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Lukos Trilogy #1
The Antidote
Alejandro Calderon is your average teenager, but when Francesca Rivera walks in his government class his life is suddenly thrown off. Who is this girl that has captured his attention with her mysterious looks? He makes every effort to get Francesca’s attention, but she is there for one thing only and that is to protect Alejandro from the Lukos (wolves) army. Francesca has no choice but to tell Alejandro who he really is as things take a turn for the worst.
45 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 9, 2011
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C.S. Dorsey
5 books20 followersC. S. Dorsey currently lives in Northern California. She graduated from the University of Phoenix with an Associate’s Degree in Financial Services, and is currently working for a financial institution. She never thought about writing until one day this girl started talking to her in her head and never stop. She is also the author of other young adult books including the best selling Lukos Trilogy.
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July 31, 2018
Great Plot!
It's really great. This is a book I'd actually read this in my freetime. I like the plot twists and how it take a turn in the story. There's really nothing to dislike about it in my honest opinion. This is a REALLY great book.
It's really great. This is a book I'd actually read this in my freetime. I like the plot twists and how it take a turn in the story. There's really nothing to dislike about it in my honest opinion. This is a REALLY great book.
April 5, 2019
I give it a 5 star rating
I have this rating because it was good and I liked the part when he met the girl and I recommend this book to anyone.😁
I have this rating because it was good and I liked the part when he met the girl and I recommend this book to anyone.😁
April 22, 2012
The Antidote by C.S. Dorsey is the first book in The Lukos trilogy. I picked this novel to read because it was classified as a teen paranormal romance, and I often like books in that genre. However, this book fell short.
I think the positive side to this novel is the potential with the story line; however, I do feel it needs to be fleshed out. What I mean by this is the characters flip-flop too quickly making the story unbelievable. One moment the main protagonist, Ale, is trying to get the attention of the new girl Francesca who won't give him the time of day, and the next she is his girlfriend.
My biggest complaint are the stereotypes used throughout the story. The teenage girls are portrayed as sluts or cockblocks, and the football players have every girl wanting to sleep with them. For example, when Francesca, the new girl in school, walks into her classroom on her first day, and I quote: "She wore all black with silver jewelry. And her boots... I don't know how she wore them. They came all the way up to her knees, with at least a four-inch heel." (quote found at 3%) I'm no prude, but this isn't the kind of outfit I'm expecting to find at your run of the mill high school. Francesca's outfit reminds me of the movie Beastly (2011) where Kendra the high school-aged witch, played by Mary-Kate Olsen, often dresses like some kind of gothic slut. I disliked Kendra's outfits in the movie, and I felt the same way about Francesca in the book. In both cases, the paranormal characters were styled way too over the top, and they would probably be sent home from school.
At another point in the book, some of the football boys are talking about a junior girl they go to school with named Kasey:
"Nah, man, you know... Kasey sweating me hecka hard right now. I had to let her down."
"You're crazy, you know she's easy?"
"Too easy." Everyone said in unison.
"She's like the walking plague," Sean said. (10%)
I find this quote particularly disgusting in the way the author has portrayed the stereotypical football player as a misogynist pig. No young girl should be called "easy" and a "walking plague". Considering this book is geared towards young adult readers, I find the portrayal of both young women and men to be very problematic. This is not what should be considered cool, and I would not recommend this book to young readers.
If by chance the girl is not portrayed as a slut and doesn't want to sleep with one of the football boys, they call her a "blocker" and "stuck-up", I quote:
"Your sister is a blocker, man, but she is fine, though."
"Hey, dude, that's my sister!"
"I'm sorry, I can't help it. I am a man. Tell him, Jay, isn't his sister fine?"
Jay stopped eating for a moment. "Man, if she wasn't such a stuck-up snob I would get with her, but stuck-up snobs and I don't mix." (12%)
I won't repeat myself again in terms of pointing out the inherent misogyny, but I find myself thinking that content such as this that is written by a woman is hegemony at work.
Overall, I found the characters and dialog to be filled with stereotypes and misogyny as well as being very tactless. I even put this book down for about three months before I picked it up to finish it. The only reason I did finish it was because the novel length was so short.
In closing, I would not recommend this book. I feel the story line could be developed into something, and the twist at the end was interesting. However, these two points were not strong enough to make me recommend this book or consider buying the second novel in The Lukos trilogy. My intent here is to not discourage the self-published author because I do feel as though there is promise in terms of story line, but I feel I need to comment on the problematic stereotypes.
I think the positive side to this novel is the potential with the story line; however, I do feel it needs to be fleshed out. What I mean by this is the characters flip-flop too quickly making the story unbelievable. One moment the main protagonist, Ale, is trying to get the attention of the new girl Francesca who won't give him the time of day, and the next she is his girlfriend.
My biggest complaint are the stereotypes used throughout the story. The teenage girls are portrayed as sluts or cockblocks, and the football players have every girl wanting to sleep with them. For example, when Francesca, the new girl in school, walks into her classroom on her first day, and I quote: "She wore all black with silver jewelry. And her boots... I don't know how she wore them. They came all the way up to her knees, with at least a four-inch heel." (quote found at 3%) I'm no prude, but this isn't the kind of outfit I'm expecting to find at your run of the mill high school. Francesca's outfit reminds me of the movie Beastly (2011) where Kendra the high school-aged witch, played by Mary-Kate Olsen, often dresses like some kind of gothic slut. I disliked Kendra's outfits in the movie, and I felt the same way about Francesca in the book. In both cases, the paranormal characters were styled way too over the top, and they would probably be sent home from school.
At another point in the book, some of the football boys are talking about a junior girl they go to school with named Kasey:
"Nah, man, you know... Kasey sweating me hecka hard right now. I had to let her down."
"You're crazy, you know she's easy?"
"Too easy." Everyone said in unison.
"She's like the walking plague," Sean said. (10%)
I find this quote particularly disgusting in the way the author has portrayed the stereotypical football player as a misogynist pig. No young girl should be called "easy" and a "walking plague". Considering this book is geared towards young adult readers, I find the portrayal of both young women and men to be very problematic. This is not what should be considered cool, and I would not recommend this book to young readers.
If by chance the girl is not portrayed as a slut and doesn't want to sleep with one of the football boys, they call her a "blocker" and "stuck-up", I quote:
"Your sister is a blocker, man, but she is fine, though."
"Hey, dude, that's my sister!"
"I'm sorry, I can't help it. I am a man. Tell him, Jay, isn't his sister fine?"
Jay stopped eating for a moment. "Man, if she wasn't such a stuck-up snob I would get with her, but stuck-up snobs and I don't mix." (12%)
I won't repeat myself again in terms of pointing out the inherent misogyny, but I find myself thinking that content such as this that is written by a woman is hegemony at work.
Overall, I found the characters and dialog to be filled with stereotypes and misogyny as well as being very tactless. I even put this book down for about three months before I picked it up to finish it. The only reason I did finish it was because the novel length was so short.
In closing, I would not recommend this book. I feel the story line could be developed into something, and the twist at the end was interesting. However, these two points were not strong enough to make me recommend this book or consider buying the second novel in The Lukos trilogy. My intent here is to not discourage the self-published author because I do feel as though there is promise in terms of story line, but I feel I need to comment on the problematic stereotypes.
July 27, 2012
i got this through my amazon kindle for free and found i really enjoyed this.
it started slow with ale telling us about himself, family school and friends then he see the new kids in school and something draws him to her.
fran doesnt want to know him at first then she gets to know him and takes him to vora who reveals who they are and why.
big shock for ale but even bigger when someone in his life betrays him and is part of whos after ale.
had to by the others to read to see what happened in tis saga.
it started slow with ale telling us about himself, family school and friends then he see the new kids in school and something draws him to her.
fran doesnt want to know him at first then she gets to know him and takes him to vora who reveals who they are and why.
big shock for ale but even bigger when someone in his life betrays him and is part of whos after ale.
had to by the others to read to see what happened in tis saga.
December 20, 2014
I love this book so much I wish it wasent a short story!
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