Book: Wake by Amanda Hocking
Pages: 309
Genre: Young Adult, paranormal
Source: Sent from St. Martin's Griffin
Short Synopsis: Gemma, an average girl, who starts falling for her next door neighbor, named Alex, falls into the wrong crowd of three beautiful, but very dangerous girls, named Penn, Thea, and Lexi.
My Thoughts: Though the plot was interesting, this novel wasn't quite as good as Amanda Hocking's Trylle series.
Gemma is a normal girl who loves swimming. She goes to late night swims on the beach, as well as swim practice everyday, and hopes to make it to the olympics one day. But aside from her swimming, she also leads a relatively normal life as well.
She starts falling for Alex, the boy next door, whose a bit older than she is, and is about to go away to college in the fall. But Gemma can't help how she feels for Alex, and before she knows it, they are involved in a relationship.
And Gemma as well as everyone else can't help but notice the three beautiful, but extremely creepy girls, named Penn, Thea and Lexi. And for some reason, these three girls have targeted Gemma to join their group. And if things weren't strange enough, there have been a string of missing teenage boys and no one knows who, what, or how these boys were taken. Gemma must get to the bottom of the missing boys, as one of the missing boys is an acquaintance. Gemma has a sneaky suspicion, that the girls might be involved. Can Gemma figure things out before she gets roped into the girls' business?
I have to admit, that this novel did take me awhile to get into. I'm not usually a fan of water creatures, but this novel had an interesting plot. I don't think I've read a character quite like Gemma. She gets involved with a group who tricks her in becoming one of them, and instead of going along with it, she seems reluctant, and doing everything in her power to not become one of them.
I wasn't a fan of the greek mythology behind it, and maybe it's just me, but I was a bit confused by the story behind it, and it wasn't really explained why there needed to be a fourth involved, just that it was a curse that couldn't be broken.
I enjoyed reading the relationship between Alex and Gemma, as well as the side relationship between Harper, Gemma's sister, and her love interest, Daniel. All four characters had great chemistry, especially with Harper and Daniel.
It was interesting to read about the the disappearance of the boys and how they related between the girls. It wasn't something that I was expecting, and I felt sympathy for Gemma, when she finds a missing body, and what she had to deal with, with the girls. All in all, not one of her best series, but I still look forward to reading more about Gemma and her adventures.
Would I recommend this book: Sure
Rating: I give this book a 3.5/5.
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