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Enmity (2014)

by E.J. Andrews(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1743566212 (ISBN13: 9781743566213)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin Australia

series

Enmity

review 1: I found ENMITY a bit hard to get into, and was quite lost and confused to start with until I figured that the narration point of view was switching between Nate and Hermia in such quick succession that I wasn’t sure where I was or who I was with. Once I had figured it out the narration technique I was able to follow it better but I do wish the switching back and forth didn’t happen as quickly as this trend continued all through the book making it very disjointed. To be fair the age group it is aimed at is more tech savvy than me and used to snippets of information being thrust at them – short and concise then off to the next shiny thing – whereas I am older and grumpier and want it all laid out in sequence not jumping around all over the place like a butterfly wi... moreth hiccups. So this gripe is really a personal one rather than condemnation of the technique. Despite the disjointedness I did enjoy the story, and gradually got to know some of the other characters and where they fitted in. Well as much as I could before various ones were bumped off without so much as a by-your-leave and left me wondering what was the point of including them in the first place because while their deaths made sense their role in the book didn’t. I also couldn’t figure out who the ‘goodies’ were and who the ‘baddies’ were but I don’t think Nate and Hermia did either so maybe that was all part of the scenario. I liked the basic idea of the plot; most of the population was wiped out sixty years ago when solar flares cooked most of Earth. It made sense that someone would want to be the head honcho and to do that violence would break out between the various groups whose leaders want to be the ultimate world leader. Without going into the pages and pages of ad nauseam background world building that I have experienced from Sci-Fi/Fantasy authors lately, author E.J. Andrews managed to succinctly create a bleak and violent dystopian world, part of which I would expect such as huge walls to keep the sun out, armed people, muggings, robbery, girls selling their virginity just to make a living with not much option to do anything else. Then there was the part I didn’t expect such as ATMs, electricity, very advanced technology (not for the masses), no food shortages, liveable houses (with radio and TV), school, and the ‘downtrodden’ to have jobs (even though some were terrible) and normal lives just like people who haven’t gone through an end of the world experience. But the violence is really violent. Nate, Hermia and eight others are kidnapped, some with family members being killed in the process. But why these particular 10 out of all the potential cannon fodder roaming the streets? And why are they brutalised almost to the point of death during their training? I am talking heads being blown off and then everyone sits down to have dinner! Also I am not sure what the time frame is in history, but 60 years after the world has ended the group that kidnaps the 10 teens has some amazing gadgets and some super advanced scientific techniques in their secret compound. It wasn’t made clear to me how they got these incredible scientific advances although they were really effective. Hermia is blunt, angry and is not backwards at coming forwards; Nate is quieter – a thinker – the leader. Together they make a good team – but not a love interest. They each have a love interest it’s just not each other; they do have a connection with each other which explains their presence their but not really why the others were chosen, but secrets do abound and some are revealed so maybe the other secrets will be as well in the future books in this series. You don’t know who is lying, who is spying, who has an ulterior motive to do anything and this gives the reader an uneasy feeling that they just don’t know what is going to happen next, which character’s narration to trust. Despite my problems with ENMITY I really enjoyed this complex debut story and would definitely read the next in the series to see where E.J. Andrews is going to take her characters.
review 2: I recieved this book through the goodreads givaway and when i it arrived at my house withing 6 days.I was so happy when i got it i sat down and immediatly started reading.overall it was a good book. The story had a solid plotline and characters you could connect with. I can see how others may not like it, but there was stuff in the book that must have appealled to everyone.I have a friend of mine reading it now and she loves it so much, i think im going to have a hard time getting it back from her...but overall i really enjoyed it and will definatly be following E.J. Andrews more closely less

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