Space Rift

This book started out strong. The magic system is cool, and I feel like it had good potential. That being said, I got bored once Ceony goes to retrieve Emery???s heart. Witnessing his happiest memories, hopes, worst moments, and doubts was a cool way to explore Thane???s character but it felt like a shift away from the stuff that made me want to read the book in the first place. 
Ceony was an okay character. I kept forgetting that Ceony was 19 because she acted liked a young teen. It would have been a four with all that but then the romance thing started. She, a nineteen-year-old, likes Thane (her teacher who is in his thirties) and while she doesn???t actively encourage, Ceony doesn???t do anything  to stop. Thane does not initiate encounters or reciprocate the feelings in this book. At the end of the book, it???s implied that they???ll get together and have kids.
I???m not sure I want to read to the other ones due to this.

Really enjoyed this book! I wish it had a sequel. Quarter star removed for insta-love.

I liked the book because it gave us more insight on Snow, his way of thinking, and the history of  why the Hunger Games are the way they are as we know it in the first book. I liked the book for the world and character building, but not for the main character 

This book was really good! Off to read the sequel immediately 

I would like to preface this review by saying that it's been a couple of years since I read this book. I don't remember enjoying the plot to where I would read it a second time before I write this. This review is based on what stuck out to me the most.

I thought that the echoes concept was pretty cool and had a lot of potential, but I feel like it didn't fit well with a teenager for the main character. There's a certain lack of survival instincts from Violet and Jay. Also, the romance part eventually took over the entire story. Now, I think the childhood best friend to lovers thing is cute, but in small doses. As the story continues, it consumes more of Violet's focus and more of the plot. If the story is focused on an active serial killer, it should be the concern for everyone until they're caught. Jay is all Violet thinks about even when he isn't there. I remember being so frustrated that all Violet could focus on was whether her crush liked her and not on the fact that the serial killer was hunting her down. This made the book feel like a romance that had a serial killer mystery and unknown powers as a background idea instead of the other way around. Maybe the author intended this, but it was not what I was looking for or expecting when I picked up the book. Three stars for the concept, but not for the execution.