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What do you think of all these novella’s and prequel’s I’ve been reading lately? I think its been a nice change of pace from full length novels. Anyways, today I’m reviewing The Eslites, a prequel novella to The Eslites Chronicles series, and let me tell you, it was the perfect start. Though I’ve never heard of this series, I was really intrigued by the description of the book, and I’m really glad I got the chance to check it out.

Check out my full review here!

https://radioactivebookreviews.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/the-eslites-the-eslite-c...

When a young woman begins to question her whole life, things begin to become clear that she has missed out on a lot of things. But one man has stood beside her forever and another wants to show her what it will be like to be cherished forever.

This is the second in a trilogy, but it is rather easy to jump into and figure out what is happening. The problem I have is that the main character made me so angry with her unwise choices. She could have saved herself a lot of anguish if she did not hide things.

This book was just O.K. Not great, but ok.

The first 3/4 of the book or so read very much like a Spanish Soap Opera, which I didn't particularly care for. The reactions each character had were very dramatic and emotional, and not very realistic (especially the main character, Natalie). Each scene gave a clear picture of overly dramatic people, and picturing it as anything but a Soap was very difficult...

The writing was not realistic at all- the dialogue was some-what cheesy, and irritating, and had a lot of phrases that didn't make much sense. For example, Ryan is supposed to be a Southern Texas cowboy, yet many of his lines read like a surfer guy from SoCal...then he'd have a random line like "this condo is kickin'" ...what??

It seemed very disjointed and confused- like the characters aren't completely defined, and very unsettled.

It also somewhat seemed like a book written by a dictionary...every phrase was something you'd expect to hear from a proper English professor...not college Freshmen (even if some of them were nerds...). It just wasn't very believable or realistic, and got to be somewhat monotonous in tone.

The reason I'm giving it 3 stars instead of 2, is because once the plot got going (past the monumentally frustrating main chunk of the book with a lot of redundant personal challenges and internal turmoil from the main character) toward the end of the book, it actually got interesting. I hate when books leave on a cliff-hanger, but it did leave me wanting to read the next book, now that there's more of a story than "Oh my, I'm so afraid to trust anyone, but gosh darn it, you're sexy, and I just want to bang you so bad, who cares?!" *fake Southern accent there*.

I'm hoping the next book will be better, and since I am still considering reading the series, I'm leaving it a 3 star instead of 2.

I'd recommend it if 1) you don't mind cheesy Soap Opera plots and dialogue to trudge through til the last few chapters, and, 2) the next book in the series/the series all together, sounds interesting to you.

This one is the best of the trilogy! A full length novel! So dramatic, so angst-filled, so OMG! I loved it! Totally worth the 3.99$ I paid for it. Loved!

Book 2 in a serial, it's angsty, raw, hair-pulling romance, yet doesn't quite fulfill my expectations in a Series, which is what it is advertised as... Rather, it is a serial, which ends in horrific cliffhangers that are not resolved until the final book. Super great writing! Don't get me wrong... Just make sure you have ALL 3 books before you start:-)

This is book one in a 3 book serial. It is extremely well written and edited, just ends in a cliffhanger! Characters are well developed and believable. YA or NA.

The book is well-written, but it moved way too slowly for me and I lost interest. The characters were realistic.

There was an interesting concept to this story. Though, I think that it’s a concept better fleshed out in a longer piece. I’m a fan of short stories, but I feel that this one was in need of a little world building at the very least.

While reading questions continued to pop into my head about just what kind of events lead to this alien race coming into control in the way they did. Also, the use of the term “state of the art” occurred often, but there was nothing to base that off of. This was obviously a futuristic story, but what is state of the art when it comes to a world that’s already going to be state of the art to the reader of today?

I also had questions arise near the end (which I won’t get into due to them spoiling things). The characters knew more than I did as a reader, and I think that it limited my understanding of why some themes were brought up in the end.

All in all, with me still having questions and also zipping right through this one, I think I’ll be looking forward to book 2, “The Coming,” when it is released.

I always find it more difficult to rate and review short stories. The very nature of a short story usually means less character development and more action. I miss the character development.

The main character, Miranda, describes herself in the story as a rebel but there's not much rebelling going on here, except in the way she speaks to the person in charge. There's no kind of action to back up her words.

Dimas, the man in charge and villain in the story, is authoritative and threatening in one breath, but then stands "there with a disbelieving gape on his face." That description just didn't mesh well with the rest of the descriptions about and actions of this character.

The general storyline hooked me right away. Girls are taken to be tested. If they pass, they must become egg donors for the Eslites, an alien race with no females. I think there's a lot of potential here. The idea is one I haven't really seen before in YA lit. However, the author lost me when she revealed that the Eslites are really Satan worshippers. I don't know... something about that just doesn't work for me. I think the story would have been better left as just being about aliens without the religious connotations.

Overall, this one was just "meh" for me. While I liked the general story, there were things that didn't sit well with me. If this were expanded into a full book I would probably pick it up to see how things developed.

i am sorry to say this but i really did not enjoy this book .

Hi there i am currently reading this book that the author gave me to review i am very thank full that she gave it to me because i am really enjoy this book so far i cant wait see how it ends again thank you for giving me the change read and review your book.

This book was just O.K. Not great, but ok.

The first 3/4 of the book or so read very much like a Spanish Soap Opera, which I didn't particularly care for. The reactions each character had were very dramatic and emotional, and not very realistic (especially the main character, Natalie). Each scene gave a clear picture of overly dramatic people, and picturing it as anything but a Soap was very difficult...

The writing was not realistic at all- the dialogue was some-what cheesy, and irritating, and had a lot of phrases that didn't make much sense. For example, Ryan is supposed to be a Southern Texas cowboy, yet many of his lines read like a surfer guy from SoCal...then he'd have a random line like "this condo is kickin'" ...what??

It seemed very disjointed and confused- like the characters aren't completely defined, and very unsettled.

It also somewhat seemed like a book written by a dictionary...every phrase was something you'd expect to hear from a proper English professor...not college Freshmen (even if some of them were nerds...). It just wasn't very believable or realistic, and got to be somewhat monotonous in tone.

The reason I'm giving it 3 stars instead of 2, is because once the plot got going (past the monumentally frustrating main chunk of the book with a lot of redundant personal challenges and internal turmoil from the main character) toward the end of the book, it actually got interesting. I hate when books leave on a cliff-hanger, but it did leave me wanting to read the next book, now that there's more of a story than "Oh my, I'm so afraid to trust anyone, but gosh darn it, you're sexy, and I just want to bang you so bad, who cares?!" *fake Southern accent there*.

I'm hoping the next book will be better, and since I am still considering reading the series, I'm leaving it a 3 star instead of 2.

I'd recommend it if 1) you don't mind cheesy Soap Opera plots and dialogue to trudge through til the last few chapters, and, 2) the next book in the series/the series all together, sounds interesting to you.