Another great read by this Author. Had my heart racing quite a few times wondering what was going to happen. Grabbing the edge of my seat.

www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI thought this book was pretty good. For some reason I didn't read the end of the blurb and had no idea this book was headed in the direction it took. Scarlett meets Noah as the new boy in school. They become instant friends then instantly in love. It seemed weird to me because Noah was a very handsome boy, but also very nice. He never pushed Scarlett to do things that most boys of that age would do. He was always wanting to be with her and reeling her right i...

Holy shit, this was really immediately bad. The writing is just awful and the plot is so banal and instalovey and creepy and DO NOT PASS GO. Yikes.The premise, also, is ludicrous. A LOT of people don't have memories before the age of four. I mean, okay, most don't wake up from a TRAGICAL FIRE forgetting who their parents are, but bitch, you ain't special.

Great quick read! It ends with a lot of unanswered questions and I'm hoping that means there will be another book. *fingers crossed*

I got this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I requested it because I really liked the plot line and the mystery that it suggested. I did find the story to be very fluid and easy to read, and it had enough mystery to it that it kept my attention, but I feel like it lacked depth.In this story you have Scarlett who had no memory of her life before the age of 5, that is until she is in a car accident and bits of her memories start to return to her. Enter Noah, the new kid in to...

I picked this up from work because of the clever packaging. That and the plot: Scarlett Garner has missing memories until a car accident jars them back. But what she remembers may bring danger...Except her amnesia goes like this: she can't remember anything before the age of four.That's it. So, uhm. That's not really unusual. Do you remember being potty trained? Do you remember your first tooth or what baby food you liked or how your diapers felt? I'm betting you don't. Scarlett, you're not miss...

(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to SOURCEBOOKS Fire and NetGalley.) “Wow, that’s a lot of people you’ve brainwashed. Nice one.” This wasn’t awful, but I didn’t enjoy it much either.Scarlett was a bit of a nothingness character, I didn’t really like her, I didn’t hate her, she irritated me a little maybe, but mainly I didn’t really feel anything for her. (view spoiler)[ Which considering her biological parents were trying to kill her, w...

Oh, what a flop. Having read and loved Natasha Preston's The Cellar, I was ridiculously excited for her new book. And to say I was disappointed, would probably be a bit of an understatement. This book is a mess. Preston does disturbing and creepy very well, unfortunately the moment she throws romance into the mix it all goes to hell. I wasn't bothered by the romance in The Cellar at all, because it was such a minor element of the plot line, it pretty much faded into the background. In Awake, the...

I set my mind back to when I was a teenager so that I could still remember the rush of so called love we feel at that age, so powerful, I don't remember instant love though, "cor look at him" type of thing, but not instantly a couple that in a week are planning their future. OK maybe its the cynic in me coming out.The thing is, do you remember anything before the age of four? Well this girl did, right back to babyhood, anyway, I over looked that too.Noah her boyfriend is so insistent for her to

The cult thing... cool, I love the cult thing... But memories before she was five? *I* can bring to mind exactly two memories of before I was five, and they're both related to pain. Having no memories before five isn't a big deal...

I went into this book not knowing anything about it, i like the author and wanted to read more by her. Its a weird book to say the least but its a good book. It has a really interesting topic that kept me hooked throughout the entire book. Their relationship started off so innocent but quickly turned diabolic (not entirely Noahs fault) but then it transitioned back to that innocence that made me fall in love with them. The eternal light...

Received from NetGalley.The blurb made it sound interesting, but within the first few pages, when Scarlett tells handsome Noah, the new boy at high school, that she has no memories before she was four (and then admits that she hates telling anyone that) I felt the authorial hand shoving these two together. Sure enough: insta-love.I think Preston does a reasonable job of depicting a creepy stalker who is determined to make this teenage girl fall in love with him, so he says everything right ("You...

DNF at 106 pages.So, what makes you want to throw a book in a river? Is it:a. When the wishy-washy heroine is a total idiot;b. When the love interest's creepy as fuck;c. When there's a horrible case of let-me-ditch-my-friends-for-the-new-guy instalove;d. When there's 95% more telling than showing; ore. When you finally realize that you don't give a shit about the mystery?Well, dear friends, I definitely wanted to throw this book in a river. (And yes, I did answer all a, b, c, d and e!)I read and...

Scarlett Garner remembers scant details from her young childhood and all she does recall fails to match up with what her parents have informed her about her childhood. What secrets are they hiding from her? And does the new boy at school have anything to do with this secret past? Scarlett is determined to remember the truth, regardless of what it could expose or the consequences she could face.Honestly, I'm unsure if my current reading mood and personal big life-changes are to blame for the low-...

I can't help but be very disappointed in what I read. I came into this book with high hopes, like all books. But this book was one book that was extremely hard to keep reading once I got 32% into it. I don't want to make a decision for you on what you should think of this book, because if you enjoyed it I am glad. But I didn't enjoy my read. Giving it 2 stars is being generous. I understand where the author wanted to go with this book but it never got there and was way to all over the place for

Shredded Book Reviews©2015. ARC provided via NetgalleyOh boys and girls, what a mess this was. I can deal with a piss poor female lead; as long as the heartthrob of the situation is on top of his game, we're good. But when you 1) don't have an engaging plot line or, 2) have monotone characters...Well everything goes downhill from that point and there is no saving any of it. Honestly, I couldn't get into the storyline. You've got Scarlet, who appears to be a lovestruck teenager. (Think Bel...

Who says you have to enter the world of fantasy to discover who and what you really are? Far more frightening, just as unbelievable is the real life world of cults, some who celebrate life and Mother Earth, some who worship Satan, there are so many in the world and they range from harmless to deadly and twisted. Scarlett has no memory of her life before around four years old, but an accident brings her past memories to the forefront, piece by agonizing piece. Are they nightmares from the trauma

https://anaslair.wordpress.com/2015/1...Within the first few lines of Awake I began wondering what the heck I had gotten myself into. Scarlett's so-called best friend is portrayed as a self-centred, attention-seeker, cynic bitch. So that made it extra easy for our little innocent and lovely Scarlett to ditch her the second Noah steps in the picture.After that, everything was pretty much Noah-Noah-Noah. Eurgh. Romance. Teenage romance on top of all.I didn't even get the insta-love. Scarlett speci...

“Awake” has a very promising, creepy plot revolving around a girl with four years of missing memories and a cult. Unfortunately, I found it somewhat lacking in certain areas.Scarlett and Noah are the main characters, and the story is told using both points of view. Neither character came across as particularly well-developed, but I actually enjoyed Noah quite a bit anyway and wish more time was devoted to developing him. Scarlett, on the other hand, was not likable at all. She is presented as we...

This was a truly terrible book, and, I believe, my first one-star read for the year. I'm not sure if cults are a new trend in YA, following up on the amazingness that was The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, but this book did not do the genre justice.In all honesty, I skimmed the last half of the book. The ending was entirely predictable and the execution was poor. There were times where I wanted to reach through and strangle the main character. Instead, I made a fun list: Reasons this Book is Terrib...