From Goodreads.com:
Their love was meant to be.
When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feeling at home in her new school. She connects with a group of friends, and she is instantly drawn to darkly handsome Adam DeRÍs.
But Megan is about to discover that her feelings for Adam are tied to a fate that was sealed long ago—and that the passion and power that brought them together could be their ultimate destruction.
Let me preface this review by saying I think Ms. Fallon has a lot of potential. I wanted to love this book. I have always been fascinated by Irish lore. This book though didn’t do it for me. It just felt unpolished and far too much like “Twilight”. I know a lot of people fall back on “Twilight”. It’s like a YA reviewing cheap shot, but seriously - this book IS like “Twilight”, just with a twist. Misty of The Book Rat posted a review on her blog that included a chart that breaks down the similarities.
Yeaaaaah. See? I’m not being lame. It’s TRUE. So if you like Twilight and don’t mind instant love, convenient coincidences, and the possibility of freakish monster babies, check this out. If not? Well, skip it... duh. ;)
“The Carrier of the Mark” was published by HarperTeen in early October. I received an ARC for review.
"So if you like Twilight and don’t mind instant love, convenient coincidences, and the possibility of freakish monster babies, check this out." <--- Haha. That should be the cover blurb. ;)
ReplyDeleteOmg the chart is hilarious and sad come on Leigh couldn't you do better than that! I still want to like this too but gosh I'm just not sure if I even want to pick it up anymore! =/
ReplyDeleteIs it at least written better than the T-saga?
ReplyDeleteI thought the exact same thing. It was something about the tone and the character interaction and little things that just completely screamed Twilight, I'm going to go check out Misty's chart...LOL
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