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Laney (2010)

by Joann I. Martin Sowles(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0984486704 (ISBN13: 9780984486700)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Brookehaven Publishing

series

The Brookehaven Vampires

review 1: DNFok. I might as well say that I'd not even started because I stop reading it after chapter 2.I mean what kind of shitty friend are you that you care more about a hot guy than your sick friend and she'd just known him. I didn't wanna keep on reading because if she acted like that right after their first meeting I sure as hell didn't wanna see how she will behave afterwards.I mean my head hurt with so many eye-rolls and this was only chapter 2!! If you are looking for insta-love, cheesy lines and an annoying heroine this is the book for you.
review 2: I won a copy from Goodreads First Reads.I wonder if this was intended to be a Twilight parody. There's a lot of similar characters (without the third side in the triangle) and parallel events (without James and hi... mores coven), but was it a Twilight parody? It still involves vampires, werewolves, and the entire rogue vampire plot. I say Laney has more meat in the book. There are better characters (remember Twilight? Only Jacob had the best character); there is a better plot (please, at least the plot doesn't start when 'James' come into the story); and there's better writing (I wouldn't call Meyer's writing writing). I know this book deserves a better rating than what I gave to Twilight. Problem is that I don't remember what rating I gave for Twilight (that's what Goodreads is good for). Oh, I see it's a one out of five. Let's say that Laney isn't as creepy as Twilight. At least Olivier Knight isn't a stalker who sneaks into teenager's bedrooms and watch them sleep (cause that is just disgusting; may I throw up now?). Without the creepiness (well, most of it), Laney should be ogled by people instead of Twilight. Thank goodness, Twilight died down (sort of) after Hunger Games came out. Laney, the character, isn't a damsel in distress. She has friends. Heck, Bella doesn't even have anyone, other than that sparkly vampire. Laney has some characteristics and some habits, like eating a lot of sugar (seriously, does this girl has diabetes yet?) Honestly, I can't think of a talent Laney has. (Author definitely has to work on that part to prevent Twilight syndrome). Anyway, Laney has some expressions, unlike the infamous sulky Miss. Swan. She's no robot, neither an old jealous hag. She's neither creepy, or boring.The writing of Sowles (sorry, if I got the title or name wrong. I'm sleepy right now) is much better than Meyer. Laney's writing shows that two sentences can be together. It might not teach the future generation anything, but thankfully it's better. I know I will be reading this rather than that other sparkly vampire book, with mismatched (and/or misplaced) covers. (Seriously, a ribbon? Where is a ribbon mentioned in that book? Or the White King? May be symbolic, but doesn't make sense to me).Last of all, Laney is not a "me, me, me" book. It doesn't focus entirely on Laney and Oliver, but I wish it would pay a tiny bit more attention to Laney's good friends. One more thing: Nice build up on character background, but not enough to make a strong conclusion (for me talk about and praise/criticized). Rating: Three out of Five-ofpaperandwords.blogspot.com less

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