Torment by Lauren Kate Review

This book is very repetitive of the first in the series. Luce goes to  new school, theres a snooty girl and a boy that creates difficulties for Luce and Daniel and then at the end there is a lot of drama that Luce has trouble getting to grip with. 

I am fairly unimpressed with this series so far because this book followed the same structure as the previous, in the sense that it was extremely slow and hard to keep reading for the majority and then the pace picks up towards the end, and everything happens in the last chapter and you have to read the next book even though you know how excrusiating slow it is. This book did leave a cliff hanger unlike the first one which hints rather strongly that the next book will be very different than the first to however so i will give it a try and if i don't like it after that one this is just going to be one of those series that i just don't finish. 

I am also unimpressed about the typo (there is only one that i came across), there is simply no excuse when it comes to spelling when you are writing at a professional level for me! I'm sorry but there isn't, you have been learning it since you were 4 years old, how does all that knowledge dissipate as soon as you start writing a novel?

 I'm not a big fan of how the story is centred around the romance of Luce and Daniel but thats just my personal preference. Shelby's language also bugs me at times, at one point she uses the word 'spaz' in a negative context, not only is the word offensive slang in itself but young adults don't use this word anymore. It gives the book a less authentic feel to it. 

The character development in this series is okay so far but Luce is seriously taking her time with this maturity thing, she needs to stop expecting everybody to hand her everything on a silver platter like you would expect of a child and go after what she wants, accept the consequences and stop taking orders Daniel! This is not the book to read if you like a strong female lead like myself but hopefully this will pick up as she becomes more independent in the next book.

 I would say that i am fairly unimpressed by this book but i also believe that there has to be the bad book of the series to keep the balance so i am hopeful that the next ones are going to be the best yet.