Book Reivew: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

Title: Struck
Author: Jennifer Bosworth
Series/Standalone: Struck Series (Book #1)
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Paranormal
Pages: 373
Publisher: Square Fish
Year Published: 2012
Format: Paperback Copy (Own It)
First Line: "When you've been struck by lightning as many times as I have, you start to expect the worst pretty much all the time."

"I am a lightning addict.
I crave it like lungs crave oxygen.
Nothing makes you feel.

Mia Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.

Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a travelling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revellers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.

Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn't who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and the power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything."

My Rating: 2/5

This book was brought to my attention after it was compared to the Red Queen series. I would like to state that this is nothing like the Red Queen series. Or not in the ways that I hoped. I think I've learned that other people suggestions for books that are similar to my favorite books don't really count if they don't love the Red Queen series as much as I do. I think that this book was a decent debut and it was an interesting world, but there were so many corny aspects that I couldn't overlook. I do think that I would be interested in the prequel to this book and the becoming of some of our characters in this story. That being said, I don't think I will be reading The Prophet by Jennifer Bosworth anytime soon.

Thanks for reading,

Sidny

Spoiler: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

I expected a lot from this book which might have been my main problem. Whenever someone compares a book to my favourite book I get this urge to read it but I tend to be a little biased about whether it is really like Red Queen. This book had interesting aspects, getting to see the world fall apart, watching two cults battle for the end they wanted, the powers brought by lightning, and of course, the idea that you can change your fate.

Characters:
Mia: She was interested in the beginning of the story, but as I read I was increasingly annoyed by her. She seemed more interested in her love interest than the fact that the world was legit ending. You'd think that she'd have a different set of priorities but apparently not. She also is just too trusting of everyone, except for those I was rooting for. It was extremely frustrating. 

Parker: I think that he was immature and clearly didn't understand the danger he was putting himself in repeatedly. He was also kinda just a stock character.

Jeremy: He was such a basic love interest. He was bound to be betraying her. I kinda figured with some of the white clothing that he was somehow in cahoots with the Followers. But I do wonder about his mother and how his life was with the Prophet in the beginning while he was still being brainwashed.

Prophet: I'd be interested in the point of his view, but not enough to purchase the prequel of this book. I honestly think that he thought that he was the Prophet and he was meant to bring those to God.

Katrina: I want her families back story. It was just kinda thrown in there like an afterthought that her mother had been the leader of the Seekers to begin with.

Mr. Kale: Mind control is shitty. Duh.


Moments to Remember:
Final Line: "'I did.'"



Thanks for reading,
Sidny