Significance (Significance, #1)

by Shelly Crane

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I got this for free probably a few years ago and only just decided to read it. I thought it was going to be like a new adult contemporary. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

It's completely a Twilight knock off. From the "I love you and need you and we have to be together" beginning through the bouts of "he's out of my league" and "I've ruined your life I'm so sorry I pulled you into this" to the "I have to protect you even if it's obnoxious!" The thing it did differently, however, is acknowledge all the ways in which those moments are unrealistic or crazy or the cliche of them. It still didn't help when they get to "we have to sleep together for your protection (just sleep)." So much of it was all so lame.

And the characters were thin, even though they were amusing on several occasions. Everyone kept telling this girl how smart she was and how amazing and she did a few cool things but not nearly enough to warrant all the fawning or the three guys in love with her.

The writing was mediocre and at times awkward when it broke the fourth wall.

And when you're building a mythology, pick your terms and stick with them. All this "we're Virtuoso or Charmed or Aces" and "they're powers or gifts or abilities or whatever you want to call them" is annoying. You're trying to convince me to believe in this world you've created and the characters can't even decide what to call themselves.

And even with all that, I'm glad I got it for free. It was an amusing read to have on a trip. It was fast and easy to put down but entertaining enough to want to pick back up.