Belinda King

Smashwords book reviews by Belinda King

  • Double Fault on May 26, 2013

    I received this book free in exchange for an honest and fair review. I loved the first book, Rematch, and really looked forward to reading 'Double Fault'. I was not disappointed in the least. Trent and Cassie are living in a parralell world that Trent created when he could not get rid of the guilt he felt for supposedly failing his mission when he only saved Cassie from death but did not save her from the shooting itself. Cassie has psychological damage from the experience which has turned her from the sport she was born to succeed in. That damage has caused her to lead a life in which her self confidence is lacking which has lead to a fairly conservative life. So when Trent decides he has to fix it and prevent the shooting from happening at all, Cassie's life is very different. Her self confidence is at a real high. She dates and dominates, making decisions she did not make in her prvious life. Her family is falling apart because of her talent in her sport and her fathers over the top committment. A series of events leads Cassie to realise that her life after the shooting was perfect in comparison. Cassie convinces Trent that they were destined to be together and that part of her destiny was to actually be shot and survive. Cassie convinces Trent to go back and change it. There is a twist at the end which leads beatifully into the next book. The story was well written, very descriptive, and flowed nicely. The author has thought out the story line well. I did find it difficult at times to know who's point of veiw we were reading from. I would get through almost a paragraph thinking from Trents perspective and realise that we have changed and the story is now in Cassies veiwpoint. That aside the story was still well written and very enjoyable. I loved the devotion that Cassie and Trent have for each other. I loved how the characters interacted with each other, and how the characters were developed along the way. I highly recommend this book as a good read for those who love to read Young Adult. Scifi was not very radical. Only a small amount of scifi - mostly it is about the relationships and survival of Trent and his sister Lorelai from being captured by the crazy science proffessor who wants to cut up Trents brain to dicover the secret of his power.
  • Wolf Sirens Forbidden: Discover the Legend (Wolf Sirens #1) on June 25, 2013

    I received this book free in exchange for an honest and fair review. I enjoyed this story although I did feel it dragged on way too long in the lead up to where the action started. There seemed to be alot of unnecesary story going on. I found it quite frustrating that Lila was not getting what was happening and that it took a good half of the book for her to realise. I liked some of the characters and disliked others which is the authors intent. The description was done really well. Although there is one part between Lila and Reid where I thought the author rushed into an incident and I thought did that really happen? I was quite disappointed that seeing how strong a character Lila was that she let something like that happen. (Trying not to give away too much but when you read you will understand). The author wrote in such a way that I really felt the feelings that Lila had and was going through and felt a big part of the story. I was very disappointed, no actually I was really angry at the ending. It actually made me lose the desire to read the next book. I can only hope that the author has something really amazing in store for us in the next book. There were some gramatical errors which are technical details really. Words which should not be there, and some which were swapped around. They were easy to overlook and didnt take away too much from the reading experience. I did like the whole story idea and how it started out with a mythical explaination to the story. I think this story could be compacted down and still be a really good read. On the whole I did enjoy this book and gave 4 stars. flag