First Book Review: Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Blurb:
17-year-old Lila has two secrets she's prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that she's been in love with her brother's best friend, Alex, since forever. After a mugging exposes her unique ability, Lila decides to run to the only people she can trust - her brother and Alex. They live in Southern California where they work for a secret organisation called The Unit, and Lila discovers that the two of them are hunting down the men who murdered her mother five years before. And that they've found them. In a world where nothing and no one is quite as they seem, Lila quickly realises that she is not alone - there are others out there just like her - people with special powers -and her mother's killer is one of them…
http://sarahalderson.com/books/hunting-lila/

Review: 
 I know i said i was going to do Sherrilyn Kenyons Chronicles of Nick as my first review for the release of the new book Infamous this month - 7days!!! So excited!! But i was reading on Goodreads - which is a frequent habit to find a couple of new writers because after soo long of reading i got stuck in a rut and wanted to find new writers/books and i found Sarah Alderson and thought i'd give her a try inbetween which i take a break from the fabulous Nick! :)

But im goin stop babbling now.... :)

   So i really loved this book, it was a really light read that had a mix of Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Romance. With alottttt of emphasis on the Romance as the lead Lila does have that A-typical teenage addiction to love with one of the male leads and romance Alex,( who was very hot by the way - lol military men. ) but that was a minor draw back for me and is one of the reasons i tend to not read YA novels as she did have a continiuos mental dialouge focused on him and why they would be perfect, then not.....and just on and on until finally they both catch on already!
   Minor rant aside, although that romantic turmoil may appeal to some it did annoy me a little but for some reason it didnt really stop me liking the book because it never reached that - what i consider Twilight level - that she was nearly a stalker, but that, without the fantasy element could be brought into a normal life of curshing on your brothers best friend and being scared to challenge that dynamic for fear of ruining everything, so it allowed me enjoy it and still be able to like Lila who was just determined and fiesty enough that she stood up for herself and played her part in dealing with the obsitcles that she faced - rather hide behind her hot crush and equally cute brother.
   In regards to the fantasy element, i really liked it. It moved away from the spill of vampire romance and had a new-ish take on the pyshic power mixed with a dangerous military element / threat but i wont go too much into it fear of ruining the plot - i enjoyed all the plot twists and turns and actually surprised me and made me feel with Lila to find out everything....o must not spoil!. And although she isnt a fighter naturally and is quite girly - she did the girls proud and gave it her all.
  
   So in conclusion i surprisingly for me, with a YA, i really enjoyed it. It was light and fun but still engaging and enabled me to become emotionally involved in the story and characters. I did take a little while at the very start to get into it, but it didnt take awat from it more make me want to give up. and as a debute novel its awesome and definatly someone im gona watch. There is a sequal coming out later this year and she has a 2nd novel from a different series called Fated that is out..or coming very soon.

So i hoped this help and feel free t let me know what i should add or take away to improve, im new but willing to work and adapt to make my reviews as useful as possible. :)

& a little woohoo for finally christening this blog with a review!! :)

Mwah!
   Friday x


Favourite Quotes:
1.
"Of course....And really your a nice guy - I bet you like puppies and teach Sunday School. When your not killing people on your day off." Lila - fiesty! :)

2.
""You don't need to worry about me.....They didn't even get my iPod.
His eyes widened. "What?HOW did you deal with it?"
"Um, I guess I'm pretty damn Ninja."