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A review by mlboyd20
Dark Energy by Robison Wells
3.0
This book is a good rendition of things that aren't what they seem to be. Confused? You've got to read the book to find out what I'm talking about. This girl doesn't do spoilers.
When I first started reading this book, I have to say the tv show Star Crossed kept coming to my mind. You have your lead female character, her classmates, aliens that crash land and suddenly a couple are put into their ultra private school. Sound familiar? I kept on pushing through though. I'm glad that I did.
There are some really good twists in this story. The author went were few authors do, when it comes to aliens and lineage of them. He definitely did his homework there. But to me, the characters themselves were all under developed. Not just one, but all. It felt like the author had a good story and someone said, you have 24 hours to make this into a book. Everything had so much potential, but things kept falling short. And the wrap up was just too quick and clean. This would have been a good start off for at least a duology.
After saying all that, I did enjoy the book and recommend it to YA readers of scifi, who aren't into the nitty gritty. I don't feel that dedicated scifi readers will have a true connection with the story. There's just too much left out altogether.
When I first started reading this book, I have to say the tv show Star Crossed kept coming to my mind. You have your lead female character, her classmates, aliens that crash land and suddenly a couple are put into their ultra private school. Sound familiar? I kept on pushing through though. I'm glad that I did.
There are some really good twists in this story. The author went were few authors do, when it comes to aliens and lineage of them. He definitely did his homework there. But to me, the characters themselves were all under developed. Not just one, but all. It felt like the author had a good story and someone said, you have 24 hours to make this into a book. Everything had so much potential, but things kept falling short. And the wrap up was just too quick and clean. This would have been a good start off for at least a duology.
After saying all that, I did enjoy the book and recommend it to YA readers of scifi, who aren't into the nitty gritty. I don't feel that dedicated scifi readers will have a true connection with the story. There's just too much left out altogether.