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Book Review: Forbidden by Syrie James

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Book Review: Forbidden, by Syrie James and Ryan M. James

Book Description: She should not exist.

He should not love her.

Claire Brennan has been attending Emerson Academy for two years now (the longest she and her mom have remained anywhere) and she’s desperate to stay put for the rest of high school. So there’s no way she’s going to tell her mom about the psychic visions she’s been having or the creepy warnings that she’s in danger.

Alec MacKenzie is fed up with his duties to watch and, when necessary, eliminate the descendants of his angelic forefathers. He chose Emerson as the ideal hiding place where he could be normal for once. He hadn’t factored Claire into his plans. . . .

Their love is forbidden, going against everything Alec has been taught to believe. But when the reason behind Claire’s unusual powers is revealed and the threat to her life becomes clear, how far will Alec go to protect her?



To me, Forbidden is a 'I had read better written, more exciting fanfics about angels than this book' 1.5 stars novel.

Be warned that NOTHING HAPPENS within the first 200+ pages of this novel, the story is filled by the daily affairs of the heroine and her friends from the freaking high school.

Also, you have to be warned against the dull writing, the cardboard cutout characters, cheesy romance, I'm a special innocent snowflake Mary Sue heroine, I'm evil but I've never done anything scary in the book villains and mind-numbingly boring highschool melodramas. We also got a 100+ years old immortal drooling all over a 16 years old girl as well. Last but not least, the heroine is rather useless, she needs her love interest, a.k.a the mysterious, brooding new boy in school who really is a 100+ years old immortal to save her life repeatedly.

Bitch, please.

Not to mention said heroine is all too ready to forsake her life, happiness and future after her love interest left her behind in order to save her life.

Shit, I'd been getting that all-too-familiar Twilight vibe while I read the book.=___=

I don't hate this book, I even like the parts when the authors make fun of Twilight and disco-ball pseudo vampires, the characters aren't hateful neither; but I'm both annoyed and disappointed by this novel and its authors.

Suggestion: If you happened to be a highschool girl who loves to daydream about love relationship and hot, mysterious sexy brooding boys, you might give it a shoot.
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Sei-ey's avatar
I like forbidden love as much as the next person, but that does sound like a terrible novel lol