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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Review & Giveaway: Echoes by Alice Reeds



Echoes  by  Alice  Reeds
Genre:  YA  Thriller  
Release  Date:  August  7th  2018  
Entangled  Teen 


"Fast-paced  and  thrilling.  ECHOES is  a  heart-pounding  and  addictive  love  story."
—Mia  Siegert,  author  of  Jerkbait

They  wake  on  a  deserted  island.  Fiona  and  Miles,  high  school  enemies  now  stranded  together.  No  memory  of  how  they  got  there.  No  plan  to  follow,  no  hope  to  hold  on  to.  Each  step  forward  reveals  the  mystery  behind  the  forces  that  brought  them  here.  And  soon,  the  most  chilling  discovery:  something  else  is on  the  island  with  them.  Something  that  won't  let  them  leave  alive.  Echoes  is  a  thrilling  adventure  about  confronting  the  impossible,  discovering  love  in  the  most  unexpected  places,  and,  above  all,  finding  hope  in  the  face  of  the  unknown.


I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. 

4 STARS

Um, whoa. This book was a wild ride. It's mainly told in alternating stories; 1 chapter is about our MCs in Berlin and then the other is about them on an island. This book was just insane. The island gave me crazy Lost vibes. Another reviewer said that the Berlin parts gave her Jason Bourne vibes and I can see that too.  


Our MCs are Fiona and Miles. Fiona is a scholarship kid at a ritzy private school for rich kids. She has blue hair and kickboxes competitively. She has some daddy issues which make her cower in the face of male authority. She is also harboring a sizable amount of disdain for Miles. At first glance, Miles is your typical rich boy, but upon closer look he is smart and compassionate. He, too, has daddy issues. 


I don't want to delve into the plot too much because it's really better to jump into this one not knowing or expecting much. The romance is mild, timid, and in my opinion, not necessary. I rarely see a book with a female and male MC who don't fall in love. It would be a breath of fresh air. 


I really hope this was the first in a series because that ending! OMG! So many questions were left unanswered and the epilogue had my jaw dropping. If you want a fast-paced adventure, which essentially has 2 stories in one, then pick up Echoes




Alice  Reeds  was  born  in  a  small  town  in  Germany  but  spent  her  first  eight  years  in  Florida,  USA.  Later  on,  she  moved  back  to  Europe,  where  her  family  moved  around  a  lot.  She  was  raised  trilingual  and  has  a  basic  understanding  of  Russian,  read  and  spoken.  After  getting  her  International  Baccalaureate  Diploma,  Alice  is  studying  English  Language  and  Literature  atUniversity.  In  her  free  time  Alice  mostly  writes,  reads,  figure  and/or  roller  skates,  or  watches  countless  let's  plays  and  figure  skating  videos.



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