Mortal Danger (Immortal Game, #1) by Ann Aguirre

Aug 20, 2013 Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it it was ok

Shelves: ya, romance, sleeping-pill, paranormal, insta-love, mary-sue, time-travel, revenge

“I read a novel where this hit man is supposed to assassinate a woman, but he ends up falling in love with her instead, just from watching her.”

Well, way to fall into your own cliché, book.

The message in this book? Beauty is everything! Want a better life? Become beautiful. You will instantly have everything you will ever want. With the exceptions of a few Evil People wanting to possess you because you have a Special Destiny, but, whatever, right?

- A hot boyfriend (or two)? Check! He's been

“I read a novel where this hit man is supposed to assassinate a woman, but he ends up falling in love with her instead, just from watching her.”

Well, way to fall into your own cliché, book.

The message in this book? Beauty is everything! Want a better life? Become beautiful. You will instantly have everything you will ever want. With the exceptions of a few Evil People wanting to possess you because you have a Special Destiny, but, whatever, right?

- A hot boyfriend (or two)? Check! He's been watching you from afar (without your knowledge) for years (Cullen ain't got nothing on Kian), and he's liked you when you were ugly, but it's just so awesome that you're beautiful now, just as he decides to declare his feelings for you! A miraculous coincidence, for sure!

- A miraculous change in personality? Check! Who cares that you were a shy, quiet, bullied wallflower for your the previous years of your life. With your newfound beauty, you will instantly develop the kind of breath-taking confidence that's been ingrained in all beautiful people throughout their lives! Who needs time to adjust?!

- A newfound relationship with your parents? Check! Your brilliant mother, your absolutely amazing physicist mother, the one whose discoveries are on the edge of changing the scientific world? Why, she's just been waiting her whole life for a beautiful newly transformed daughter to make her realize that all she needs in her life is a trip to the gym and a new color of lipstick!

- Revenge on everyone who's ever wronged you? Check! Who knew that all it took was beauty for the people who's been making you miserable for the past three years of high school to accept you into the super-popular inner circle of school. Whoever thought that the person they've been tormenting for the past years could ever plot against them? Not the beautiful people themselves, no!

In all seriousness, This book was a disappointment. It contained two elements that I should have loved:

- Revenge
- A Faustian deal with the devil

It didn't work for me. This book was filled with a tremendous amount of insta-love, a lot of romance with a boy who has been stalking her for years, it is extremely light on the revenge plot, and the paranormal aspects were tremendously bogged down and confusing.

The Summary:

"I’m authorized to offer you three favors now in return for three favors later.”
“I don’t understand. What kind of...favors?”
“Anything you want,” he said.

Edie is on the verge of killing herself. She has been bullied relentlessly at school for the past three years, and she can't take it anymore. She is about to throw herself into a river, when a mysterious and stunningly beautiful young man named Kian appears...

He had the kind of face you saw in magazines, sculpted and airbrushed to perfection. Sharp cheekbones eased into a strong jaw and a kissable mouth. He had a long, aquiline nose and jade eyes with a feline slant.

...to offer her a deal she can't resist. He will give her three wishes, in return, she will give the people he works for three of their own wishes later.

Deal. Edie takes it. Her first wish?

“I want to be beautiful without losing any aptitude I have. No time limits, no melting face, no surprises.”

Edie wants to be beautiful. To be stunning. To get revenge on the Mean Girls (and guys) "Teflon crew" who has been making her life miserable for years. She also wants something else, it's not a wish, but Kian grants it anyway.

“Then there’s one more thing before you go.” I couldn’t believe I was doing this, but the words wouldn’t stop. They came from a place of complete certainty.
“What?”
“Kiss me.”

He does, and he fulfils his promise to turn Edie beautiful. She becomes a newly Photoshopped version of herself with a "slim hourglass figure." To explain away the change, she gives the excuse of going away to summer camp. Three months later, she comes back to school, ready for revenge.

It was time to shift from planning and preparation to payback and penance. By the time I was done at Blackbriar, there would be blood in the water.

But this whole Faustian wishes doesn't come without consequences (duh). It seems that Edie is special.

“Wait, what’s a catalyst?”
“You’re one. It’s somebody destined for great things.”

Oh, god, here we go again. So Edie has a special destiny, and people are out to get her for it.

It's simple enough, a revenge plot, and danger from people out to get her. So where did this book go wrong?

The Insta-Change:

Belatedly, I realized I hadn’t stuttered once. Apparently the behavioral psychologist had been right; I had a psychogenic stutter, exacerbated by stress, mental anguish, and anxiety. Right then, I felt no fear of ridicule, and it was easy to talk.

In the beginning of the book, the main character is shy, overweight, ugly, and a social outcast. She has no friends, she stutters, she doesn't know how to act in public.

And when she suddenly turns beautiful, it seems like her personality changed 180 degrees as well.

[The beautiful people] considered their ability to control other people an accessory, like a great purse or a cute pair of shoes.
“I can’t believe that worked!”
“I wasn’t sure it would.” Especially since I had no experience with manipulation. But I’d watched it happen often enough. Mimicry wasn’t tough, apparently.

Edie learns immediately to manipulate, to smile seductively, to flirt, to lie. This is not realistic. A person does not immediately change from a social outcast, one who is almost incapable of talking to another person without fear, without stuttering, into a butterfly overnight, no matter the change in appearance.

“I was wondering if I could room with my friend, Vi,” I said, trying the persuasive smile for a second time.
Life can’t be this easy for the beautiful people.

I was cripplingly shy in high school, I was tremendously afraid of public speaking, I never had a single boy ask me out. I also wasn't ugly.

Confidence takes more than beauty on the surface, it is a slow, painful process, if you do not have it inside you. It took YEARS during college, of constantly being forced to do presentations, of having my insecurities soothed over by friends, of gradually gaining confidence in myself in order for me to become a person who appears to be confident in public. I can tell you from personal experience that a change in appearance does very little to give you the inner confidence that a person lacks and I found Edie's change to be completely unconvincing.

The Revenge: What revenge? This is nowhere as satisfying as Burn for Burn. The "Teflon crew" in the book did a wrecking job on Edie, and she wants to get back at them. It is not realistic:

- She immediately gets befriended by her former nemesis because she is beautiful
- She gets lifelong friends to hate each other by spreading a few rumors

“What the hell, you told Cam what I said?”
“I didn’t. I asked Jen what she thought of Cam, and I think Allison was ahead of us in line, but I would never—”
“Bet it was Allison.” His frown cleared. “She’s always trying to make Cam like her. She’s got this weird rivalry with Brittany. They’re supposed to be BFFs, but I get the feeling Allison would giggle if Brit fell down the stairs.”

And BAM. They believe her. They trust her. Magical bad things happen out of nowhere to them, without Edie's knowledge.This book doesn't have much of a sense of revenge at all. And trust me, I LIKE MY REVENGE PLOTS.

The Clichéd Romance:

I came up on my knees and hugged him; sometimes it felt like we were two halves of the same soul, and that was so stupid it made me feel like I lost IQ points just for thinking it.

Kian is struck by insta-love, he is a stalker, he is someone who is a double agent who should not be trusted. Really, this can't be any worse unless there was a love triangle.

Edie is madly in love/lust/whatever with Kian. She cannot think about him, for such a shy girl, she immediately demands a kiss, and then they conveniently become "pretend" boyfriends and girlfriends, which, naturally, leads to the real freaking EMOOOOOOTIONS. And there is a whole lot of emotions in this book; it addresses the clichés of YA romance while falling prey to it 100%.

Kian has been watching her secretly, for years.

“You already know I’ve spent a long damn time watching you. From the outside.”

He has reached a level of stalkerishness Edward Cullen could only aspire to. He knows her likes, her dislikes. What food she wants. He knows what happened to that bunny that bit her in 4th grade.

“You hate rabbits,” Kian said gently.
“Yeah.” I did—since one bit me in the fourth grade—but how weird that he knew.

FOURTH GRADE, MAN. And furthermore, he could be working against her!

“Sort of like a double bluff. You tell me enough of the truth to make me think you’re on my side while you’re manipulating me for your own ends.”

Does Edie listen to her instincts?! Hell no! He could be responsible for a girl's death. Who cares. It's KIIIIIIIIIIAN. Gorgeous Kian. Please.

The Plot: I do not understand the paranormal agency plot at all, and I have no idea what's going on. There are all sorts of weird creatures that appear in the book completely senselessly, without any connection, completely disjointed from each other. We have an emotional vampire, a Bloody Mary, a Bag Man, a Greek Oracle, and I can't make any sense of it whatsoever. Then I finished the book, I read the "Author's Note"...and it all came together.

Ann Aguirre: "I found so many creepy things that they wouldn’t all fit in one book, so there are many shocks and gasps yet to come. The Immortal Game is messy and convoluted, full of monsters and magic, science and sacrifice."

So there's just a jumble of nightmarish creatures thrown in for the sake of creepiness and not for the sake of sense? I'm supposed to be confused because this book is supposed to be "messy and convoluted?"

Why would you do this to us? ;_;

Final notes: To further add to the trope, we have parents who are there, but who pretty much let the wonderful student that is Edie do whatever she freaking wants. And her mother, her brilliant mother...she just needed a makeover from her newly beautiful daughter...

“I want us to have a better relationship, a closer one. We have science in common, at least. I don’t know much about your new interests, but I could stand to be more physically fit. Maybe we could work out together? There’s a nice facility at the university…”

Why? Why?

I appreciate the message that Ann Aguirre is trying to send in this book: Don't let the bullies get to you. Don't commit suicide, there is hope in life. Unfortunately, the execution of this book did not work to my liking.

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Jan 28, 2013 Emily May rated it it was ok

Shelves: arc, 2014, young-adult

Could this really be by the same author who wrote Bronze Gods?

Admittedly, this is the first YA book I've read by Aguirre. But after she completely astounded me with her complex world-building, clever mystery and well-developed characters in her adult steampunk series, I did not hesitate to come at this book with eager grabby hands. How disappointing to discover that this book is a shallow and boring addition to the long list of paranormal YA novels with creeptastic love interests.

I haven't met a Could this really be by the same author who wrote Bronze Gods?

Admittedly, this is the first YA book I've read by Aguirre. But after she completely astounded me with her complex world-building, clever mystery and well-developed characters in her adult steampunk series, I did not hesitate to come at this book with eager grabby hands. How disappointing to discover that this book is a shallow and boring addition to the long list of paranormal YA novels with creeptastic love interests.

I haven't met a character so obsessed with their own beauty (or lack of) since Shadow & Bone, and at least Bardugo made that book compelling despite my issues with Alina. It's hard to imagine that anyone will be able to accept Edie's miraculous epiphany as soon as she gets a pretty face. There seems to be an underlying implication that beauty is the solution to all your problems and that any self esteem or confidence issues you had would disappear overnight if you were made beautiful. Are you buying that? Cos I wasn't.

Well, that's what we're supposed to believe. It was apparent quite early that this book was going to be too shallow for my tastes, but I powered through it because I was lucky enough to receive an ARC. From the moment the book opens with Edie about to fling herself to her death but persuaded not to by a boy with a beautiful face... I wasn't feeling it. I am neither sold on the idea of beauty = superiority, nor am I into stories that revolve around love interests who a) are characterized by their incredible beauty and b) have been watching the MC for a long time without making themselves known (that's just fucking creepy, dude).

The romance ticks every cliched box. Kian has been watching Edie for years. He falls into instalove with her. He possesses some kind of otherworldly gorgeousness. He is possibly EVULZ but who cares because he is SOOOOOO PREETTTTYYYY. The arrival of this latest Stalky McStalkerson kicks off a convoluted plot that introduces a jumble of random paranormal creatures and a boring-ass story about the tensions between two paranormal agencies or companies... or who even understands this plot anyway? No freaking wonder they didn't put that in the blurb - no one can make it sound exciting.

"I’m authorized to offer you three favors now in return for three favors later.”
“I don’t understand. What kind of...favors?”
“Anything you want,” he said.

^This is what Kian presents Edie with in the beginning and suddenly spins her life in a very different direction. There was great potential here with the underlying idea about not giving up, not committing suicide and not letting the bullies get to you. As someone who can very much relate to a feeling of hopelessness because of bullies, I wanted Aguirre to pack a punch with this. But... the story just isn't that interesting and the "solution" to Edie's problems is ridiculous. You do not suddenly gain a whole new personality because your appearance changes. A short burst of confidence, at best, but you don't get rid of all the underlying insecurities just like that. If only it were so simple.

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Aug 21, 2016 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, young-adult

Well, I got all three of the books in the trilogy from BookOutlet and I hope the others get better.

I liked the book and didn't like the book and I don't even know what to say. It was confusing here and there. Sigh. . .

Edie has been picked on by bullies at her school for so long that she is on the verge of killing herself when a hot boy named Kian stops her and gives her a way out. He will grant her three wishes but she has to return three wishes to the company he works for and she takes it. I m Well, I got all three of the books in the trilogy from BookOutlet and I hope the others get better.

I liked the book and didn't like the book and I don't even know what to say. It was confusing here and there. Sigh. . .

Edie has been picked on by bullies at her school for so long that she is on the verge of killing herself when a hot boy named Kian stops her and gives her a way out. He will grant her three wishes but she has to return three wishes to the company he works for and she takes it. I mean, I don't know - I don't know if I would want to be branded and indebted to some random people. I would want three wishes though. I know what I would wish for, but this is Edie and her first wish is to be beautiful so she can get revenge on her bullies. WHAT? Beauty is NOT the way to life. Yeah, all of the a••hole guys like you and cheat on you, that's about all I get out of that crap!

But, seriously if she wanted to get back at her bullies she could have wished for self-confidence and then she would have had the strength to work out, to take martial arts, anything. Or she could have wished for a super power like Hulk Smash and just pulverized them, but I digress. That would have come in handy for my bullies in school!

There is insta-love and I really don't care about that, I have insta-love in my fantasies all of the time. I think it rocks. In some cases, not so much, but still.

So Kian works for Wedderburn, Mawer & Graf which sounds like some kind of attorneys but they are not and Wedderburn is some kind of freak thing that seems like he's up to no good. Okay, he is up to no good.

Then there is the rival gang . . er. . . peeps called, Dwyer & Fell. I'm guessing they are the real bad guys, who the hell knows at this point.

I did like Edie and Kian and I loved Vi and some other people in the book but I just wasn't totally feeling it. It sort of lagged here and there and some things just didn't get through to my head or something. I don't know. I only hope the next two books are good. I do love the covers though especially on the next two books with the cool purple and blue lipstick. Yes, I know, I'm crazy, it's been proven.

Anyway, I'm so happy for those that loved it to death. I wish I was one of those, but it wasn't to terrible for me to give it lower than three stars because I did like the characters and the idea that something weird is going on. We shall see.

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Mar 13, 2014 Giselle added it

Shelves: arc, ebook

DNF 54%

I'm sad because I was so looking forward to this but I'm sooo bored. I put it down to read something else after it felt like I'd been reading this one for a year, and I just can't motivate myself to pick this up and continue on with it.

It started out alright but then turned out to be all about these 2 paranormal/afterlife "companies" who are in competition with each other and all their political drama, and well bleh. Also the love interest is another of those stalker guys who has watched ...more

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May 16, 2021 Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell rated it liked it

Shelves: pnr-uf, ya-ya-land

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I'm trying to purge my room of its physical copies of books and that means a lot of YA I've stocked up over the years. MORTAL DANGER is a book I bought years ago but never read. 99% of the reason I bought it was because I love the author, Ann Aguirre: her Sirantha Jax series is my everything.

MORTAL DANGER is... a very strange book. Actually, a lot of my friends really didn't like it and I can sort of see why. It's like a weirder version ...more

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Jul 16, 2014 ♥Rachel♥ rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, audio-book

Engrossing and disturbing, Mortal Danger combines revenge, horror, and the trials of high school. Edie was a sympathetic character, a victim of cruel school bullying. This pushes her to take a deal that ends up being too good to be true. The consequences are ugly and terrifying and Edie is caught up in a deadly supernatural game. While Edie’s back and forth with Kian was understandable, it was a little frustrating at times. Still, I was rooting for their romance because they had so much in commo ...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Maja (The Nocturnal Library) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: just-another-book-crush, magic, open-ending, amazing-writing, mythology, arc-2014, cover-lust, reviewed-in-2014, young-adult, best-of-2014

In my experience, all the best books come from the most genuine of places. Of course, fiction is always fiction and I wouldn’t want it any other way, but the underlying emotion has to be honest. Authors don’t always draw from acquired knowledge and experience; after all, their characters can have a very different set of values, but the very best authors rely on emotions that are familiar and true.

Among such authors, Ann Aguirre is queen.

In the interest of full disclosure, I was a beta reader fo In my experience, all the best books come from the most genuine of places. Of course, fiction is always fiction and I wouldn’t want it any other way, but the underlying emotion has to be honest. Authors don’t always draw from acquired knowledge and experience; after all, their characters can have a very different set of values, but the very best authors rely on emotions that are familiar and true.

Among such authors, Ann Aguirre is queen.

In the interest of full disclosure, I was a beta reader for this book. (It’s hardly a secret, just check the acknowledgments.) I saw its birth firsthand and I know how much it took from Ann. She is the type of author who always feels everything right alongside her characters, so when Edie suffered, Ann suffered as well.

That said, it’s almost impossible to read Edie’s story and remain cold-hearted. Regardless of who you are, an author, a beta reader, a regular reader or a witch’s familiar, you will be deeply touched by this girl. Suicide is no laughing matter, and these days, when we see more and more of it, strong messages of hope are more important than ever. As Edie herself said, It Gets Better Project is extremely important, but it only gets us so far. It is my firm conviction that fiction we care about can take us the rest of the way.

I’ve seen people complain about the importance that is placed on physical beauty in this book. But to a girl who’s been bullied most of her life because she doesn’t look like everyone else, a girl who’s been abused and suffered things no one ever should, beauty seems like the solution to all her problems. In the end, I admired Edie for seeing past outer beauty, her own and that of others, especially Kian. It means much more when someone like her realizes the insignificance of superficial things.

There are, of course, parts of Mortal Danger that are pure, undiluted entertainment. The second part of the book will appeal to lovers of all things creepy. I myself am a big fan of nightmare-ish creatures and urban legends, so when Ann decided to bring them to life, I was basically a kid in a candy store. Here’s a small taste for you:

Across the street, I saw the old man with the bag, and it bulged with a new and hideous weight. Beside him stood the two black-eyed children. The girl-thing’s pinafore was smeared with blood.

*shudders*

Make sure to read Ann’s Author’s note and please be kind and smart enough to listen. Most of us have had )or are still going through) similar experiences, and if not to that extent, we’re certainly none of us strangers to emotional pain.

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Jul 18, 2013 Tandie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, will-buy, romance, sci-fi, authors-i-luv, creepy-in-the-right-way, paranormal, time-travel, bloody-violent, punched-me-in-the-heart

It appears that I'm in the minority here, but this book really entertained me.

Meet Edith Kramer, a girl at the end of her rope. This brilliant, bullied girl has very logically planned her own death and is stopped the second before she tips over the edge.

Kian is unbelievably handsome, but he's not one of the cruel 'beautiful people'. He offers her a mysterious bargain that'll enable her to get the revenge she's so desperate for. Edie may have been about to end it all, but this girl's no fool. In It appears that I'm in the minority here, but this book really entertained me.

Meet Edith Kramer, a girl at the end of her rope. This brilliant, bullied girl has very logically planned her own death and is stopped the second before she tips over the edge.

Kian is unbelievably handsome, but he's not one of the cruel 'beautiful people'. He offers her a mysterious bargain that'll enable her to get the revenge she's so desperate for. Edie may have been about to end it all, but this girl's no fool. In fact, she's an incredible genius. She knows there's another side to the coin, that paying for the favors Kian can grant could very well be a deal worse than simple death.

Thankfully, she accepts his offer and we have this amazing story as the result. This girl is going to make those bullies pay! "...it made me sick, that I could still be this full of hate. I knew for the sake of my own mental health I had to let it go. But I couldn't. Not yet. Edie felt so real to me, I felt her pain and lonliness. I was never bullied as extremely as she was, but her despair and shame spoke to my heart.

Kian is an ally that she can't exactly trust. She doesn't know his agenda. Soon, it's obvious that they're out of their depth. Edie faces horrors she never knew existed.
"Only a lifetime of training in the school of If You Cry, We Win kept my poker face intact."

The 'powers that be' in the big scheme of the plot were a little vague. I expect that the immortal power players will be fleshed out more in coming books. Though there were a few murky spots when I wasn't sure where things were headed, my interest never wavered. I blame Edie, she's a unique, brave character and I was emotionally invested.

"Pillar of salt. That was the only thing I knew about looking back, so I didn't."

At first, I mistakenly assumed that Edie's scholarly parents didn't care about her. So did Edie. It turns out, they're just socially oblivious, thinking isolation & the sole pursuit of academics is normal behavior. Dating is a new thing for all of them, and her dad is full of hilarious warnings not to trust anyone with a penis! One of my favorite aspects of
the story was the relationship she developed with her parents.

I was concerned with the 'looks versus person inside' issue and wondered how the author would handle it. Edie's mom is a strong feminist who's not written as an extremest. I was pleased with the way this aspect of the story was handled. 6 Stars and a Unicorn! Very highly recommended.
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Mar 10, 2014 Rayne rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal, romance, young-adult, mythology, school-life, disappointing, sci-fi, stalking-means-love, i-blame-twilight

Here's something YA authors don't seem to get: You don't have to try so hard to make me like your main character. I don't need to like your main character in order to be invested in her story and enjoy the book. She doesn't have to be a freaking saint for me to like her and be interested in her either. Traditionally unlikable and morally ambiguous characters are perfectly fine with me as long as I find their story engaging.

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Apr 22, 2013 Sydney rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2014-releases, cover-porn

OH Ann, please make this as wonderful and badass as your Razorland series

My reaction to the synopsis?

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Nov 22, 2013 Jo rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, ya-mythological

So many girls are obsessed with their looks as if their self-worth is tied to how attractive they may be. And can you blame them? Our media is saturated with that message. Edie was a great character because of her complicated relationship with her looks. Even after she is turned "pretty" she struggles. Her feelings will resonate with those girls who don't think they are beautiful enough. I feel like this will be a good book to start a discussion about what beauty means, how we use it, and what i ...more

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Jun 15, 2013 Alyssa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-releases

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Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
Book One of the Immortal Game series
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: August 5, 2014
Rating: 4 stars
Source: ARC sent by the publisher

Summary (from Goodreads):

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

In Ann Aguirre's Mortal Danger, Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn’t imagine being strong eno ...more

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Nov 12, 2014 Dark Faerie Tales rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviewed-by-bridget

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty: Unique dark story weaved with mystery, romance, and action. To be honest, it took me by surprise on where the story went but I loved every minute of it!

Opening Sentence: I was suppose to die at 5:57 a.m.

The Review:

Edie Kramer just finished her junior year of high school at the prestigious Blackbriar. She has attended Blackbriar for three miserable years and there is no way she can go through another. She has been bullied to the brink of her sani Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty: Unique dark story weaved with mystery, romance, and action. To be honest, it took me by surprise on where the story went but I loved every minute of it!

Opening Sentence: I was suppose to die at 5:57 a.m.

The Review:

Edie Kramer just finished her junior year of high school at the prestigious Blackbriar. She has attended Blackbriar for three miserable years and there is no way she can go through another. She has been bullied to the brink of her sanity, and she decides that the only way to end the torture is to commit suicide. She plans everything out perfectly, but just before she jumps to her death a mysterious boy stops her. His name is Kian and he offers her a deal that she just can’t refuse. Edie will be granted three favors that she has to use within the next five years. These favors can be whatever she wants, but in return she will have to grant three favors to WM&G, the mysterious company that can miraculously change Edie’s life forever.

The first thing Edie asks for is to become one of the beautiful people. She spends her whole summer learning how to become one of them so when school starts she can infiltrate their group and take them down one by one. Revenge never tasted so sweet, but as things start to progress the simple payback Edie was planning turns deadly. There is way more at stake than Edie could have ever imagined and she is just a pawn in a much bigger plan.

Edie was a very unique and interesting character. Given the circumstances it was obviously very easy to sympathize with but surprisingly I actually ended up really loving her as a character. I guess when I originally read the synopsis for the story I was worried that she was going to be a really depressed character and that it would be hard to connect with her. I don’t tend to like characters that are really negative about everything but luckily Edie was nothing like that. She does have many self esteem issues but for the most part she is actually a very positive person. As her confidence grew and she started to strive for what she wanted in life, I found that I could really relate with her on many different levels. No, I have never had to deal with the bullying that she did but I do know what it feels like to be insecure and undesired. I think that most teenagers know how this feels. Edie also has a lot of compassion for others and even though she is out for revenge on her enemies she never truly wanted anything horrible to happen to them. She just wanted them to get a taste of their own medicine. Another great thing about Edie was her intelligence. Yes, she makes some poor decisions throughout the story but she always thinks things through before she acts, and she doesn’t have to rely on others to fill her in, she uses her own brain to figure things out. Pretty much from the very beginning I liked Edie and my fondness for her just continued to grow through the entire story.

Kian was a very mysterious boy that I had mixed feelings for. At first, I really didn’t know what to think of him because you really don’t know anything about him besides the fact that he is drop dead gorgeous and that he offered Edie a chance at a second life. So at first I wasn’t really sold on him, but the more I got to know him the better I liked him. His story is a sad one and in many ways it was very similar to Edie’s. He isn’t a bad guy but he is stuck in a bad situation that really has no good ending. I slowly fell for his quiet charm and good heart. His relationship with Edie was adorable and I loved how good he treated her even before her makeover. They also had really great chemistry which is always a big plus. So, while I didn’t love Kian right off the bat, I eventually fell head over heels for him.

Mortal Danger was very unique and completely different from what I was expecting, but in a good way. There was mystery, suspense, drama, romance, and action all weaved into a very entertaining story. From the first page, I was hooked and I found that I couldn’t put the book down until I was finished. The pacing was done perfectly and the plot was very intriguing. All of the characters were very engaging and easy to connect with. I will say that there were some pretty gruesome moments in the story that freaked me out a little bit, so just a fair warning if you don’t like that kind of thing. I feel like this covered a wide variety of genres and because of that it will be a big hit with a lot of different people. This is actually the very first book I have read by Aguirre, but rest assured it won’t be the last. Her writing is very addictive and she really knows how to create a very intriguing premises. While the ending was very satisfying, I can’t wait to see what happens in the next installment. I would highly recommend this to YA fans across the board, like I mentioned earlier it covers so many different genres I think that most YA fans will love it.

Notable Scene:

Davina was making a joke when Brittany wheezed and then there was a wet sound, a splatter, and I leapt to my feet. No time to think about whether she’s want me to—I yanked open the curtain and even in the gloom, I saw so much blood, blood everywhere, staining her gown, her sheets, pouring from her mouth in a river of red. Jen came to my shoulder and screamed while Davina fumbled for the call button.

FTC Advisory: Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan provided me with a copy of Mortal Danger. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review. ...more

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Feb 18, 2016 Kara Babcock rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: from-library, 2016-read, young-adult, fantasy, urban-fantasy

Trigger warnings for discussions of suicide and Faustian bargains with eldritch beings.

Mean Girls is one of my favourite movies of all time. It was the first movie I ever purchased for myself on DVD. (If you are reading this in the future, kids, DVDs were the optical media of choice for storing video, back before Netflix just decided to store everything directly in your brain.) It’s a scathing, fun, moving look at the harmful nature of high school hierarchies. While I was largely indifferent to ...more

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Feb 27, 2014 Lina (From the Verge) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: netgalley, horror-and-dark-places, paranormal-urban-fantasy, yummy-food

"There's a pivotal moment just before death, when bargains can be made."

I chose to ignore this book’s synopsis, as I wanted that “jump blindly to the plot” experience. I’m so very glad I did. I am a long time fan of Ann Aguirre's books. Thus this was an immediate MUST read for me.

The book takes upon its shoulders a lot of complicated social issues and very craftily masters them. Allow me to pinpoint the precise moment this book hooked me: It begins with a suicide attempt. The main character ...more

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Jul 02, 2014 Michelle Wrona rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary, 2015, book-by-author-i-read, in-high-school, tough-subjects, something-special, expected-better, from-library

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Ann Aguirre's books are a girl's best friend. Mortal Danger has been on my must-get TBR list for ages, and after reading her newest, The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things, I found that it was so relatable to me and that I needed more from Aguirre as soon as possible. This time around, the story was much more dark and eerie, but eerie in the sense that is totally satisfying. The concept of the Immortal Game trilogy is u ...more

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Apr 23, 2015 Paige Bookdragon rated it really liked it

Shelves: friendship, lurrrve, humor, mythology, love-the-hero, mystery, teen, teen-issues, adventure, badass-heroine

"My name is Edie Kramer, and I'm afraid I made a deal with the devil.."

Ladies, gents and in-betweens, let us please pause for awhile and give this effing book a round of applause.

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After a crappy series of depressing, happiness-sucking, let-me-slit-my-writ books, I finally found a book that puts me on edge.We have Edie Kramer, a geeky girl who decided to commit suicide when the bullying at her school become too much to handle. But before she could do anything drastic,she was saved by a young ...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: arcs, autographed, 5-stars

Be warned, this is pretty dark book. A freaking fantastic book but dark.

Review originally posted at Step Into Fiction

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

This cover is perfect. It’s creepy, it’s dark and it’s extremely fitting. Before reading the book, when I first saw this cover I was really excited. You could tell it was going to be dark but I had no idea how dark. I also wasn’t sure I liked the name change from Mortal Beauty to Mortal Danger but you know what? It works.

Now that that is out of the way Be warned, this is pretty dark book. A freaking fantastic book but dark.

Review originally posted at Step Into Fiction

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

This cover is perfect. It’s creepy, it’s dark and it’s extremely fitting. Before reading the book, when I first saw this cover I was really excited. You could tell it was going to be dark but I had no idea how dark. I also wasn’t sure I liked the name change from Mortal Beauty to Mortal Danger but you know what? It works.

Now that that is out of the way. I took a long time reading this book and before you go ‘uh oh, that’s not a good sign’ – back on up. It’s a great sign but it just wasn’t one of those books you can breeze through. I loved Ann Aguirre’s other YA series, Razorland, and I devoured those books. I wanted to read this book, really read this book and savor it. It became impossible to do toward the end but I tried really hard, I swear I did. I found my eyes jumping ahead and I made myself go back and read what I skipped over. As much as I try, I always do this (hence why ebooks are good for me).

There are still things left unanswered in this book and I’m really looking forward to seeing the answers in the next book or maybe even the last book. There are characters that I know will make another appearance in the next book and honestly, I really can’t wait for that.

The first few pages of this book are depressing and just make you want to hug our main character, even though we don’t know a thing about her. She needs a hug and we’re willing to give it to a complete stranger. But she didn’t need it because cue in a good looking stranger whose willing to help her. There’s a catch. There’s always a catch, right?

Edith, or Edie as we know her – she is awesome. She’s very relatable because she’s real. She’s a bit of a nerd, she’s a loner and she was bullied, a lot, at her school. I understand not everyone knows what that all feels like but I’m sure most of us do. I know I do so I can definitely relate. Wanting payback for the pain they caused you and basically doing anything to achieve this. Because of a deal she made with our mysterious stranger, she can begin paying back her tormentors.

Our mysterious stranger is an attractive young man, Kian, who offers Edie a deal she can’t refuse. Heck, he only asks her to listen to his offer, if she doesn’t like it, she’ll let her continue with what she was intending to do to herself. This guy wasn’t supposed to be someone that Edie would see a lot of but then suddenly, he’s in charge of her and her alone. Things quickly change between them and while she’s wondering how much she can trust him, the reader is questioning the same things. Can he or can’t he be trusted? Is he or isn’t he using her because of his boss? Is he or isn’t he behind they mysterious happenings at her school? So many doubts and so many questions.

So even though it’s dark, creepy (seriously, I may have had a few nightmares because of this book) and mysterious as you question yourself and the characters all throughout, it’s full of many steamy, swoon-worthy moments. The romance has moments where it’s so smoking hot, you wonder if you’ve been thrown in a sauna. It’s a fantastic mix of everything and it’s blended perfectly. The ending, while it’s not much of a cliffhanger, it still has you desperate for more.

Thank you so much to Jean Feiwel over at Macmillan for sending me this book to read in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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Mar 30, 2015 Colleen Houck added it

Shelves: dreams-nightmares, angels

Scary! I remember hearing Ann talk about this book and warn readers that if you are afraid of things that go bump in the night, then this book isn't for you. She wasn't wrong. =) Having said that, I love Kian. He is all kinds of amazing and I really identify with Edie on a lot of levels though I wasn't teased nearly as badly as she was. Can't wait to move on to book two and find out what happens! ...more

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Apr 15, 2014 Zemira Warner rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, paranormal

What a strange book. It was a mix of horror, paranormal, and in a way, it was contemporary.

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Jul 18, 2012 Taschima rated it it was ok

Shelves: stacking-the-e-reader, netgalley-grind, e-arc-titles-done

"Imagine a world where, if enough people believe in them, the nightmares come true."

...and with that single quote the whole intention of the book changes. I thought it was about revenge, but clearly it seems I was mistaken because there are other things that take precedence; like everything else. Let's just say that summary is a bit misleading.

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There are so many interesting facets to Mortal Danger; the smart girl who was put down and rose from the ashes to take revenge on her enemies, the guy who "Imagine a world where, if enough people believe in them, the nightmares come true."

...and with that single quote the whole intention of the book changes. I thought it was about revenge, but clearly it seems I was mistaken because there are other things that take precedence; like everything else. Let's just say that summary is a bit misleading.

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There are so many interesting facets to Mortal Danger; the smart girl who was put down and rose from the ashes to take revenge on her enemies, the guy who comes out of the shadows to help her in her quest, the possibility of time travel, faustian favors, intrigue, forbidden love… Mortal Danger has it all. But then it continues adding facets and more facets to the story, monsters, Bloody Mary, weird firms that deal with the devil (which remind me of Wolfram & Hart from the Angel series), an overall game, obscure gods... It reaches too far. It tries to be so much it falls short in every category and ends up being this convoluted mess.

Mortal Danger is a mix of Mean Girls with Supernatural with Faustian favors with time traveling with... Basically it is a lot of things in one, so many things that it kind of loses perspective after a little bit. Set in a private high school while not solely basing all its intrigue in said high school social dynamic. Mortal Danger deals with supernatural forces that seemingly “help” those who have given up on life (and who have the brightest futures ahead of them); for a price. Which reminds me of crossroads demons from Supernatural, only in Mortal Danger you get three wishes in the span of 5 years and the business people find you.

"Some people might think this was a superficial request, but they wouldn't understand why I wanted it. Not just so I'd know-for once-what it was like to be one of the beautiful people. No, once I got inside the golden circle, I' dismantle it brick by brick. A sharp, angry smile cut free, and I didn't care what Kian thought. From this point forward, I had a goal-and planning was my forte."

The thing about Mortal Danger is that in the beginning it held much promise, which is why I stuck around. This broken girl was push to her inner edge and she was about to give up on life someone offers her the deal of a lifetime, to get revenge on those who have wronged her. It was intriguing and already the author had me hooked. But then it tried to incorporate too much too quickly. I was into it for the revenge factor, this girl, this smart girl who has a grudge that is justified, was going to make them pay. Only, she loses sight of her goals as soon as she is included in the inner club. Kind of reminds you of Mean Girls, don't it? She is still nice and all but she definitely steals the queen bee state from the ruling girl.

Edie is a smart cookie. She impresses me in that she pays close attention to details. But after a while she becomes extremely paranoid about everything and everyone around her. I love a little skepticism in my YA heroines, but she took it to the limit. The guy couldn’t say ANYTHING without her being like “Oh, look you can put three words together and say something charming, YOU MUST BE EVILS.” It got a little old too fast, which made me slow down my reading because I was annoyed with her.

It is kind of sad when less than half way in you already know the ending. It was too damn obvious. Some deaths I didn't see coming, but the ending? I nailed it. So it was a little, eh, boring.

The romance was neither here nor there. Edie for the most part didn't trust her romantic interest, though she REALLY wanted to. She wouldn't even call him for help because she didn't want to become codependent. Am, if I am stuck in a supernatural world of trouble you bet your ass I am going to call the only person who might hold some information that may save me! And not just, make out with him and waste his brain full of information.

So, Mortal Danger main problem is that it tried to bite more than it could chew. What I thought was going to be one thing turned out to be something completely different, and slightly creepy. It would have been fine if I knew form the start what I was getting myself into... but I didn't know. I still sort of don't know. It felt like it was two different stories trying to merge together but they didn't manage to do this in harmony. ...more

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Apr 14, 2014 Bekka marked it as dnf

*tosses into giveaway pile*

DNF around 30something percent.

I can't even with this book. I think it's time for me to stop requesting paranormal romances and also start listening to my gut. But to be fair to myself: the plot isn't mentioned in the blurb at all.

Mortal Danger is NOT the story of a girl who has lost all hope and makes a bargain with the devil. Nooo. This is the story of two warring paranormal corporations that use time travel and other wacky shit to... do what? Alter history? I don't *tosses into giveaway pile*

DNF around 30something percent.

I can't even with this book. I think it's time for me to stop requesting paranormal romances and also start listening to my gut. But to be fair to myself: the plot isn't mentioned in the blurb at all.

Mortal Danger is NOT the story of a girl who has lost all hope and makes a bargain with the devil. Nooo. This is the story of two warring paranormal corporations that use time travel and other wacky shit to... do what? Alter history? I don't know.

Basically, this book is a mess. A hot, steaming mess. It hits on every paranormal romance trope you can think of, include the stalker boyfriend and the girl who (literally) isn't pretty until she meets him. I was wary at the very beginning of the book when we're introduced to Kian - I mean, Edie is saved from the brink of KILLING HERSELF by a hot boy. Whatever.

To make matters worse, Mortal Danger pounds the reader over the head with constant themes of beauty being the end all be all. Beauty = superiority in the world of Mortal Danger. I mean, Edie was bullied to within an inch of her life, by The Beautiful People. But now that she's one of them, she bears no lasting internal scars. She immediately possesses the confidence, grace, and charisma of a person born into that beauty. It's ridiculous and there was just no way to suspend that disbelief. Literally the days of her transformation she was able to approach people, flirt, manipulate and land a boyfriend. There's just. No. Way.

Also, Edie is an asshole who will shame a girl for binging and purging, and then turn around and complain about how offensive it is that guys think girls are shallow. Give me a fucking break. I do not expect Edie to have any love for these girls, trust me. I kind of expected the eating disorder comment. But to be so fucking sanctimonious in her hypocrisy just killed it for me.

But whatever, shame on me for not listening to my gut. I knew I shouldn't have picked this up, after the way rape was handled in the first Razorland book. I'll let this be a learning experience. ...more

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Sep 01, 2015 ♥ Ashleigh ♥ Contrary to popular belief I'm not actually mad! rated it really liked it

Shelves: gods-mythical-creatures, reviewed, heroine-pov, fae, disabilities-cognitive-and-physical, young-adult, 2015

I couldn't be bother writing a review so I'm posting my last status update cause I'm lazy.....

Have i ever mentioned how much i adore Ann Aguire and her incredible talent with words? no? well let me just inform you this women can do no wrong, i can say that no matter what i picked up of her work it will be brilliant and i will love it. Don't get me wrong there are small issues, but who cares! when you get so thoroughly swept away your living another life in another world! its astounding!!

This is ...more

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Mar 30, 2012 Shelley rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-release, publishers-arc, paranormal

**I received this book directly from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.**

*Genre* Paranormal
*Rating* 3.0

*My Thoughts*

Ann Aguirre's Mortal Danger (Immortal Game, #1) begins a new series that focuses on Edith (Edie) Kramer, and a game that is being played out between two separate presumably paranormal forces that use humans as their chess pieces.

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Apr 15, 2014 Faye, la Patata rated it liked it

Reminds me of Persona, the game on PS. Not the 3 and 4, mind you... those were fun but not creepy. Persona 1 and 2 WERE creepy.

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Mar 13, 2012 Steph rated it really liked it

Shelves: author-웃, age-group-ya-na, series-book1, series-ongoing, author-favorite, year-read-2014, sos-bom

After finishing this book last night I scrolled through the other ratings and reviews. I was surprised to see so many DNFs (did not finish) and low star ratings. In all honesty, I went into this book blind, which I often do; I didn't read the book's blurb before buying or reading it. While many have mentioned the blurb doesn't fairly represent the story, I feel it explains it well while trying to keep the mystery alive. The title and series name, however, are spot on, IMO.

That said, I believe E After finishing this book last night I scrolled through the other ratings and reviews. I was surprised to see so many DNFs (did not finish) and low star ratings. In all honesty, I went into this book blind, which I often do; I didn't read the book's blurb before buying or reading it. While many have mentioned the blurb doesn't fairly represent the story, I feel it explains it well while trying to keep the mystery alive. The title and series name, however, are spot on, IMO.

That said, I believe Edmund Wilson's quote to be true, “No two persons ever read the same book.” We each have different take-aways, different life experiences that inevitably affect our connections (or lack there of) with characters and their stories.

Misery leaves a mark on the world, Edie. All strong emotions do. Rage, terror, love, longing ... they're powerful forces.

Edith "Edie" Kramer's story in Mortal Danger is one that will tug on the heart of any reader. She's the target of intense bullying. Not only is she an outsider at school, but "... as long as [she] got straight As, [her parents] had little to do with [her]. They said they were rearing [her] to be self-sufficient. [To her,] it felt more like they were raising [her] to self-destruct." With no support system in her life, the constant ridicule and torment from her classmates almost sends her over the edge, literally. It's when she finds herself in extremis that Kian appears and makes her an offer she cannot refuse.

At Blackbriar Academy - an exclusive, private school that my parents thought guaranteed a bright future - it wasn't okay to be ugly, weird, or different. I was all of the above.

From the reviews I've read, it seems many readers started to have problems with the book following Edie's first wish. Was it hard for me to believe that a teenager who feels her problems center around appearance - hers and that of the "Teflon crew" - would think becoming beautiful will help solve those problems? No. I'm (too) many years away from my high school experience, yet I can still remember the beautiful people and how, from afar, their world seemed perfect. But, I didn't feel this meant the author was saying, "Beauty solves everything." In fact, as Edie herself quickly learns, those in the inner circle do not have perfect lives.

My feelings differed in other areas as well:
~ "Revenge is a dish best served cold."
While Edie's mission is to become "... a one-girl wrecking crew" when she returns to Blackbriar in the fall, things don't work out as she'd hoped. (view spoiler)
~ Insta-love factor
Yes, there is insta-love. It's a YA novel, so it was not unexpected. (view spoiler)
~ Instant personality changes
Unlike some, I didn't feel Edie's personality boost due to her new appearance was unrealistic. (view spoiler)

I loved the high spook factor of this book! It was unexpected and much appreciated. There are many hauntingly skin-crawling moments. I also enjoyed learning about the Immortal Game and some of its players, yet many questions remain. I'm looking forward to what's to come for Edie and Kian. ...more

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Apr 18, 2014 Kate rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2014

*Warning: This review may (and probably does) contain some minor spoilers from Mortal Danger. Sorry, it really couldn't be helped. Please continue reading at your own discretion.*
Ann Aguirre is one of those authors that pretty much anything YA that she comes up with, I will read. No questions. No debate. She is basically an auto-read author for me. When I first heard about Mortal Danger, there was no question. I had to have it. That very moment. I NEEDED it. But once I got it, I was very surpris

*Warning: This review may (and probably does) contain some minor spoilers from Mortal Danger. Sorry, it really couldn't be helped. Please continue reading at your own discretion.*
Ann Aguirre is one of those authors that pretty much anything YA that she comes up with, I will read. No questions. No debate. She is basically an auto-read author for me. When I first heard about Mortal Danger, there was no question. I had to have it. That very moment. I NEEDED it. But once I got it, I was very surprised with what was in its pages.

Let's me just start by saying Mortal Danger will not be a book for everyone. It deals with some dark stuff. Controversial stuff. For me, it was hard to read at points because of this. Anything dealing with bullying / suicide is hard for me to handle. For some readers, however, the trials that Edie has gone through may hit home hard. It was difficult for me to read Mortal Danger in part because I was bullied growing up. Nothing close to as serious as what Edie goes through, but still enough for part of me to really sympathize with her. It was harder still to read as Edie started making the decision to end her life. Ending your life is never the answer. And part of me as I read all of this was screaming at the book. No.. No.. NO!!

This is the some of the darkness of Mortal Danger. Now, to the controversial stuff.

Again, taking your life is never the answer. But wishing the problems away is not a cure-all.

I am of really mixed thoughts when it comes to how Edie's bullying issue is "resolved." There is a really small part of me that was happy for Edie. However, there is a much larger part that is sadden that she was able to just make a wish and make herself a "better" and pretty version of who she already was. I was even more saddened when Edie makes the choice to use this new prettiness to get her revenge. Two wrongs do not make a right.

Kristen and I had previously planned to discuss this book together, but sadly, she ended up leaving Mortal Danger as a DNF. Some of her reasoning, part of which are in reference to the above comments, made sense to me. However, I really wish she had stuck with it because once the ball got rolling, things got really good.

Mortal Danger is really about the choices we make and dealing with the consequences. In Edie's case, most of her choices are not the best, but that is something she will have to deal with. Mortal Danger, after about the first half, starts taking a look at what some of those consequences will be. But I think there is a lot more coming for Edie.

Verdict:

Mortal Danger will not be a book for everyone. Despite the complaints / issues I have, I really did end up liking this one. The beginning was really hard to get through, but after about the first half, I found myself really liking it. It is never easy to read about some of the issues discussed in Mortal Danger; however, those issues are not the entire focus of the read. This is one of those reads that you will have to try it to see for yourself.

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Apr 02, 2014 Merril Anil rated it it was ok

Shelves: e-book

It’s like a zombie with no soul and Life

I felt like I was cheated with this book. Opening is completely different to what the actual book is.

This book is a triple threat. Threat of having no plot. Threat of being a disaster in narration and language and Threat in being a book without strong characters.

I could have coped with this book, had it come from some new writer but to think that this book has been a work of an established and popular author is actually baffling. I have not read the au ...more

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Jul 05, 2015 Once rated it really liked it

For three miserable years, Edie Kramer had to endured many pranks from her classmates. For three years, she had to go through non-stop humiliation. For three years, she was bullied - with no one to speak for her, with no one to call a friend. At the brink of her insanity, she thinks there is only one way out to end the torture. The only way for her to finally be at peace. Seconds before executing her plan, to jump to her death, a mysterious boy stops her. This mysterious boy offers her a deal; h ...more

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Aug 20, 2014 Nasty Lady MJ rated it it was ok

Shelves: gary-stu, mary-sue, anti-feminist, bad-body-image, trigger

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When I saw this book in the bookstore I immediately thought of She Devil.

This book is no She Devil though. There’s no Roseanne Barr type character who gets revenge while not obsessing over her faults. What we get is a book with a very insecure main character who becomes instantly beautiful and confident at the same time. While moments before, being suicidal.

Look, suicide is a huge deal. And a complex subject matter that is impacted by a number of different factors. I ...more

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