Weekly Spotlight - Blackbird

 

Blackbird 

From the author of the Eve trilogy comes the breathless story of a girl racing to figure out who she is—and how to stay alive. When a nameless girl wakes up on the subway tracks, she knows only one thing for sure: people want her dead. Can she find them before they track her down? This pulse-pounding contemporary thriller is perfect for fans of The Maze Runner, The Darkest Minds, and Legend.

Things I Know Are True:
I am in Los Angeles
I woke up on the train tracks at the Vermont/Sunset station
I am a teenage girl
I have long black hair
I have a bird tattoo on the inside of my right wrist with the letters and numbers FNV02198

People are trying to kill me 

My Review

Deadfall

In the compelling sequel to Blackbird, Anna Carey delivers a gritty and adrenaline-filled story of a girl desperate to escape her mysterious and terrifying assailants. Told in second person, this heart-pounding thriller puts the reader in front of the target.

A week ago, you woke up in Los Angeles with no memory of who you are. The only thing you knew: people are trying to kill you. You put your trust in Ben, but he betrayed you and broke your heart. Now you've escaped to New York City with a boy named Rafe, who says he remembers you from before. But the two of you are not safe. The same people who are after you are tailing Rafe as well. As the chase heats up, your memory starts to return, but your past cannot save you from the terrifying circumstances of your present, or the fact that one wrong move could end this game forever.

With enemies on every side, and not a reprieve in sight, Deadfall will grab readers and refuse to let go. Perfect for fans of the Maze Runner series and the Legend series.

My Review

Deadfall

Deadfall
by Anna Carey

Book: Blackbird #2
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pub Date: June 16, 2015
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery
Format: Print
Source: Bought
Book Links: Goodreads  Amazon

In the compelling sequel to Blackbird, Anna Carey delivers a gritty and adrenaline-filled story of a girl desperate to escape her mysterious and terrifying assailants. Told in second person, this heart-pounding thriller puts the reader in front of the target.

A week ago, you woke up in Los Angeles with no memory of who you are. The only thing you knew: people are trying to kill you. You put your trust in Ben, but he betrayed you and broke your heart. Now you've escaped to New York City with a boy named Rafe, who says he remembers you from before. But the two of you are not safe. The same people who are after you are tailing Rafe as well. As the chase heats up, your memory starts to return, but your past cannot save you from the terrifying circumstances of your present, or the fact that one wrong move could end this game forever.

With enemies on every side, and not a reprieve in sight, Deadfall will grab readers and refuse to let go. Perfect for fans of the Maze Runner series and the Legend series.

 

My Review: Finally! This series is over. I was very 50/50 on whether or not I was going to finish this duology after the first book, but I went for it.  

This one was about the same as the first one. I didn't love it, but I didn't exactly hate it either. More like it was just meh. 

Told in second person (still not my favorite thing) just like the first, it basically gets right into where we last left off. New characters and the answers were finally coming in. 

However, the love triangle gave me a headache. But then in the end for Lena to decide she was going to do life solo just made that triangle so not needed. 

It's a fast read, suspenseful and kinda an okay ending. I wasn't in love with this series like I was with Anna's Eve series. It just didn't do it for me, but I'll still continue to give Anna's book a read since her Eve series did become a favorite of mine. Who knows, maybe the next book will be a winner for me.  

My Rating:

✪✪✪

Blackbird

Blackbird
by Anna Carey 

Book: Blackbird Duology #1
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pub Date: September 16, 2014
Genre: Young Adult
Format: eBook
Source: Borrowed
Book Links: Goodreads   Amazon 

From the author of the Eve trilogy comes the breathless story of a girl racing to figure out who she is—and how to stay alive. When a nameless girl wakes up on the subway tracks, she knows only one thing for sure: people want her dead. Can she find them before they track her down? This pulse-pounding contemporary thriller is perfect for fans of The Maze Runner, The Darkest Minds, and Legend.

Things I Know Are True:


I am in Los Angeles
I woke up on the train tracks at the Vermont/Sunset station
I am a teenage girl
I have long black hair
I have a bird tattoo on the inside of my right wrist with the letters and numbers FNV02198
People are trying to kill me  

My Review: This is one of those books that I've had on my shelves for longer than I should admit, but finally got it and it well it wasn't what I expected.  

I LOVED Anna's Eve series so I had to get these books but it's definitely different from the writing style of her other series and I didn't hate it but I wasn't as invested. You have a random girl waking up on the train tracks. Just laying there with no clue about anything, including who she is. She pretty much gets up and runs from the station. Forget help or anything, she needs to get away, but to where? She doesn't know how she got where she is, a tattoo she has no memory of and well the only thing she does know is that people are after her.  

The 2nd person POV takes some getting used and the world building is there but it's a slow build for me. Once the story finally picked up and started to grab me it was pretty much over. She gave herself the name Sunny, she met a boy who has been helping her, some murders were involved and it just ended on a cliffhanger that I couldn't get over. I am hoping to dive into the next book soon and hopefully it picks up where it left off. 

  

My Rating:

✪✪✪