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A review by kstring
Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter
1.0
Thank heavens it's over! I was afraid I wouldn't make it through.
The writing in this book was lazy, uninteresting, and lacking color, but especially lazy. The author kept using the same (poorly written) phrases over and over to avoid describing important events. By over and over, I mean at least one of these per page, it seemed. Phrases include:
"Something inside her said"
"She (just) had a feeling"
"She (just) knew"
"Something told Kylie"
"probably"
"For some reason"
"Somehow she could sense"
"Though she couldn't explain it"
Especially with Kylie's naivete, I don't think she can "just know" anything. My 3 least favorite phrases used in excess: As if, yet, gut. Especially "gut." Can't she think for herself? The whole story seemed 2 dimensional with no explanations for anything. Things just happened and we had to accept it.
My biggest pet peeve is that everyone keeps going to Kylie for advice--relationship advice, of all things. She's 16 years old for crying out loud! Why is Holiday taking advice from her? And Steve and Burnett? Kylie doesn't even have her own life together. Everyone acts like Kylie runs the camp and Kylie seems to be the center of everyone's universe. She keeps breaking rules and isn't punished. She immature and incompetent and yet everyone asks for and follows her advice. How does she know what's best for others and she doesn't even know what's best for herself?
Something I noticed: Kylie spent less than 2 weeks learning to spar but somehow she was able to hold off and defeat an expert swordsman. Not likely. Especially since she spends most of the sparring sessions admiring Lucas and his washboard abs. I'm so sick of hearing about Lucas's physique. It seems to be the only reason Kylie is even interested in him.
There was no focus on the main plot line—it’s like a side story. There was no urgency to complete “quests”. They just sorta were resolved. Ugh! You're trying to 1. save an entire species and 2. defeat one of the most evil people created in this story (also, why is he evil? What has he done?) and all you care about is how great Lucas looks in a swimsuit. Seriously?
I will never read this series again or suggest it to anyone else.
The writing in this book was lazy, uninteresting, and lacking color, but especially lazy. The author kept using the same (poorly written) phrases over and over to avoid describing important events. By over and over, I mean at least one of these per page, it seemed. Phrases include:
"Something inside her said"
"She (just) had a feeling"
"She (just) knew"
"Something told Kylie"
"probably"
"For some reason"
"Somehow she could sense"
"Though she couldn't explain it"
Especially with Kylie's naivete, I don't think she can "just know" anything. My 3 least favorite phrases used in excess: As if, yet, gut. Especially "gut." Can't she think for herself? The whole story seemed 2 dimensional with no explanations for anything. Things just happened and we had to accept it.
My biggest pet peeve is that everyone keeps going to Kylie for advice--relationship advice, of all things. She's 16 years old for crying out loud! Why is Holiday taking advice from her? And Steve and Burnett? Kylie doesn't even have her own life together. Everyone acts like Kylie runs the camp and Kylie seems to be the center of everyone's universe. She keeps breaking rules and isn't punished. She immature and incompetent and yet everyone asks for and follows her advice. How does she know what's best for others and she doesn't even know what's best for herself?
Something I noticed: Kylie spent less than 2 weeks learning to spar but somehow she was able to hold off and defeat an expert swordsman. Not likely. Especially since she spends most of the sparring sessions admiring Lucas and his washboard abs. I'm so sick of hearing about Lucas's physique. It seems to be the only reason Kylie is even interested in him.
There was no focus on the main plot line—it’s like a side story. There was no urgency to complete “quests”. They just sorta were resolved. Ugh! You're trying to 1. save an entire species and 2. defeat one of the most evil people created in this story (also, why is he evil? What has he done?) and all you care about is how great Lucas looks in a swimsuit. Seriously?
I will never read this series again or suggest it to anyone else.