of this review, I have only managed to read 31% of Eve: The Awakening. I do not want to finish it and that is an extremely rare thing for me. I usually force myself to complete every book I start, but this one is just really, really horrible and really, really disappointing.
anastasiarozova's review
4.0
Well, I'm glad I've read this one. I love Jenna's youtube channel, I think she's very funny and sort of a smart-ass (in a good way). The book itself had a couple of laugh out loud moment, which I appreciated, and was interesting overall. And I think more people should read this book, cause I'm pretty sure a lot of you can enjoy it.
I loved all the characters we were introduced to. Eve and Jason, of course, I rooted for them. Percy and his mom, god, they were adorable. Sancho reminded me a lot of Leo from Heroes of Olympus series and I loved that crazy explosion lover for it.
The "bad" characters weren't deep enough in my opinion, like Heather, for example, was just a two-faced bitch for the sake of bitchiness, I don't know. I get it, nobody liked chimeras, but still.
Aliens were cool as well! Interesting concept and anatomy, plus they were flipping creepy from time to time. And the battle scenes were epic, I liked that aspect a lot!
I can also say that I was very much satisfied with the way this book was written. And by that I mean that I got to love and root and care for the characters almost from the very beginning, which doesn't happen that often in stand-alones.
A little bit too much of italic (cursive) in the text, though. Like I get it, she wanted to highlight some phrases and maybe to stress some words, but it really was a little too much of cursive on one page.
Really glad I've finally read this book, since I've known about it for more than a year. I'll be waiting for the next book by Jenna and hoping it's gonna be just as good!
I loved all the characters we were introduced to. Eve and Jason, of course, I rooted for them. Percy and his mom, god, they were adorable. Sancho reminded me a lot of Leo from Heroes of Olympus series and I loved that crazy explosion lover for it.
The "bad" characters weren't deep enough in my opinion, like Heather, for example, was just a two-faced bitch for the sake of bitchiness, I don't know. I get it, nobody liked chimeras, but still.
Spoiler
Also I'd like to know why Percy (and his mom) and Sancho were so cool about her being one. Like, I get it, they're cool people and all, and their best friend turned out to be a chimera as well, but I got the feeling that I was owed some explanation, I don't know... Not that I didn't like it.Aliens were cool as well! Interesting concept and anatomy, plus they were flipping creepy from time to time. And the battle scenes were epic, I liked that aspect a lot!
I can also say that I was very much satisfied with the way this book was written. And by that I mean that I got to love and root and care for the characters almost from the very beginning, which doesn't happen that often in stand-alones.
A little bit too much of italic (cursive) in the text, though. Like I get it, she wanted to highlight some phrases and maybe to stress some words, but it really was a little too much of cursive on one page.
Really glad I've finally read this book, since I've known about it for more than a year. I'll be waiting for the next book by Jenna and hoping it's gonna be just as good!
nimtheoracle's review against another edition
DNF maybe I'll pick it up again later but it just didn't grab me like I had hoped.
eve_ward's review against another edition
5.0
Oh boy did I like that book. The characters had such a great dynamic, the story was engaging and the world building was nothing short of lovely. This book played like a film in my head as I read it which was amazing and something I’ve never experienced before. There were of course a few let downs but they were overshadowed by the positives.
kwooly's review against another edition
3.0
Thoroughly enjoyed EVE: The Awakening from the moment I opened the book, to the moment I put it back down again. I read this in around three days because I was so addicted. I have never really enjoyed anything 'Alien' in books, until this! These Interlopers are nothing like any other Alien I have heard of before. The book is set in the future, but again, not like anything I have read before, it is very fresh and has a great vibe all the way through. Cannot wait until book two. I love all the characters in this book, however, for me, Percy and Sancho are my faves :) xx
atagarev's review against another edition
1.0
I really wanted to like this book. I started out thinking I'd really enjoy it and the parts that didn't make sense would be just mysteries that clear up as I read along. Unfortunately the more I read, the less I liked it until I ended up abandoning it 440 pages into a 540 page book. At first I really liked the two leads but in the end the world didn't make any sense and the writing really grated on me.
Some mild spoilers ahead. No twists or big reveals, just general information about the setting and types of scenes:
1. It is close to the end of the 21st century. Aside from #2 and #3, the only difference seems to be that all displays have been inexplicably replaced by very awkward holograms. Aside from that technology and society seem to have undergone no changes which makes me wonder what the point of putting events 60+ years in the future is. If the book hadn't explicitly mentioned it, I would've honestly thought I was reading about a modern day parallel Earth.
2. There are these people called chimera. They are not a chimera of anything but are perfectly healthy, exceptionally intelligent, resilient to both physical and mental trauma, inhumanly strong and quick, never tire and even have telekinesis. Despite being quite attractive, they are virtually impossible to distinguish from regular humans. Now going by this description alone you might think it is really awesome to be a chimera but what you don't realize is that everyone hates them with a virulence and commitment that borders on the incomprehensible.
This is by far the biggest nonsense in a novel where almost nothing makes sense. People hate our protagonist so much that shop owners refuse to do business with her. They hate her so much that there is a standing crowd of protesters in front of her dorm, ready to spit in her face and scream insults every time she passes through. They hate her so much that bullies risk their lives repeatedly assaulting her ever after she has effortlessly beaten them before. They hate her so much that a professor physically assaults her in the middle of class and all the students cheer. We see so much hate but we are never given any reason for it beyond a vague "people are horrible and bigoted" excuse.
There is so many ways this could have gone and made at least a modicum of sense. Maybe she is unique and that's why she draws so much hate- except she isn't as there are hundreds of thousands of chimera in the US. Maybe chimera being healthy, beautiful, smart and ruthless are the one percenters that hold all the wealth and power which is why common people assault our isolated orphan heroine- except this isn't the case as high society absolutely despises chimera. Perhaps there is some history where the chimera tried to take over but were crushed by regular humans who are now making sure to keep them own- except there isn't as chimera have never been violent or antagonistic to regular humans. Perhaps this is an allegory to racial segregation or anti-gay sentiment- except while some scenes certainly borrow inspiration from those (the protesters in front of Eve's dorm and chimera powers "coming out" in early adulthood), there is neither a history of hate and segregation, nor any particular aspect of being a chimera that society finds distasteful.
In the end this extreme constant barrage of hate, which is the primary conflict of the book,
has no basis and is utterly illogical.
3. Finally, we get to the Interlopers. Apparently a generation ago a bunch of aliens came to Earth...
somehow. They seem to have next to no technology, certainly no spaceships or teleportation.
So while they speak all human languages, they refused to communicate with humans and just started hanging out in our cities. Soon everyone decided to ignore them and moved on with their lives. WHAT?!
These things look like stereotypical demons- tall and gaunt, monstrous faces, long sharp teetch,
sword-like claws, large leathery wings. They fight like animals using only their limbs and no weapons. They live in what appear to be large anthills actually made of regular earth and rock.
The "technology" they do have (telepathy, speaking all languages, shapeshifting) goes totally unexplained. Everything just makes them seem more like DnD demons than any kind of intelligent alien species and I am utterly baffled by what they are supposed to be aside from boring cannon fodder for out protagonists to murder without any pesky moral repercussions from killing dozens of intelligent beings.
The writing really compounds the issue of the setting not making any sense. A lot of descriptive words are being used but they don't gel together into coherent scenes and environments. Really strong words for emotions make the characters seem like they are suffering from mental breakdowns- things like going from livid to perfectly calm to flustered all in the space of five seconds. Sometimes the descriptive words are just not the correct ones at all like when one character "scurried" up the stairs- a mouse scurries, not a wealthy woman moving calmly through her own house while several servants are following her.
Nowhere is this worse than in the fight scenes and there are plenty of those. Monsters with sharp fangs, long claws and superhuman strength trying to kill our protagonists in life or death battle battles repeatedly swat them away with their wings leaving them unharmed and away from danger; each participant takes their turn doing something while everyone else waits around for them to finish; telekinetic protagonists trying to kill their foes repeatedly fling them into the air despite being perfectly aware they can fly. The most absurd description and one used several times was when our protagonist would fling someone to "disappear among the clouds" instantaneously- the absurd description implies the unfortunate enemy is more than breaking the sound barrier and possibly even reaching escape velocity except they are usually back within about ten seconds so... yeah, I have no idea what is supposed to be happening. This is some Wile E. Coyote level physics.
In summary, while not everything about this book is terrible, not a page would go by without some grating inconsistency. I ended up abandoning the book just as the climax was ramping up because I couldn't stand it anymore.
Some mild spoilers ahead. No twists or big reveals, just general information about the setting and types of scenes:
Spoiler
I suppose the book would fall into the urban fantasy genre because it is essentially an exact replica of our world with three specific changes.1. It is close to the end of the 21st century. Aside from #2 and #3, the only difference seems to be that all displays have been inexplicably replaced by very awkward holograms. Aside from that technology and society seem to have undergone no changes which makes me wonder what the point of putting events 60+ years in the future is. If the book hadn't explicitly mentioned it, I would've honestly thought I was reading about a modern day parallel Earth.
2. There are these people called chimera. They are not a chimera of anything but are perfectly healthy, exceptionally intelligent, resilient to both physical and mental trauma, inhumanly strong and quick, never tire and even have telekinesis. Despite being quite attractive, they are virtually impossible to distinguish from regular humans. Now going by this description alone you might think it is really awesome to be a chimera but what you don't realize is that everyone hates them with a virulence and commitment that borders on the incomprehensible.
This is by far the biggest nonsense in a novel where almost nothing makes sense. People hate our protagonist so much that shop owners refuse to do business with her. They hate her so much that there is a standing crowd of protesters in front of her dorm, ready to spit in her face and scream insults every time she passes through. They hate her so much that bullies risk their lives repeatedly assaulting her ever after she has effortlessly beaten them before. They hate her so much that a professor physically assaults her in the middle of class and all the students cheer. We see so much hate but we are never given any reason for it beyond a vague "people are horrible and bigoted" excuse.
There is so many ways this could have gone and made at least a modicum of sense. Maybe she is unique and that's why she draws so much hate- except she isn't as there are hundreds of thousands of chimera in the US. Maybe chimera being healthy, beautiful, smart and ruthless are the one percenters that hold all the wealth and power which is why common people assault our isolated orphan heroine- except this isn't the case as high society absolutely despises chimera. Perhaps there is some history where the chimera tried to take over but were crushed by regular humans who are now making sure to keep them own- except there isn't as chimera have never been violent or antagonistic to regular humans. Perhaps this is an allegory to racial segregation or anti-gay sentiment- except while some scenes certainly borrow inspiration from those (the protesters in front of Eve's dorm and chimera powers "coming out" in early adulthood), there is neither a history of hate and segregation, nor any particular aspect of being a chimera that society finds distasteful.
In the end this extreme constant barrage of hate, which is the primary conflict of the book,
has no basis and is utterly illogical.
3. Finally, we get to the Interlopers. Apparently a generation ago a bunch of aliens came to Earth...
somehow. They seem to have next to no technology, certainly no spaceships or teleportation.
So while they speak all human languages, they refused to communicate with humans and just started hanging out in our cities. Soon everyone decided to ignore them and moved on with their lives. WHAT?!
These things look like stereotypical demons- tall and gaunt, monstrous faces, long sharp teetch,
sword-like claws, large leathery wings. They fight like animals using only their limbs and no weapons. They live in what appear to be large anthills actually made of regular earth and rock.
The "technology" they do have (telepathy, speaking all languages, shapeshifting) goes totally unexplained. Everything just makes them seem more like DnD demons than any kind of intelligent alien species and I am utterly baffled by what they are supposed to be aside from boring cannon fodder for out protagonists to murder without any pesky moral repercussions from killing dozens of intelligent beings.
The writing really compounds the issue of the setting not making any sense. A lot of descriptive words are being used but they don't gel together into coherent scenes and environments. Really strong words for emotions make the characters seem like they are suffering from mental breakdowns- things like going from livid to perfectly calm to flustered all in the space of five seconds. Sometimes the descriptive words are just not the correct ones at all like when one character "scurried" up the stairs- a mouse scurries, not a wealthy woman moving calmly through her own house while several servants are following her.
Nowhere is this worse than in the fight scenes and there are plenty of those. Monsters with sharp fangs, long claws and superhuman strength trying to kill our protagonists in life or death battle battles repeatedly swat them away with their wings leaving them unharmed and away from danger; each participant takes their turn doing something while everyone else waits around for them to finish; telekinetic protagonists trying to kill their foes repeatedly fling them into the air despite being perfectly aware they can fly. The most absurd description and one used several times was when our protagonist would fling someone to "disappear among the clouds" instantaneously- the absurd description implies the unfortunate enemy is more than breaking the sound barrier and possibly even reaching escape velocity except they are usually back within about ten seconds so... yeah, I have no idea what is supposed to be happening. This is some Wile E. Coyote level physics.
In summary, while not everything about this book is terrible, not a page would go by without some grating inconsistency. I ended up abandoning the book just as the climax was ramping up because I couldn't stand it anymore.