Up until three months ago, everything in sixteen-year-old Camelia’s life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at the art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia’s life becomes anything but ordinary.
Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend’s accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She’s reluctant to believe the rumors, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. She’s inexplicably drawn to Ben…and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help—but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret.
This book series was just disappointing. That's it. I loved this author before I picked up this series and now I just feel empty inside.
Camelia is the most boring character in the world. She is so self-centered and the entire book is from her point of view so you don't really get to know anything around her. Her friends are mysteries and her mom is vegan (that's about as much detail as you get)...oh and she and her dad make lots of runs to Taco Bell.
I did like the end of the first book, Deadly Little Secret, hence the summary at the top. But I decided to include all three books in this review because they were all the same. If it was a single book I would have been satisfied and moved on. But it wasn't so I didn't.
Once the Ben/Camelia ship has sailed they have to bring a new guy into the mix to heat stuff up again. Seriously I realized authors get paid on commission but one was ENOUGH. The template was the same, the characters were the same and even the love scenario was the...you guessed it...same!!!
To be honest I got half way through the last book and decided to call it quits. Classes have started up again so I don't have as much time to read as I did before. I think the fact that I had no motivation to read how the series ends explains to you how poorly executed this concept was.
And this is all coming from a reader who worshiped this author a few years ago when I read the Blue is for Nightmares series.
Overall, don't waste your time. If you need to satisfy your curiosity then stop after the first one. Seriously stop. You will think there's hope, that now the second one couldn't be that awful, especially after the first ending. But trust me, it's worse. Just stop.
3 stars because I used to love this author and she gave me enough motivation to finish 2.5 books.
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