First Reaction: Hehehe... that blurb looks AMAZING. And the cover is GORGEOUS. Coverlust alert! Holy crap. *drools* Look at the model... she's so pretty I'm going to rip her ears off for those earrings, YUM.
I think I'm going to get this book on my Nook as soon as it comes out - or maybe in hardcover... It seems really interesting, and science knows I need more good books to read. *grumbles about Evermore, then proceeds to mark release date in iCalender*

A couple moments later: Wait. Wait, a seco More...

Hmmm...I wonder if the main character in this series will be less annoying then Ever.

hope the characters are nothing like in the immortals. especially "Ever".

in in love with this cover!!!!

Read more of my reviews at Falling Books!

Fated is in many ways, similar to Alyson Noel's previous series, The Immortals. From looking at the cover and reading over the blurb, you would think that this is an amazing book, right? This book has a lot of potential but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Fated lacked something I was hoping for: an interesting plot. It wasn't the most exciting.

Daire has been sent to live with her grandma in New Mexico because of her unstable mental health More...

This review also appears over at my blog.

____________________________

Actual rating is 3.5 stars.

Yeah, I know right? Me giving an Alyson Noel book 3.5 stars? What sorcery is this?

To start off, yes, I did have low expectations for this book. After the absolute disaster that was The Immortals series, I didn't think there was any hope for Alyson Noel in the paranormal YA world anymore. But this book actually surprised me, because it was a pretty big improvement.

So The Immortals was about two selfish More...

Meh.

I’ll follow up that very articulate statement with this: I did not like this book, but it isn’t bad enough to be marked as a one star. I save one stars for the very worst of evils, and this didn’t inspire that much dislike.

This book didn’t inspire much of anything, really.

I went into the book with no prejudices against Alyson Noel, as I’ve never read the Immortals series. To those of you who cringe at her name, though, I can say: LOL. I GET IT.

Because really, it came to a point where if More...

Fated was first in my reading list by Alyson Noel, and I have very high expectations from this book. Honestly the book didn’t exceed my anticipation but I can’t say that I’m not pleased. I loved some points where I was not completely satisfied by others.

Plot Overview

The story was based of self discovery and journey of 16 years old Daire. Her life was always moving around places to place, from one movie set to another, she never felt normal. Encountering series of horrible nightmarish visions of More...

My review can also be found on my blog Collections.

Alyson Noel's new series Soul Seekers takes place in the same world as her Immortals series. There's even a short story where Daire meets Ever, which can be read here. When I found out it was the same world, my curiosity for Fated actually faded a bit. I guess it's because I ended up really disappointed with the Immortals series and I was just hoping this new series would be something completely fresh. I'm not going to lie and say it didn't have More...

I liked the story and how Noel incorporated Spanish and Native American legions, especially with the spirit animals and what they symbolize. While the story was interesting, I did feel that the end too conveniently wrapped everything in a shiny, red bow for my taste.

And I really had a hard time liking Daire. I just found her to be too snippity and disrespectful. I understand she is a teenager, but there is a way to make a character spunky without making her such a brat. Also, in the dream where More...

I got a copy of this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a honest review. It’s a pretty typical paranormal YA book; there’s teenage angst, insta-love, and dreamily beautiful boys. The story moves fairly slowly and isn’t all that interesting. The second book in the series, Echo, is scheduled for a November 2012 release. Previously I have read the first book in the Riley Bloom series by Noel and didn’t really enjoy that book; I was eager to try a more YA focused book by Noel to see if I e More...

The book was... okay. That's really all I can say about it. It was pretty cliche, to be honest, but not awful.
Let's start with the negatives:
- The names. I've learned that in teen books nobody can have a normal name. Obviously the first one to object to is her mom, Jennika. (who she called 'Jennika' and not 'mom' because of some lame excuse that "I raised her as much as she raised me" -__-) I can deal with Paloma and Chay having less than common names, because their characters are supposed to be More...

Let's see, oh where to begin...oh okay lets start with the cover- Loved it! love the earrings, the bird design and her hair, but i'm not a fan of all the purple.
Okay now i'm the kind of person to be drawn to a book by the cover, so when i started this book i had no idea what to expect, i mean i read the plot but it wasn't anything too interesting, but i decided to read it anyway and check it out. This was all before i heard anything of "The Immortals" apparently the most hated series in the worl More...

I had always thought Alyson Noël's writing was beautiful before this, but I’ll tell you, she has done it again, but better. The way she writes in itself, feels magical, it really sucks you right into the story your reading. Her descriptions, are so vivid, its stunning when it feels like a movie is playing out in your head as you read. And the emotions you feel are awesome, you feel along with the characters. It touches you in such a good way, you just can't put the book down, and leaves you wan More...

The Cover:
It's gorgeous. I love the yellow background, which is quite unusual, and the sepia toning used for the photo of Daire. The way her hair evolves into the flock of ravens is graphically attractive and a great hint at the novel's content. I'm loving the font, as well.

The Protagonist:
I liked Daire, even if I have no idea how to pronounce her name. (Then again, this is the same for most of the characters in Fated. What is it about paranormal YA and names I've never heard of?) I think tha More...

First Impression:
I have had hot and cold experiences with Alyson Noel's books in the past. Some I really, really liked. Some I could have just skipped over. The premise of Fated was enough to get me interested, but time would only tell what the final outcome of my feelings would be.

While Reading:
Fated starts with a lot of backstory. And I mean A LOT. While I am a huge fan of backstory, getting to really know my characters, Fated toes the line of enough information and too much information precar More...

Although I found the concept of the book interesting I had a hard time keeping myself in the book. It was a hard start and I continued to struggle with it well into the middle. But by the end, I found myself a little lost in the story and finished it more quickly then I had started it. Noel continually repeats herself making the reading of this book annoying. I think that is what annoyed me most, and the slowness of the beginning of the book. But, further on I did start to get lost in the story More...

This is probably one of the hardest reviews I've ever had to write! I tried to like Fated, I really tried to, but the writing was hard to get through, Daire was hard to like, and the story started so hard and slow that I had to re-start this a few times before I finished.

Daire was... difficult. As the daughter of a celebrity makeup artist, she was selfish, disrespectful, and your classic I'm-not-that-gorgeous-but-guys-love-me-anyways type of girl. I couldn't understand what she was doing most o More...

i LOve this author. so far, she doesn't disappoint. i love Daire's witty sarcasm in the first quarter of the book (no sure if it continues, as i'm not that far)


-it's a bit reminiscent to Ever, with her no-nonsense attitude

pg 283....i absolutely LOVE this book. I canNOT get enough of it fast enough!
seriously wish i would have called in sick today so i could stay home and finish it....

i absolutely loved this book. and the author, and she did NOT fail with this one. she gave me something to look fo More...

This is a Did not finish book. Maybe one day I'll pick it up and continue reading this boring book. But right know I need a break. Until, I'm able to pick this up again, I'll rate this two stars. Maybe my rating and my thoughts will change if I ever finish reading this. So, I won't completely review it until then. Though,I should have known better since this is by the author of Evermore. For me Evermore was a dreadful book.

This is the first book in a series called Soul Seekers and is about Daire Santos, the last in a line of soul seekers. Of course she doesn't understand what is happening to her when she starts seeing things and has crows talk to her to the point where they want to institutionalize her. As a last resort, her mother takes her to her father's mother in New Mexico (I kept imagining the Four Corners and Shiprock, where I met an Indian medicine man). Her grandmother starts to teach her about her powers More...

This book was so extremely disappointing that I grew frustrated and too easily tired of it, I contemplated locating the receipt going back to the book store and lying saying that I already had this one and could I please please please get my money back. That was about four chapters in and things didn't look up from there.

I am very tolerant of boring books most of the time they have a reason or they're working up to something this just didn't do anything for me the 'big' surprises that it was wo More...

Kimberly Garcia

Mrs. Knowles

English 1-Block 2

March 27, 2013

Fated
By Alyson Noel
Fated by Alyson Noel tells an interesting story that most teenagers will die to delve into it. Its deeply explains how a normal teenagers goes from a normal life to a Soul seeker life. The author briefly describes how this teenager goes through changes and the times she is tempted to break the rules of a Soul seeker.
Daire Santos thought she was a normal teenager that had spent almost all her life on movie scenes with More...

J'ai accroché à l'univers de ce livre, le monde des chasseurs est très intéressant à découvrir surtout en sachant que l'auteure s'est inspirée de récits chamaniques pour l'écrire, j'avais donc hâte à chaque fois de découvrir les nouveaux pouvoirs que l'héroïne Daire allait pouvoir découvrir. Le fait que les animaux y aient une grande place m'a aussi intéressée, savoir ce que tel ou tel animal représente et ce qu'il indique sur la personnalité de son propriétaire. Sa relation avec sa grand-mère q More...

Γνώρισα την Alyson Noel μέσα από την σειρά της, "Αθάνατοι", που κυκλοφόρησε με μεγάλη επιτυχία από τις εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός και πριν λίγους μήνες, είχα τη χαρά και την τιμή να την συναντήσω και από κοντά, όταν ήρθε στη χώρα μας όπου με χαμόγελο και θετική διάθεση, υποδέχτηκε σε μεγάλο πολυκατάστημα της Αθήνας, μικρούς και μεγάλους θαυμαστές της. Οι ίδιες εκδόσεις, έφεραν στη χώρα μας και τις δύο επόμενες σειρές της συγγραφέως, εκείνες της "Ράιλι Μπλουμ", την οποία και σας έχουμε ήδη παρουσιάσει, αλ More...

Well, all-in-all I think that was an interesting read. The end was so much better than the start, so the enjoyableness of the book increased.
Yay for reading until the end.
Credit ought to be given to Alyson Noel for her creative names: Daire, Dace, Ever, Xotichl (Sochee)...

The romance between Daire and Dace isn't explored deeply throughout this novel, which I quite like. The little moments between the two are quite adorable sometimes when they're not kicking butt. But I honestly do understand tha More...

Ein wirklich normales Leben hat Daire Santos noch nie geführt. Seit ihr Vater gestorben ist, zieht sie mit ihrer Mutter von einem Filmset zum nächsten. An ihrem 16. Geburtstag beginnt sie unter fürchterlichen Visionen zu leiden. Auch ein ihr unbekannter Junge taucht darin immer wieder auf. Die Einzige, die ihr mit diesem Problem helfen kann, ist Daires Großmutter. Von ihr erfährt sie, dass sie ein Soul Seeker ist - eine Person, die die Gabe besitzt, zwischen den verschiedenen Welten zu wandeln. More...

I had several responses as I read Fated.

I rolled my eyes and laughed aloud at the ridiculous ways that Noel presented "Native American" culture. It is bogus, so those of you who (in your reviews on Goodreads and elsewhere) think you're getting a peek into Native ways, forget it. You're not.

I felt confusion at the mish mash of peoples identities. If you read fast and don't care much about backstory, you probably missed that morass of identity. There's "Native American" characters, but without a More...

Fated is a book I was reading and the author is Alyson Noel. Alyson is a great writer. This will her 20th novel and Fated starts it off and followed by Echo, Mystic, and Horizon.
The book Fate is based on a girl about to be sixteen years old who gets visions and she has to go on adventures and the setting of this book is enchantment Mexico. The culture in this book is Hispanic and native an American which I thought was pretty neat. She finds out that she is destined to be seeker. That means she t More...

Cinthia Rodriguez Marin

Mrs. Knowles

English 1-Block 1

10-25-12

Fated
By Alyson Noel
Fated by Alyson Noel tells an interesting story that most teenagers will die to delve into it. Its deeply explains how a normal teenagers goes from a normal life to a Soul seeker life. The author briefly describes how this teenager goes through changes and the times she is tempted to break the rules of a Soul seeker.
Daire Santos thought she was a normal teenager that had spent almost all her life on movie scenes wi More...