The Awakening

So, the thing I hated most about this book was Tori. Just Tori in general. Her very fictional EXISTENCE pisses me off. She was useful for just one very important part of the story but that's about it. After that, I just kept hoping she'd miraculously get hit by a bus. And she got mad at her mom accusing her of being spoiled and selfish. -scoff- What right do YOU have to be offended and mad at that?
But that's not why I gave this book only 4 stars. Maybe I just felt that all the events of the book were fillers. Maybe it's just me, but I wasn't especially excited. The story gripped me pretty tightly but I wasn't completely enthralled with it.
However, that doesn't mean the fillers weren't captivating. Plenty of suspense and planning in them. There was no character to be mad at for being stupid (except Tori, of course. Maybe Armstrong poured the average stupidity of all characters in a book into her?). I also like the subtle coming-together of Derek and Chloe. -swoon & sign- So yeah, I would recommend this book, but it wouldn't be the first book I'd recommend.