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nicolemhewitt's review against another edition
4.0
3.5/5 Stars
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
I thought that Chameleon: The Awakening was a unique and interesting fantasy. The story follows Camryn, who has lived with her adoptive parents in a remote setting in order to hide the fact that she has an ability she can’t control – Camryn physically changes to look like anyone she’s near. But Camryn eventually finds out that she is supposed to be the key to the forest people’s survival – and there are many people who are willing to use her to get the outcome that they want.
What I enjoyed:
The beginning.
The book caught my attention right from the very beginning with intriguing forest creatures and a mysterious birth. I was hooked from the start, wondering who these creatures were, and I was immediately moved by their circumstances and the obvious sacrifice that they were making for their unborn child.
Unique worldbuilding.
Faire came up with a unique and interesting world that had many subtle complexities. She obviously worked long and hard mapping out the people of her forest world – their magic, their customs and their societies. I also thought that Faire wove the story of the forest people into the modern world that Camryn lived in really well.
The escape.
Camryn finds herself running from humans who want to use her, but she soon realizes that they are not the only ones who want something from her. Camryn has to decide who she can trust and who simply wants to use her for their own ends – and the answer to that question is not entirely simple. Camryn may have escaped from one form of bondage, but she finds herself in others and she can never quite break free. I’m interested to see where Faire goes with this in the next book.
The negatives:
The love triangle.
I wasn’t exactly a fan of either guy in the love triangle. Ohar seems like he’s supposed to be an upstanding person, but he obviously isn’t right for Camryn – from the very beginning it’s established that he’s in love with someone else. I didn’t really ever feel like there was a true chance that Ohar and Camryn would fall for each other, but it still kept getting thrown out there, since Ohar believes he’s supposed to marry Camryn in order to save his people. On the other hand, I think we were supposed to root for Dagger, and I kind of did, but I was never fully on board with the romance between him and Camryn. I mean, out of the two guys, I guess he was better, but that was all I could really say.
Sometimes a little confusing.
Since the worldbuilding was really complex, there were times when keeping it all straight got a little confusing. For the most part, I was fine, but there were points where I wasn’t exactly sure why certain things were happening.
So, overall, I enjoyed this book. And I’ll probably read the next one because I’m interested to see where Faire goes with the story. I give this book 3.5/5 stars.
***Disclosure: I received this book from NetGalley and the author in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
I thought that Chameleon: The Awakening was a unique and interesting fantasy. The story follows Camryn, who has lived with her adoptive parents in a remote setting in order to hide the fact that she has an ability she can’t control – Camryn physically changes to look like anyone she’s near. But Camryn eventually finds out that she is supposed to be the key to the forest people’s survival – and there are many people who are willing to use her to get the outcome that they want.
What I enjoyed:
The beginning.
The book caught my attention right from the very beginning with intriguing forest creatures and a mysterious birth. I was hooked from the start, wondering who these creatures were, and I was immediately moved by their circumstances and the obvious sacrifice that they were making for their unborn child.
Unique worldbuilding.
Faire came up with a unique and interesting world that had many subtle complexities. She obviously worked long and hard mapping out the people of her forest world – their magic, their customs and their societies. I also thought that Faire wove the story of the forest people into the modern world that Camryn lived in really well.
The escape.
Camryn finds herself running from humans who want to use her, but she soon realizes that they are not the only ones who want something from her. Camryn has to decide who she can trust and who simply wants to use her for their own ends – and the answer to that question is not entirely simple. Camryn may have escaped from one form of bondage, but she finds herself in others and she can never quite break free. I’m interested to see where Faire goes with this in the next book.
The negatives:
The love triangle.
I wasn’t exactly a fan of either guy in the love triangle. Ohar seems like he’s supposed to be an upstanding person, but he obviously isn’t right for Camryn – from the very beginning it’s established that he’s in love with someone else. I didn’t really ever feel like there was a true chance that Ohar and Camryn would fall for each other, but it still kept getting thrown out there, since Ohar believes he’s supposed to marry Camryn in order to save his people. On the other hand, I think we were supposed to root for Dagger, and I kind of did, but I was never fully on board with the romance between him and Camryn. I mean, out of the two guys, I guess he was better, but that was all I could really say.
Sometimes a little confusing.
Since the worldbuilding was really complex, there were times when keeping it all straight got a little confusing. For the most part, I was fine, but there were points where I wasn’t exactly sure why certain things were happening.
So, overall, I enjoyed this book. And I’ll probably read the next one because I’m interested to see where Faire goes with the story. I give this book 3.5/5 stars.
***Disclosure: I received this book from NetGalley and the author in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
saraupsidedown's review against another edition
2.0
Felt like a solid third of this book was missing. Very tough to follow.
chasmofbooks's review
Before I start, please keep in mind that I DNF'd this book.
I'll just get right to it. I read most of Chameleon: The Awakening and it could have been much more than it was. This book just had a lack of substance to it. Instead of it being about her actually doing something important, the focus of the story turned to her hormones....
Yeah, no. A hundred pages later, and the story still hadn't really gone anywhere.
I think I was supposed to like Ohar, and I think he's the guy I was supposed to vote for in the love triangle but.... Let's just say, he's wimpy, a liar, and easily manipulated. As for Dagger, as despicable as he was presented to be, I actually liked him more than Ohar. At least Dagger was upfront with the fact that he's a liar and can't be trusted.
Camryn herself wasn't appealing at all. There just didn't seem like much to her character to me. I didn't hate her but I didn't like her either. I did get tired of her making everyone explain the same thing multiple times though. Sometimes I was sitting there thinking, how did you not just understand what they said?
The writing wasn't anything great. It was fine I suppose but the story just wasn't all that great.
I'll just get right to it. I read most of Chameleon: The Awakening and it could have been much more than it was. This book just had a lack of substance to it. Instead of it being about her actually doing something important, the focus of the story turned to her hormones....
Yeah, no. A hundred pages later, and the story still hadn't really gone anywhere.
I think I was supposed to like Ohar, and I think he's the guy I was supposed to vote for in the love triangle but.... Let's just say, he's wimpy, a liar, and easily manipulated. As for Dagger, as despicable as he was presented to be, I actually liked him more than Ohar. At least Dagger was upfront with the fact that he's a liar and can't be trusted.
Camryn herself wasn't appealing at all. There just didn't seem like much to her character to me. I didn't hate her but I didn't like her either. I did get tired of her making everyone explain the same thing multiple times though. Sometimes I was sitting there thinking, how did you not just understand what they said?
The writing wasn't anything great. It was fine I suppose but the story just wasn't all that great.
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