This book is definitely one of the reasons why I gave up on sci-fi. I gave sci-fi so many shots I don't know if it's sci-fi or just me. They are either too slow and boring or annoying and boring. For this, it's the latter. In fact, I don't know if it's right to sort this under sci-fi, because all we have seen so far that points out that this is sci-fi, were the supposedly aliens. |
Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them.
Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket.
Still, Cara isn’t sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L’eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn’t seem more alien. She’s certain about one thing, though: no human boy is this good-looking.
But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara's locker, and a police officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class.
Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn’t just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life—not just for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.
Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket.
Still, Cara isn’t sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L’eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn’t seem more alien. She’s certain about one thing, though: no human boy is this good-looking.
But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara's locker, and a police officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class.
Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn’t just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life—not just for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.
Without wasting a second, she kicked off her pumps, hitched up her dress, and hooked her thumbs beneath the stiff elastic waistband. But the spandex didn't go down without a fight. She jerked and tugged at the stretchy fabric, grunting and swearing quietly to herself for what seemed like an hour. |
Like obviously the best place to strip is a dark and isolated corner in the middle of a function of some sort because the clothing was too uncomfortable.
I don't know. Perhaps trying to find another toilet that isn't occupied sounded like a better plan? You know, to avoid awkward first meeting with the exchange student. Oh wait, he was swooning over that ass.
I don't know. Perhaps trying to find another toilet that isn't occupied sounded like a better plan? You know, to avoid awkward first meeting with the exchange student. Oh wait, he was swooning over that ass.
She'd already elicited this reaction in him several times, starting with the moment she'd removed her undergarments and revealed her bare, round bottom. Her skin was even paler than he'd thought possible, so translucent it practically illuminated the darkness. |
I had to check that the book title was right and it was of the desired genre I thought it was. Here's a long list of problems I had with it.
#1 Aelyx's: L'eihir were described as having exactly similar hairstyle, always having cold glares. And here they are on Earth trying to get an alliance out of those traits. There's no way you won't imagine these L'eihr as some kind of robot. That was literally impossible to get out from my mind ever since it was implanted there. So let me tell you the love interest was a robot the entire book. He probably always talks with that neutral tone. The only emotions you see would be that small grin or that shit of his stone face.
#2 Just the whole freaking existence of aliens I guess:This is not sci-fi. I sort it under contemporary too because this was just too insanely ridiculous to be even part of scientific fiction. L'eihir are a group of humans with not a drop of emotion. Allow me to share what I know about aliens. Aliens look like humans but have no belly buttons and are INSANELY HOT.Pass me a fan. I'm swooning already. I'm so in love with their choice of food - anything bland is good food. I'm so intrigued by their perfect world where whips and chains are a defiance killer. We really need to coexist and produce babies together!
#3 I have a problem with like every dude in the story:
#1 Aelyx's: L'eihir were described as having exactly similar hairstyle, always having cold glares. And here they are on Earth trying to get an alliance out of those traits. There's no way you won't imagine these L'eihr as some kind of robot. That was literally impossible to get out from my mind ever since it was implanted there. So let me tell you the love interest was a robot the entire book. He probably always talks with that neutral tone. The only emotions you see would be that small grin or that shit of his stone face.
#2 Just the whole freaking existence of aliens I guess:This is not sci-fi. I sort it under contemporary too because this was just too insanely ridiculous to be even part of scientific fiction. L'eihir are a group of humans with not a drop of emotion. Allow me to share what I know about aliens. Aliens look like humans but have no belly buttons and are INSANELY HOT.Pass me a fan. I'm swooning already. I'm so in love with their choice of food - anything bland is good food. I'm so intrigued by their perfect world where whips and chains are a defiance killer. We really need to coexist and produce babies together!
#3 I have a problem with like every dude in the story:
"Dude, what's your problem?" he asked Aelyx. "You don't buy jewellery for someone else's girlfriend!" |
It's nothing really. I just want to know what era this dude lives in.
Every person here has the personality of your very own childhood cartoon or the cheesy idea of high school. You have the big awful bully, the annoying pervert, the bitch ex-friend, the crazed fan girl, the meanest slut who wants to eat the face of the hottest guy.
#4 Realism: Realism was non existent in Alienated. If you want something real, you can relate to, someone you can feel with then Alienated is not for you. Nothing felt real. Friends were just a title in public. Love has a better word such as infatuation. And Cara's life was just Aelyx.
The humans in Alienated must be bored out of their wits because here they are all portrayed as brainless as Cara was. Their lives revolved around waiting for Aelyx to show up to start screaming and protesting. They don't seem to know how to do anything at all except for complaining. Their thought must be like: just a few hundreds people sitting there and screaming would totally drive the L'eihir off our planet!
Threats from some protesters are about as intimidating as a teddy bear on the bedside. And just one alien is enough to drive them to the point of violence and destruction. These stupid rioters are why L'eihir are even suggesting a coexistence.
All the crap they caused shows just how efficient the cops were even. I don't know how the government even run their country. If just ONE ALIEN was enough to cause an uproar and unstoppable rioting, I think the government should just kiss their asses goodbye.
#5 Friendship my foot:Let me just make this clear friends who even abandon you because they are receiving hate from hanging out with you are not friends. I repeat. They are just people who ain't strong enough to stand up for you or anyone else. Friendship was as good as non existent here. But wait! Cara seems to have a different opinion on friends.
Every person here has the personality of your very own childhood cartoon or the cheesy idea of high school. You have the big awful bully, the annoying pervert, the bitch ex-friend, the crazed fan girl, the meanest slut who wants to eat the face of the hottest guy.
#4 Realism: Realism was non existent in Alienated. If you want something real, you can relate to, someone you can feel with then Alienated is not for you. Nothing felt real. Friends were just a title in public. Love has a better word such as infatuation. And Cara's life was just Aelyx.
The humans in Alienated must be bored out of their wits because here they are all portrayed as brainless as Cara was. Their lives revolved around waiting for Aelyx to show up to start screaming and protesting. They don't seem to know how to do anything at all except for complaining. Their thought must be like: just a few hundreds people sitting there and screaming would totally drive the L'eihir off our planet!
Threats from some protesters are about as intimidating as a teddy bear on the bedside. And just one alien is enough to drive them to the point of violence and destruction. These stupid rioters are why L'eihir are even suggesting a coexistence.
All the crap they caused shows just how efficient the cops were even. I don't know how the government even run their country. If just ONE ALIEN was enough to cause an uproar and unstoppable rioting, I think the government should just kiss their asses goodbye.
#5 Friendship my foot:Let me just make this clear friends who even abandon you because they are receiving hate from hanging out with you are not friends. I repeat. They are just people who ain't strong enough to stand up for you or anyone else. Friendship was as good as non existent here. But wait! Cara seems to have a different opinion on friends.
It appeared she has three "friends" now: a sexy alien, a crazed fan girl, and a high school cop barely old enough to shave. |
I'm just gonna check the definition of friends again. You know. Just to make sure.
#6 the too-stupid-to-live main character: I don't know. She's supposed to be goddamn smart or something. The perfect Cara. But just how much information does she process in that big brain of hers?
#6 the too-stupid-to-live main character: I don't know. She's supposed to be goddamn smart or something. The perfect Cara. But just how much information does she process in that big brain of hers?
"I hope Aelyx doesn't have friends like you, or my turn on L'eihr is gonna suck." |
Oh joy. I sincerely wonder what's that something that upset Tori.
Aelyx always sneaks into the forest at night. Cara's curious. She decides to sit in her room and hopes the information on what Aelyx is doing drops from the heavens. With all her so-called friends telling her to beware, I thought some natural instinct will tell her to go find out what Aelyx is sneaking into the forest for. Well, but Cara sits there getting jealous of Aelyx seeing someone in the forest secretly. Just less than 100 pages and already Cara is jealous of Aelyx dating the trees.
#7 Infatuation overload: The infatuation here is just there staring into your eyeballs. Obviously, there are bonding moments such as throwing leaves that tries to make them seem closer. But obviously, it failed on me. The moments created for them were so deliberate I can't feel anything. Especially since the love interest is pretty much a cyborg. It seems holding hands in front of the protesters seemed like a good idea to them. Hmmm.
Aelyx always sneaks into the forest at night. Cara's curious. She decides to sit in her room and hopes the information on what Aelyx is doing drops from the heavens. With all her so-called friends telling her to beware, I thought some natural instinct will tell her to go find out what Aelyx is sneaking into the forest for. Well, but Cara sits there getting jealous of Aelyx seeing someone in the forest secretly. Just less than 100 pages and already Cara is jealous of Aelyx dating the trees.
#7 Infatuation overload: The infatuation here is just there staring into your eyeballs. Obviously, there are bonding moments such as throwing leaves that tries to make them seem closer. But obviously, it failed on me. The moments created for them were so deliberate I can't feel anything. Especially since the love interest is pretty much a cyborg. It seems holding hands in front of the protesters seemed like a good idea to them. Hmmm.
He whispered into her ear, "By monitoring our partner's heart rate, we know how they're reacting to our touch. The body doesn't lie. This is the truest test of physical attraction." |
I don't know if the author ran out of ideas but my hormones aren't reacting to this. The grand finale was just a confirmation of the infatuations. If Cara knows what's love, I would dig a grave and jump into it right now.
#8 Realistic not backstory: My reenactment of the backstory so as not to spoil (but yeah it will still spoil):
I went to the beach and accidentally spill a bottle of aqueous deadly poison into the sea and as a result the entire world will die in ten years.
Now we have arrived at the most important question.How did I survive this entire book? Being able to talk so much about its flaws I probably hate it to the moon and back.That one star over there I gave it for having amused me. It'sreally amusing, I can't describe it, you have to read it for yourself to find out. There are those rare times this book makes me laugh too.
#8 Realistic not backstory: My reenactment of the backstory so as not to spoil (but yeah it will still spoil):
I went to the beach and accidentally spill a bottle of aqueous deadly poison into the sea and as a result the entire world will die in ten years.
Now we have arrived at the most important question.How did I survive this entire book? Being able to talk so much about its flaws I probably hate it to the moon and back.That one star over there I gave it for having amused me. It'sreally amusing, I can't describe it, you have to read it for yourself to find out. There are those rare times this book makes me laugh too.
"Look what I made for you. A bowl of diabetes." |
It's about that much compliments I have for it. I really need a good sci-fi book because it doesn't even exist so far.