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Spark (Spark, #1)

Rachael Craw

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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Spark- June 2016 BOTM

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Jun 09, 2016 Jananee (headinherbooks) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016-reads

The Rating: 4/5

The Overall, Non-Spoiler Review:
YAY! Another win for Oz fiction! (even though technically Rachael is from NZ but it was still awesome). And another win for YA sci-fi which I am finding that I love just as much as YA fantasy and I hope that all the future books I read can be as fun as this one.

This book had many wins - it was fast paced, had a wonderful flow to the story, great family dynamics (which is INCREDIBLY rare in YA fiction) and a great romance that didn't overpower t ...more

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Oct 18, 2015 Lynette Noni rated it really liked it

I seriously enjoyed this book! The concept is really cool—not to mention, unique—and the characters were all very realistic and likeable. I devoured it in one sitting - so that alone says enough!

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Feb 15, 2019 Becky Johnson rated it it was amazing

Spark follows 17 year old Evie who has just lost her mother and is trying to get through life under her Mother’s twin, Aunt Miriam’s, roof.
Whilst grieving, Evie starts to feel weird throughout her body, growing pains, pins and needles, heart palpitations, bursts of adrenaline, dizziness, all things that would disappear if she were near her best friend Kitty.

“Your body’s been changing, preparing to Spark”
“Priming prepares your body to respond to a spark”

Evie’s Aunt explains the priming that is h ...more

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May 01, 2015 Tamika rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2015, 2016

Reread: December 2016

First read: December 2015

I love when you pick up a random book, having no idea of plot and reviews and end up just devouring it because it is just so good. This is what happened with Spark.

I did take me a few chapters before I started to enjoy the story line. By the 100 page mark everything about Evie and her world had been explained. It was all thrown at me at once with many technical words and acronyms. It was such an overload of information that I needed to remember. That ...more

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Jan 09, 2016 Sophie Payne rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2016

I liked this book. It was different to what I expected, it was more of a contemporary with science elements, than a dystopian.
I felt the writing was simplistic, but it flowed well, and was a very fast read.
After the first hundred pages I felt much more connected to Evie and the other characters, and ultimately I thought the plot twist and the ending was very well done. I will be continuing this series.

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