17 year old Eureka never cries, not even at her own beloved mum's funeral, who died at a freak accident. Eureka was with her in that car when it happened, but the next thing she knows she's laying in the hospital bed. Why did she survive and not her mum? How?
The things she used to love hold no meaning anymore. She wants to escape. But then she meet Ander: The mysterious boy who is everywhere she goes, whose eyes take her breath away.
Then Eureka uncovers an ancient tale of romance, heartbreak and a city waiting beneath the waves. Will it rise again? Is Eureka the key to restoration....or destruction?
First impressions are sometimes fetal in the book world, in my occasion almost always. For those who don't know, or have yet to realize, Teardrop is the 1st book in Lauren Kate's new trilogy (she is the author of the 'best selling' Fallen series). I have not read the Fallen series yet, so this was my first encounter with Mrs Kate, and i am NOT IMPRESSED to put it kindly.
There were so many bad things about Teardrop. I don't even know where to start.
From the beginning it's the guy's POV (Ander), and we can see that he has some serious stalker issues with Eureka. To me he seemed kinda...obsessed.
'He has been watching her since before he or she could speak. They have never spoke. She was his life. He had to kill her.'
So Ander also has to choose between saving the world, or saving the girl. Guess what he chooses? The.Girl. Naturally. That happens a lot in YA books, but i don't think the authors realize that if the dude chooses the girl over the world, SHE WILL DIE ANYWAY? Because if the world will be gone or something, she and everyone else will go down with it?
Eureka: I thought i'll very much connect with her, it seemed we had quite a bit in common. But nope. Truth be told i didn't care if she died the next page. I didn't like her. I could not connect with her. I thought she was a shallow and very undeveloped protagonist.
Ander: Excuse me - i still don't know who the fuck you are?? WHAT IS THE POINT OF YOUR EXISTENCE? Like...
I didn't really learn anything about Ander. I didn't like him, though at times i admit he could be rather...sweet.
Brooks: I think he is my favorite character. Brooks is Eureka's oldest and bestest friend. He was supportive, very charming, fun and just lovable! I wouldn't mind if someone put him in a box, wrapped him up and gave to me as a present *cough*.
One of what seems like many reasons this book was a 1 star read. This definitely makes the top 5 most cliche, unrealistic and ridiculous love triangles/romance books i have read.
'His tongue traced the tip of her tongue. (...) She arched her back. "This feels-" he said. She nodded "so right".
*TINY SPOILER ALERT (nothing important)* That quote is when Eureka and Brooks had their 'first kiss'. They 'feel' its right, yeah? But guess what. Like a day or 2 later Eureka is all like 'it didn't feel right anyway' when Ander is near by. And then she changes again to the 'feels right' mood.
The romance was EXTREMELY rushed. She went from one guy to the next before i could even say 'Knife and your head bitch'. I could not feel ANY chemistry either between her and Ander or Brooks.
I HATE when the authors think their audience isn't as smart as they are. It created an impression like this was the case with Teardrop, as i had, like, 95% of the twist/plot figured out from the middle half of the book.
IT WAS PREDICTABLE! I felt like the author either thought no one would be as smart as her to figure it out, or she really thought it was unpredictable and had some real 'twists' in the story that would shock her readers to the bones.
Teardrop is a big book, guys. Possesses over 400 pages. And i promise you - NEARLY. NOTHING. HAPPENED! It was just dragging on insignificantly. I was FIGHTING with my self to keep on reading and not DNF it so i was put out of my misery. But i finished. Skipped most of the last couple of pages...but finished nonetheless.
Do you know what the book was the ENTIRE way? CONFUSING. I did not, and still don't understand about 80% of what happened and about 90% of it all in general.
Guys, how in the fucking world can you love this book? This is the worst thing i have read in a VERY long time. I HATEBreach with a PASSION, DNF at 56%
Guys, how in the fucking world can you love this book? This is the worst thing i have read in a VERY long time. I HATEBreach with a PASSION, and i'm not going to be nice about it so be warned.
So i started this book in July while i was on my vocation, i heard so many fantastic reviews and all my friends seemed to love it. Naturally i had to know what every one was talking and raving about so i bought the book and read it (well, i tried).
BAD.IDEA.
The characters were absolutely disgraceful and i hated them too. Delilah was so cliche and didn't have any self respect. She was PATHETIC. Here's prove...
He chuckled, the sounds making wetness pool between my legs.
Can i just say that this is 7% through the book? And we got another lovely example of just how pathetic she is here...
I don't think calling a woman slut, cock sucker, bitch and whore is a nice thing to say whilst having sex. I was fine with the sex scenes (even though they were rough and at times it felt like one of them was raping the other) but the things he said to her (as i mentioned) just turned me the fuck off.
Before doing anything sexual Nathan warned Delilah to stay the heck away from him. And after the sex and the way he acts this is what a normal woman should do...
He groaned and then slowed his movements and he tried to push my head down, taking my mouth all the way to the base. I choked around him, the intrusion foreign.
AND he did it again later on in the book but WORSE...
Impatient, he thrust all the way in and i did what he said i'd do: I chocked on him. He chuckled and stared at his cock as it moved between my lips, his eyes morphing into slits.
Disgust doesn't quite cover it. If a guy would shove his dick so deep inside my throat that i'm choking, i would pull away immediately and cut his penis off. So just in case he has the desire to do that again it would remind him that there's actually nothing to shove anywhere anymore.
The book was also boring as hell and i did not enjoy the plot either.
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