Trace requests combat training from the one person she is most afraid of, but possibly the best person for the job. It's great seeing the gang start to trust each other. As much as I disliked Phoenix and the things he did previously, I have to say I'm warming up to him and I'm looking forward to reading his story. A quick, easy read that I enjoyed immens I loved this little novella enabling us to look a little closer at Phoenix, Nixon and Trace and the dynamics between them following 'that' day. A quick, easy read that I enjoyed immensely.
Sep 26, Kelly rated it really liked it. Dec 03, Angi rated it really liked it. I like this one a lot because it sets up nicely for Phoenix's story. It gives a little bit of background before we get into the next book and it sets it up very well. I think we all have had a hard time with Phoenix and we want to believe in him, we just needed to see into him a little more. Plus the healing between him, Trace and Nixon was very necessary. Oct 16, Amanda Koziczkowski rated it really liked it. This is only about 30 pages and included in the back of Elicit.
It helps resolve some issues that Nixon and Trace have with another character from Elicit. It was nice to have that string tied up and get some more from their perspective. Aug 23, Jenny - Book Sojourner rated it it was amazing Shelves: Loved this bonus novella at the end of Elicit. Just what I needed for a Nixon and Trace fix, and to prep me for Phoenix's book. Nov 16, Djana Cajic rated it it was amazing.
Gotta love me some Nixon: Mar 13, Steffy rated it really liked it. Such a cute little Novella. I can never get enough of Tracy and Nixon. Please Rachel keep them coming!! This short novella is about Trace, Nixon and learning to forgive. Trace has a way with words and gets Nixon to agree. This is a great short story about friends rebuilding trust.
I loved seeing Trace and Phoenix at the end starting over. This was a light read no mafia hits, wars or killings…. LOL A couple of my favorite quotes: Apr 24, Allisyn rated it it was amazing. This was a great story about forgiveness. Trace and Pheonix have an extremely violent past together but Trace has decided to try to put it behind her and asks Pheonix to help train her.
Nixon is skeptical but ultimately Trace gets her way. The training allows Trace to work through her demons with Pheonix and Pheonix gets an opportunity to learn what it's like to be trusted and forgiven. Rachel always gives us an opportunity to see her couples throughout the series but this Nixon and Trace story This was a great story about forgiveness.
Rachel always gives us an opportunity to see her couples throughout the series but this Nixon and Trace story really gives you an insight into healing. This story is referred to in Ember so it's good background and catching up with Nixon and Trace. Aug 07, Sandra R rated it really liked it. An interesting short novella in the Eagle Elite world - not a stand alone. You really have to read this series in order to get the most from it.
The author has her preferred reading order on her web site. The series starts with Enchant novella that can be read at any time as it involves the parents and setting up the history , then Eli An interesting short novella in the Eagle Elite world - not a stand alone. The series starts with Enchant novella that can be read at any time as it involves the parents and setting up the history , then Elite book one , Elect, Entice, Elicit, Enamor etc.
The characters are in college in Elite, then as each book continues, they age. This series is well worth reading. Jan 12, Lexi Divan rated it it was ok. A short story of Nixon and Trace where she learns to get over her fears. Really need to stop referring to cows when she's the main character. I didn't like all that much as it missed content. Really short for my liking. I just don't really fancy these two characters so it was not all that good for me.
Aug 08, Maggie Perez De Molina rated it it was amazing. Closure is needed for two of our characters and this story, while about Trace and Nixon, also features Phoenix. Of the four, Phoenix, needs closure and only Trace can help him. A short novella that was at the end of the fourth book, this helps both Trace and Phoenix learn about themselves and move on. Apr 24, Anita Powers rated it it was amazing. This was a short and sweet novella about Trace and Nixon with the usual side characters. It focuses mainly on Trace wanting to learn to defend herself and facing her fears and past ghost.
This allows for some tense times but also some light heartedness. In the end this helped alleviate some of the tension within the group and made us fall in love with the characters more. Apr 05, Sandra rated it it was amazing. Phoenix, who was Nixon's former best friend. Phoenix, who came back from the dead. Phoenix, who almost succeeded in raping Trace Jun 18, Annalice rated it liked it.
I really want Trace to get pregnant already. Sep 07, Katy Birch rated it it was amazing. Oct 07, Susan Wright rated it really liked it. Jul 31, Leah rated it really liked it. Mar 13, Tonya rated it it was amazing. This is a great short novella. It is a very quick read. Trace wants Phoenix to train her in hand to hand. She knows that he needs to forgive himself and move on from what he did to her in the beginning. Can he do it though? Jun 02, Resch Reads rated it it was amazing. This book " So, I am going to be a prisoner in my grandfather's home?
Elite is full of action, love story like Romeo and Juliet with Godfather situation! Tracey grew up with her grandparents after her parents were killed when she was 6. She grew up in a ranch. And one fine day, she wins a scholarship to study at Eagle Elite after her grandmother motivated her and stating that it was time she knew who is she En This book " So, I am going to be a prisoner in my grandfather's home? Enters Elite boys, Nixon, the gorgeous president with tattoos and a lip ring I so wanted to bite that lip ring each time he does bite it.
Nixon and Chase def took my heart away as they entered in the scene! Nixon Chase Wat she didn't know how these two boys will became a part of life until she can't imagine her life with them? Best part, Nixon was never nice to her at all, he was really mean and cocky!!! Ooo I love those kind!!! What was that Tracey's grandmother wanted her to learn about herself!!!
Gonna dive into Elect now, wohooooooo View all 40 comments. Mar 24, Sabrina rated it really liked it Shelves: And quickly realized that I was wrong and it's set in a very elite College, and that this was not a YA. This book was honestly unlike any other that I've read, and I loved that it could give me something new to me and unique within the genre that I love. After reading as much as I do and for as long as I have, it's hard t 3. After reading as much as I do and for as long as I have, it's hard to find books that have a completely new plot that I've never heard of before.
So if you're looking for something out-there and so crazy that you'll love it, here it is! The characters were interesting, a little annoying at times, but kept me captivated within their world. From the second I opened the book I had the need to know everything that was going on in this school and why Nixon acted the way he did.
I really liked that I got so involved with the story and that it took over my life for my full day. Overall, I'm seriously kicking myself for not reading reading this book sooner and I am not going to make the same mistake and wait too long to read the rest of the series. I did have a few issues with the heroine and I didn't like her that much, but it didn't make me hate the book. I would definitely recommend this book!
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View all 13 comments. I had no idea what Elite was about, I just knew it was a Dyken book and figured, light and fuffy? It was adorable It was intriguing It was gripping It was action pack It was intense! Tracey got a scholarship into a very prestigious college. I actually just watched a Korean Drama that had a similar story line and I loved it, so Elite was a home-run for me too. Nixon is the head man on campus, everyone respects him and he kind of rules the school. How adorable is the story line? Damsel in distress, Hero picking on the Heroine and Heroine just going through the emotions… yes please!
I simply devour plots like these. The book was good from start to finish. The beginning was hilarious! Nixon did pretty mean things to Tracy and the things that were done to Tracy were just down right horrible, but in a funny good way. Plot twist like these hold a place in my heart, I really do enjoy them. I was never bored, I was never frustrated and I was entrained throughout. You want to know if there is a love triangle? Kind of… not really. Is there a cliffy? Not really, closed one. Will I go to book 2? The down side of the book… realistic?
Give me fantasy, thank you very much! An ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review View all 11 comments. This book was I can't even begin to describe how much I loved it! I saw this book a few weeks ago on Amazon and fell in love with the cover. Then I read the description. I was dying to read it. I had a plan…a book plan. I had it planned out through buddy reads what I was going to read. So I put this off. I thought about it daily. Then, I finished a book that was mentally exhausting. I could feel a book funk coming on. As I was f OMG! From the first word, I was hooked.
I hated them for how they treated Trace but I was also intrigued. They made the book so much fun! And just when I thought I had it figured out, things would change on me. I felt so bad for Trace.
She was treated horribly by the other students at the school. I did like Monroe, she was a good friend. But part of me wishes we saw more of her. Poor Trace, she was completely in the dark. Everyone was keeping secrets from her. But I enjoyed her as a heroine. This book had me laughing, had my heart racing and even breaking with the events that occurred. I have to say, the author did an amazing job. She has a new fan and she is a new auto-buy author for me.
If I could, I would give this book more than 5 stars. My reviews can also be found on Confessions of 2 Book Lovers. View all 22 comments. Elite was my first novel by Rachel Van Dyken. Having heard so many wonderful things about her Ruin series and being intrigued by the blurb, I decided to jump into this book relatively blind. As a whole, I really enjoyed the story but unfortunately there were aspects of this book that left me with mixed feelings.
I wanted to k Elite was my first novel by Rachel Van Dyken. I wanted to know what was really going on with the school and why the students, especially Nixon, were so secretive and acted so horribly to Trace. Trace is a character that I had an easy time relating too. Like her, I would have been intimidated moving from a small farm in Wyoming and starting college at an elite, ivy league school like Eagle Elite University.
I really respected Tracey's strength of character. I mean, the snobs at the university treated her like garbage and did everything in their power to make Trace believe that she didn't belong but she wouldn't let them break her. She stayed focused on school, refused to be pushed around, and even responded to everyone's hostility with witty comebacks and sarcasm. What I Struggled With: When all the answers to my questions were finally revealed, I was little disappointed.
Nixon's reasoning never justified his behavior and I still don't completely understand why he had to be such an asshole to Trace. This brings me to the next aspect of the story that I struggled with: Don't get me wrong, I love my fair share of literary bad boys but I almost found Nixon's behavior non-redeemable. My feelings for him might have been different had his justification made more sense to me. The last thing that I had an issue with involved the story's structure.
The way everything was revealed in the end, combined with all of the action, I felt like the ending was a bit rushed. If all the secrets had came out a little earlier in the story, it would have given me more time to digest the information and would have decreased the level of frustration I felt throughout most of the book. Elite by Rachel Van Dyken was definitely a page turner for me. I was hooked by the intrigue, the secrets, a strong heroine, and forbidden romance between Trace and Nixon.
I will be continuing the series because, even though I had some mixed feelings, I was still thinking about this book and these characters days after I finished reading and I really want to see how everything works out in the end. View all 37 comments. Aug 20, Shannon Moore rated it it was amazing. Picked it up around 9pm last night, didn't put it down or go to sleep until I finished. The heroine might be a bit of an airhead at times but other than that, this is addictive, intense, angsty and has so much goodness to suck you in.
I need to start Elect NOW! Thankfully I already have a copy on my shelf. I feel like this is going to be a serious, series binge read. View all 10 comments. By chapter two i knew i would hate this book, by chapter five i wanted to throw my reader against the wall. This story was so over the top it might as well been pulled out the authors ass then written. This is a revised version of my original review. My original review was a rant of just a few key points of the novel that I had issues with. But now a few days and conversations later I am ready to properly explain why I hated this book so m By chapter two i knew i would hate this book, by chapter five i wanted to throw my reader against the wall.
But now a few days and conversations later I am ready to properly explain why I hated this book so much. I would usually start at the beginning and work my way on but there is one paragraph that I would like to quote. He makes sure that access is limited for each student. Take for example, a kid from North Korea going to school here.
Phoenix shook his head. Now for those of you that haven't yet read this book this paragraph refers to Nixon, our leading man in the novel. He is a student that is student body president and somehow manages to teach a class as well. That is nothing to get worked up about, but however the fact that he is in charge of all of the administration, gets to decide who lives where, who eats when and how much is. I would not cry! It also gains you access into the cafeteria, twice a day. Use it wisely and if you impress me with your ability to follow directions.
I may just up your freedom. Now this is a school right? And in this school you might find children that are the sons and daughters of diplomats and politicians but that is just it. Van Dyken angled to prove just how exclusive this place is by adding bits of real life to it, with absolutely no research what so ever. But just in case I wasn't overreacting because of fictional characters I decided to ask for the opinion of my very real, very South Korean colleague. Long story short, that paragraph made as much sense as saying you can't have a Catholic in the same room as a Muslim. I bet she got the idea watching the evening news one night when North Korea was mentioned.
The author wanted to imprint the exclusivity and the importance of her characters but had not thought of how to achieve it that she shot off the first thing that came to mind, and not even bothering to think on how little sense it all made. If she did, she would realise just how unbelievable ranting about some random kid making school cafeteria seating schedule for the benefit of all mankind and world peace really is, or how offensive it would be to label people based on their nationalities alone.
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That last one by the way Now the rest of it Jesus, where even to begin? Lets just stick to Trace and Nixon. Trace, as the author wants us to believe is an innocent as flowers little farm girl. So she knows about models and fashion, but has never heard of hair curlers? Right, another believable and thought- trough moment there. Secondly she gets nothing but abuse but she never has any real emotions involved. Her emotional response is about a sentence long. She gets drugged with a date rape drug and dumped in some random guys bed and she just gets up and gets on with her day?
That is not cool. Nixon is the biggest fail in this book. With him the author went for all or nothing and would up with a smelly carcass achieved by an overkill of her vivid imagination. He looks and acts like a GOD, he speaks ten languages, he is single-handedly responsible for the peace between the kids in school therefore in the world by his very politically correct lunch seating arranging skills.
He is student body president and a teacher. I mean Superman move the phuck over, we got Nixon in the house. His real traits however are as sad as can be. He is self obsessed and an abusive asshole. This book is a disaster. The author gave it an honest try but failed in every aspect that counts. She did no research whatsoever and it shows. The conversation between the characters was so immature, the alleged humor was so childish and forced it was like reading a kid's first attempt at writing an essay. Why did i still go trough it? Let's just say that this particular novel was like a bizarre accident, you know what your eyes are seeing is horrific but you just cannot seem to be able to look away.
There are more things about this book that just don't add up but it's just not worth the mentioning. Suffice to say that the sheer amount of idiocies in these pages are enough to make the experience of reading them painful. They flow trough your mind like salted sandpaper on a burn. What a waste of money this was. I could have had my fave coffee at Starbucks instead Ok, where do I start?
This book turned out not I was expecting at all and not in a good way! I do love when an author tries to think outside the box and gives us a fresh take in what could have been the same old formula. So Trace won a scholarship for the most exclusive college in the world, the college where the kids from the most influential and powerful people in the world go to aka Eagle Elite College.
So to Trace, a farm girl, to win the scholarship, it was like to win the lottery Only to dis Ok, where do I start? Only to discovered a new world, where the Elects rule the all school and you must follow their biding or suffer the consequences Now what did bother me in this story? First one, almost half all the book I had this deja vu feeling I felt that Elite was like an american version of it, the 4 gorgeous and handsome Elect that rule the college, rang a bell form my old friends F4.
The wining a scholarship, the bullying, to the leader falling in love with the poor girl Then why, if i did enjoyed the drama I didn't liked it in this story? Well, basically because regarding a drama especially one based in a manga we have to expect some over the top scenes or story lines or even ridiculous ones. To read it in a new adult story, not so much! And still wearing uniforms, really?
Now, he are introduce to a whole Mafia story line. Nixon is the ultimate Boss and also the leader of the Elect. So basically he runs the school Am I to believe that someone that have to run all the business in the familia is wasting time at college to rule the school? I do get it was in his plan to undercover some truths but still I didn't connected with the characters and I didn't felt most of the romance. Plus the whole revelation I loved you since I was 9 years old, not realistic: Close friends or someone you would always trust? But the love of your life,hmmmmm The more I think about this story, the more frustrated I get There were some scenes that I enjoyed but when I expected to get better it didn't.
To sum it up, in my opinion, this story was just all over the place Anyway, this was just not the book for me: View all 27 comments. This book was surprisingly good I was hooked from the first moment It was a little bit confusing in the beginning but that confusion had its charming!!! And most of all i was confused from the way that this college was working and more of all i was confused and irritated from the people attitudes They were such assholes, but gorgeous assholes!!!
But let me take the things from the beginning Trace won a scholarship in the "Eagle eli This book was surprisingly good Trace won a scholarship in the "Eagle elite", and that was such an honor because in that college they went only powerfull people and she was just a farm girl who was leaving with her grandfather But when she arrived in the school, nothing was as it should be. The first people that she met were calling themselves the Elect and they were having an awful attitude toward her They even warned her with some awful rules about them Have they lost their minds???
Who did they thing they were??? As she will discover later they were the elite of the school and they were ruling the body student Everything they were saying was a rule and Trace tried to resist them!!! Such gorgeous assholes, because they were all of them perfectly made from the God!!! That was my reaction and Trace's also!!! How was even possible they can act like that??? And not only that but they could control everything The elevators, the food And all the other students seemed oddly hostile toward her, but the good thing was that they stay away from her The only thing that saved her day was her lovely roommate, Monroe.
But for a twist of luck, she was the sister of the chief asshole, Nixon!!! The most powerfull and handsome man in this school And the worst of them all!!! The most dangerous of them all!!! Because he was the one that scared the hell out of her and at the same time he was the one that she was drown to As for the rules???? She didn't follow them and she paid the prize Nixon insisted to stick by them but she couldn't accept them He was insist that these rules will protect her, but she didn't believe him So, he left her alone to prove his point and everybody turned against her All the students turned to a bunch of bullies and the only victim was Trace.
I felt so pity for her that moment Her fear and her embarassment made my heart ache And for all that awful things, in her mind she accused Nixon Him and his Elect who acted like they were step out from a mafia movie But Nixon wasn't who she think he was, and neither she She was more than she thought she were and she was having every right to be there Her past were hidden so good and the secrets that they've been kept from her was too many and too powerfull The evil lurked in the dark and what will happen when everybody discover her true identity????
Who were those guys??? And why were acting like that??? Why Nixon was above them all??? Why Nixon didn't want to touch him, but he was touching her??? What her grandfather was hiding??? Why she couldn't remember a thing before the age of the six??? And what was that glimpses that she was having from time to time???? How she knew a language that she never learn???? And much, much more questions that drove me nuts!!! Yeah, these assholes were cruel and dominating, but we discovered that they were having a softer spot and then they became more playfull and sooo Especially to Nixon and Chase But Phoenix, that son of a bitch, i wanted to kill them!!!
I can't wait to find out what will happen in the next books I'm so anxious to learn everything for everybody!!! I liked these assholes so much!!!! He has a lip ring and he is cover with tattoos!!! View all 6 comments. Ok, here's the thing - this book was candy. Moderately tasty candy, more than a little improbable candy, but you know, sometimes you just want candy. I feel like it's more of a 2. After typing everything out, I'm giving it the 2, mostly because if someone walked up to me and asked me what I thought of this book, I would say, "It was ok. I Ok, here's the thing - this book was candy.
It was rather readable, but many caveats, etc. Like what, you ask? Right, so like I was saying, Elite begins as a BoF knockoff, but instead of an elite heh high school cum college, it's just a college. An American college where they make you wear uniforms to class? Many of the initial plot points are near carbon copies - the main heroine winning the proverbial or in this case, literal lottery and becoming the token outsider kid in a world of richy-rich douchebaggery all for the sake of the untold opportunity said college provides, her getting hazed via egging and thereby having her one super-fancy uniform ruined, the initial acrimonious run-ins with a clique of four super hot dudes born to immense privilege wherein the hottest one is both the leader and the biggest asshole of them all at first , the bonding with the super-nice model or hot enough to be a model lady affiliated with that clique, blahblahblah.
It's westernized and eventually mobbed up, but yeah, it's the same. This, but with Sicilian-Americans. That mobbed up bit is where it gets interesting, and also problematic. I'm honestly not sure why it took Trace so long to figure out the mob thing. Despite the fact that she seems reasonably intelligent, I wanted to buy this girl a clue on more than one occasion.
Since this book is actually on a goodreads list for mob stories, I don't consider this a spoiler. Also, when prompted, Trace can find her spine, but full disclosure I tend to prefer protagonists who can be even modestly badass without being pushed to it. I really don't believe you, like at all.
Also, there are things that sort of don't make sense, like who is pissed at who is sort of evident, but the rationale behind the obvious why is a bit of a headscratcher, which is a problem because all of this Cosa Nostra drama is informing the actions of the characters in ways that also sometimes don't make sense. Taking this a step further, in the context of the main character being a bit milquetoasty, then, the end makes sense. The cliffhanger ending has an incredibly simple solution , but in order for it to actually be a cliffhanger, it looks like no one's gonna go ahead and handle their business accordingly.
Sorry to be all oblique, but I'm trying to keep it entirely spoiler free. He really, really would. I'm sorry, what was I saying? And yes, of course I was more than a little annoyed by the whole "girls need rescuing" thing at the end. We always need rescuing. Props for being explicit with it, I guess? What else is there to say? But no, not finis, because I can't finish talking about this - and this is a way longer review than I intended - without discussion of the love "triangle". Upon discovering most love triangles.
Why the scare quotes? Because it is SO. I know love triangles are the thing to do, or whatever, but I feel like Trace and Nixon have enough interesting potential problems like the fact that dude's name is Nixon - can you imagine yelling that out in bed? We all already know who The One is, so let's not kid ourselves. If I never read another love triangle simply for the sake of having a love triangle, it will be too soon.
After reading most love triangles. But yeah, other than all of that, candy-ish? I'll probably read the next one if I stumble across it, and it was interesting enough for me to check out some of this author's other work - she writes a good make out scene - but not enough to make my autoyes list by any means. And so I answer, someone who watches A LOT of Netflix and then follows her late night viewing down the rabbit hole of the Internet via the gateway drug that is Wikipedia.
Seriously, go watch the first episode on Netflix - never fear, it's subtitled - and tell me the premise is not the same; this review will be here when you get back. There's always time for research! View all 15 comments. I ve read Rachel Van Dyken's books a long times ago and i liked them. I needed a bit of a distraction, so honestly this was collecting dust on my Kindle for ages and this might sound stupid but it was actually the first thing i clicked on in the dark while wanted to read a bit in bed.
Fuck it, call it a sign. A destiny, who cares It wasn't perfect, in fact i had a feeling i was reading a remake of Twilight sag 3. It wasn't perfect, in fact i had a feeling i was reading a remake of Twilight saga set in mafia world and i had a blast, while not dwelling too much about the "little things" it did its purpose. So, will i read the next book? View all 20 comments. That is pretty much how i felt the entire book. I guess on one hand, you could say this was trying to be a humorous, thrilling romantic read in the scheme of New Adult, but it rubbed me the wrong way for the utter implausibilities in the storyline.
And then it transitioned to something more that I couldn't follow for the utter over the top drama it held. As the new girl or "Farm Girl" as she's called , she's subjected to so many hazing rituals on the part of the Elite, who pretty much rule every aspect of the school including holding key cards which control how much the heroine has to eat and live off of in the facilities of the school.
She gets drawn between the affections of the guys who are supposedly the "king bees" of this institution and are among the privileged few. I had a really hard time believing these students had so much control over the teachers and access to things around this institution. It drove me a little stir crazy as I read through it because I couldn't suspend disbelief at the establishment being what it was. The heroine gets subjected to not only being drugged and made to think she slept with one of the Elect and gets called names and petty labels for the insinuation , but also becomes the butt of several sexually harassing gestures and creepy come-ons that made me cringe as I read through the work.
And the heroine has some kind of weird association with cows that was repeated over and over in a way that wasn't endearing at all. And the larger conflict? I had to shake my head at the convoluted associations it made with mob mentalities and murder and just But apart from that, this is pretty much your typical New Adult novel for cliches - uber jerk love interest, heroine who pines for hero despite him being a jerk, female-female hating, slut-shaming, bitch-slamming And this was one of those books I really hoped would be different.
I can't say I have a handle on Rachel Van Dyken's style of writing yet Her prose in itself is compulsively readable - I finished this fairly quickly for time, but it contained a lot of grammatical errors for tenses, comma use, among other measures - more than it should've had even for a galley , but it's probably better I stop with this respective series because I had too many issues with it. It was not fun in the least. The buildings were huge. Everything was built in old stone and brick. The dorms looked like ritzy hotels.
I gave grandpa a watery smile as he reached across the console and grasped my hand within his large worn one. It may sound silly but being an only child I felt this immense need to take care of him now that grandma was gone, and the only way I could see myself doing that was getting a good job and making him proud. I wanted to take care of him, like he took care of me. He was my rock, and now it was my turn to be his. Grandpa winked and squeezed my hand again. He was always so perceptive.
I could tell he knew I was thinking about grandma Also, the same old patterns when new girl or boy enters a college have become tiresome: Disdain thrown in by the girls.. Provocation done by the boys It is said that Trace was home schooled They only met, and he's doing and saying this?? This time his touch was smooth as he caressed my arm. I tried to jerk away. His face lit up with a smile, and honestly, it was like staring at a fallen angel. He was an ass, but he was a gorgeous ass.
If you as much as sneeze in our direction, if you as much breathe the same air in my atmosphere, I will make your life hell. This touch, what you feel against your skin, will be the only time you feel another human being as powerful as me near you. So like I said, feel it, remember it, and maybe one day, your brain will do you the supreme favor of forgetting what it felt like to have someone like me touching you.
Then, and only then, will you be able to be happy with some mediocre boyfriend and pathetic life. I'm afraid my brain refuses to read this! What did I just read. That book was not what I expected at all. This book was engaging, terrifying, suspenseful, romantic, utterly depressing and heart-wrenching all at the same time.
It feels like my heart got handed to me on a platter… I need the next book NOW. Hopefully "cross fingers" it comes out soon. This book follows the story of a girl who wins a competition and gains acceptance in one of the country's most prestigious schools… this sounds familiar to all you YA followers right? Think this book will be like Gossip Girl?
In this book it is not the girls who rule the school, but the boys, and let me tell you the boys can be just as vicious and cruel as the girls. Here the school is led by a group called the "Elect", and the one who rules them all is a dark haired, tall, utterly gorgeous, wonderful and cruel male specimen called Nixon. Here the rules are clear: But of course, what good story would this be if the girl followed all these rules and became a nobody.
No of course Trace rebelled against the rules and got everyone, including Nixon, to notice her… popularity is not always a good thing. Nixon rules the school, yet Trace can not seem to figure out why. But somethings are best kept secret and in amidst a coming of age story, something dangerous is lurking in the shadows, in this case the dark secret Nixon is holding may be the key in unravelling it all. Nixon smelled like hot guy. Seriously, they should bottle him up and put him in stores. Now I will tell you right now, this book really did truly surprise me.
In a good way. I was expecting a typical new adult drama, but was given something entirely different and shockingly quite sinister. The secret he holds should have been expected and it made sense with a lot of the signs pointing to it, but even when it was revealed I still had my "Oh no he didn't just say that" face on.
I mean let me say Dyken is very clever in the whole "you think you know what the secret is, but you really don't" game. The were my initial thoughts: Sicilian… you know the typical hidden dark secret in a new adult story.. Just remember that, okay? Hold on to it. With every fiber of my being. What can I say I love dangerous, possessive, crazy lead males. Her naivety at points made me want to scream at her I won't lie, but I loved Trace's guts. And did I mention Chase another seriously attractive, funny lead male… wish my uni was crowded with boys as hot as these. We literally just ended the first book with a happy nixon and trace love-y dove-y moment, and now we are wrapped up in another man's arms?
Now I just have to see how this pans out.. He kissed like I was his oxygen, and I knew in that moment there was no way I was ever letting him go for the second time.
Not for those who want "realistic" type drama. But who really wants that kind of drama half the time anyway. View all 4 comments. Wow, this book was amazing! What a twisted journey! I loved that you would never be able to figure out what this story is about from the first few pages or book blurb. For me the more suspenseful and convoluted the story, the better! So please don't be quick to make judgments. This story is told from the heroine's POV, who is in the dark about who she really is and what she is really doing at Eagle Elite College.
The beauty and creativeness of this book is how the story unfolds, and Rachel Van Dyken is a master, slowly revealing little clues along the way. In fact, even at the end of this book, you get the sense that there are still secrets that have yet to be unraveled, including who the heroine's true love match is. Yes, that's right, this series sports one of my favorite romance tropes: I can't wait to read book 2, Elect to see how this new adult gem continues to evolve!
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Trace Rooks lost her parents at a young age. Raised by her grandparents, who move to a farm in Wyoming to raise her, she has led a fairly wholesome life. Then she fulfills her grandmother's dying wish, when she wins and accepts the annual Eagle Elite College Scholarship to attend the prestigious university. Attending Elite, is usually an opportunity that is reserved for the extremely wealthy and future leaders of the country, so Trace believes it's a once in a lifetime opportunity for someone like her.
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