Reading Is All There Is

Tessa McCaide is unlike others. She has a special talent which has always been a big struggle. Especially in her social life. She has a hard time finding friends since everyone thinks she is a freak. Tessa has a chance to start over when her fathers gets a new job in a different state. Although at a party, Tessa is bitten and her life forever changes.  To me, the main character Tessa, has the same personality as any other main character in a fan-fiction. She likes books, she's lonely, she has a special person in her life and she has a secret. This novel did seem like fan-fiction to me. The writing style reflected it. Tessa is humorous. Although her jokes seemed extremely cliché to me and therefore I mostly just rolled my eyes at them. Tessa McCaide was nothing special to me. She didn't seem real and I had a hard time relating to her.  Tessa's new group of friends seemed loyal, but not realistic either. If you take Meredith, Tessa's new BFF, she's just t...

Melanie lives in a cell. Every morning starts the same. After getting dressed, soldiers step into her cell. One holds a gun pointed to her face while another straps her to a wheelchair with no chance of moving around. Depending on which day it is, Melanie is rolled into class with other children just like her. Melanie is happy to learn, but mostly when it's a Miss Justineau day. Justineau is kind and tells great stories. Everything about her is perfect and Melanie admires her.  The children don't know when they came to live in the cells. They don't know anything about their past or what they are. But they are something special and have a purpose. They could be the answer to make the world great again.  First off, I'm a bit disappointed with this novel. It was not like anything I had expected. Then again, I had no clue what the novel was about when I picked it up. At first, I was very intrigued. I thought: "This is going to be such a great book. " Then...