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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Book Review- Human Blend

By Lori Pescatore
Self Published
Source: ARC from Author
Rating: 2.5 Stars- I wanted to like it more than I did.

Synopsis (From back of the book): Marion, Virginia seemed like a nice place to live a normal life, but she is not a normal girl. Laney has special abilities that keep her looking over her shoulder as she makes her escape from the men who had kidnapped her. A young doctor's interest is piqued when he witnesses her mysteriously curing a young child's illness. He befriends her due to his growing fascination with uncovering the true nature of her abilities, but not without harboring secrets of his own. Laney's budding relationship with a local boy puts both of them in danger when the men she was hiding from find her. All of their lives will change forever as ancient secrets become unearthed.

From the beginning Human Blend seemed very interesting and original. I was really enjoying the story and I liked the main character a lot, but it kind of changed for me about four chapters in. It became a little bit of a struggle to get used to the writing, it changed from just one point of view to several all of a sudden. I found that even though the storyline intrigued me I kept getting distracted by little flaws in the writing here and there, some of the sentences didn't really make sense to me.


I thought Julie (the MC) might be one of those strong female heroines, she seemed very mature at the beginning, but she changes all of a sudden and becomes whiny, childish and stubborn, I was surprised she didn't stomp her foot a couple of times through the story. She became more of a damsel in distress through the whole novel, and I was a little disappointed in that. I really didn't feel a lot of the romance in this one, it just felt like they rushed right into it and more like an infatuation or lust. It only took about a day for Julie to have an intimate relationship with one of the guys, but even then she seemed to be attracted to someone else, and that was a little irritating.

What kept me flipping the pages and actually finishing the book was the curiosity I had to find out what Julie really was. I really did enjoy the originality of it, the main character had this really amazing ability of healing others and herself also seeing numbers and predicting wins. I loved that she wanted to do good and use her powers to heal the sick while volunteering in a hospital.

I liked the mystery of not knowing what she really was, it kept me wondering and guessing but unable to figure it out until it's all explained towards the end. I also enjoyed the addition of some other paranormals that come into Julie's life and seem to have some surprising abilities of their own. The ending definitely leaves room for a sequel, not with a cliffhanger ending but one that seemed more of a beginning of a new journey. If you enjoy paranormal novels for older YA readers, with mystery and a bit of sexual tension then you might like Human Blend.

6 comments:

  1. Good review. I did like this book. I thought the paranormals were fresh and intersting. I did stumble over some of the wording a few times, but overall enjoyed it.

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  2. Great review Cynthia! Thank you so much!! Now my curiosity it peaked and I want to read it.

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  3. The premise sounds interesting, for sure. Really well balanced review Cynthia -- thank you!

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  4. I've wondered about this one. It sounds really good, but it's good to know what some of its limitations might be before going into it.

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  5. Thanks for the review. Just a side note, the copy you read was a first edition, an editor has gone over it with a fine tooth comb and ironed out the rough parts that is now released as a second edition. Thanks again for taking the time to review it.
    Lori Pescatore
    Human Blend
    Earth Blend (Due out in April)

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  6. Hi Lori! Thank you for your comment. I'm looking forward to reading the published copy.

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