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Stephanie Holden st3phir0th — Read more reviews at The Sirenic Codex Kimberly Derting's The Pledge has the type of cover that calls to me. I'm fond of pretty things and The Pledge's cover was the type that had friends asking if they could take a look at the book. When it comes to the content, I wasn't as impressed. The first problem is that almost nothing happens for a really, really long time. The plot is slow and while it's a readable book, nothing about it really draws the reader in. I think a lot of the problems concern execution because the ideas behind what's happening is nice. The characters, for one, are utterly unremarkable. I don't think they had much depth because they didn't fascinate me at all. They weren't real in any way. There was instalove, and what surprises me once again is how sudden it is. I don't even know who this Max dude is and then he's declaring his love for Charlie. What's super ridiculous is that he lies a lot to Charlie, and somehow she seems to trust him completely. None of the characters were individuals. They felt like clichés to me and it was disappointing. The believability was lacking as well. The world is interesting; there are classes which are distinguished based on what language you know. You're only allowed to know your class' language and that of the class below. The setting is some futuristic monarchy that also has some type of magic. It was hard to understand the parameters of the world and I think this magic part was haphazardly thrown in. It didn't feel plausible because the parameters of the world weren't well established. I had no idea what I was dealing with for most part of the novel. The plot was slightly entertaining, but it had its ups and downs. I felt like it dragged on and was incredibly slow until the end where it kind of went ballistic. Stuff was happening and it wasn't being properly explained and all of a sudden there's some kind of battle and then, the end. The Pledge wasn't what I was expecting at all. It's a much lighter read than anticipated. I would compare it to The Selection by Kiera Cass, except that story was slightly more entertaining. I was expecting a more coherent, focused, and mature story than what I got and my expectations are probably what damned the book a bit. I mean, even the cover is in all black! It screams "serious" book, doesn't it? (Or am I completely off base?) Near the end of the book I became completely disinterested and considered DNFing. I decided not to just because I was almost done. Now, I know I sound extremely negative in my review but this book isn't a book to hate. I actually don't have particularly strong feelings either way. I didn't like it. It wasn't my cup of tea technically or emotionally. I wasn't invested. So, 1 heart. (Also, I have to throw this out there: the font wasn't the best. I like that they decided to try a different font, but it doesn't fit with the story at all. The cover is all about elaborate, elegant font which makes sense considering the importance of the monarchy in the story and so a sans-serif is slightly jarring. But, I'm known to be a bit of a font snob.)

夏 夏 543486678e108 — It took me a REALLY long time to get into this book. It had tiny print so it was hard for me to get very far and that's always hard for me. Once the love story started I was hooked though. :) I would definitely consider this more of a girly book but not too much so. There is a big difference between her YA fiction books and her Adult fiction books. This is adult fiction and there was a little bit of language and a few other things that would maybe make this a PG or PG-13 movie. In the end I thought it was a great book and was very anxious to get through the next one.