Teardrop by Lauren Kate

Teardrop (Teardrop Trilogy, #1)

by Lauren Kate

An epic saga of heart-stopping romance, devastating secrets, and dark magic . . . a world where everything you love can be washed away. The first book in the new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series

Never, ever cry. . . . Eureka Boudreaux's mother drilled that rule into her daughter years ago. But now her mother is gone, and everywhere Eureka goes he is there: Ander, the tall, pale blond boy who seems to know things he shouldn't, who tells Eureka she is in grave danger, who comes closer to making her cry than anyone has before.

But Ander doesn't know Eureka's darkest secret: ever since her mother drowned in a freak accident, Eureka wishes she were dead, too. She has little left that she cares about, just her oldest friend, Brooks, and a strange inheritance—a locket, a letter, a mysterious stone, and an ancient book no one understands. The book contains a haunting tale about a girl who got her heart broken and cried an entire continent into the sea. Eureka is about to discover that the ancient tale is more than a story, that Ander might be telling the truth . . . and that her life has far darker undercurrents than she ever imagined.

Reviewed by ammaarah on

1 of 5 stars

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Teardrop has one of the most gorgeous covers I have ever seen. This factor along with its interesting blurb could have made for an amazing story. Unfortunately, Teardrop falls short in so many areas.

The problems start on the second page. The main love interest has a choice to make. He has to either save the world, or save the girl. We already know that he is idiotically going to pick a girl who he knows everything about, is obsessed with and madly in love with, but he hasn't met this girl at all. MAJOR STALKER ALERT!!!

Teardrop is loaded with stereotypes who are all beautiful in one way or another. Eureka, the main character, is extremely difficult for me to relate to and she annoys me so much. She has a bone to pick with almost everyone such as Maya (the mean girl) who isn't as mean as a stereootypical mean girl should be and her "evil" stepmother, Rhonda, who I personally thought was only looking out for Eureka's best interests. At least Eureka has an awesome best friend who provides some much needed comic-relief.

Teardrop also has *drum roll* a love triangle that sprouts out of nowhere between Ander, the major stalker love interest and Brooks, her best friend. No, this doesn't sound familiar at all. One minute, Eureka thinking about how kissing one guy feels so right and a few pages later, she's thinking about the other guy. Her emotions towards both her romantic interests are so confusing.

I did enjoy the interesting concept of Teardrop and the last few pages become interesting.

I started reading this book with hope, put it down for 2 weeks, was almost going to DNF it and decided to read it to the end, in the hope that it could get better. The stereotypical characters and the romance irritates me and the awesome cover and the original concept is the only things that work.

I do have a friend who hates paranormal fantasy, but absolutely adores Teardrop. So, if you aren't deterred by the issues that I had while reading this book, then I would recommend it.

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