Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan → Start Date: July 13th, 2013

[Alexa]

Feel free to join Trisha and I on this buddy read, it's hopefully going to be so much fun!! :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

woohoo!!! :D can't wait!

[Kathy]

Me too! This one has been on my radar! I'm not even sure of the plot but I love the cover! lol :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol I don't know the plot either but I've seen some friend reviews and I think we'll like it!

[Kathy]

cool!! lol :)

[Ally]

This one looks really good - I'm in!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

sorry guys, due to the move, I think I'm going to have to jump out of this buddy read :( sorry, I hope you guys love the book!

[Kathy]

I got my copy today! We'll miss you Trisha! Hope the move goes well! :)

[Kathy]

I work all day tomorrow...my one Saturday of the month...so I won't start this until probably after diner. :)

[Alexa]

That's okay Kathy!! I won't be starting it till later at the day anyway :)

How do we want to do it though? I'm guessing you guys are already loaded with buddy reads, we should read at our own pace but check back in every now and then - after 5 chapters?

[Ally]

Works for me! I'm going to try to get through a part per day, though I don't know how successful I'm going to be LOL.

[Alexa]

how have you divided it up? we could actually go with that, just like the other buddy reads. Love your schedules!!:)

[Ally]

The book has literal parts in it! LOL for once I'm not changing anything.

Part 1 - Chapters 1-5
Part 2 - Chapters 6-13
Part 3 - Chapters 14-20
Part 4 - Chapters 21-24
Part 5 - Chapters 25-29
Part 6 - Chapters 30-35

[Ally]

Part 3 is the only long one but I'll read as much as I can tomorrow!

[Alexa]

Oh I had no idea, I'm getting my copy later today but that's great then :D
Lets check in per part. I really hope this is good though!

[Kathy]

Sweet! I like that idea! I'll start later tonight! :)

[Ally]

I just started! I'm only one chapter in but:

Thus far, it reminds me of Beautiful Creatures. The beginnings are both really, really similar. I'm sure the plots diverge soon, but literally switch the boy and the girl and the story is close to identical.

[Ally]

Done with Part 1. I'm liking it!

(view spoiler)[
-Still a little too similar to Beautiful Creatures for my liking, but I'm sure it'll change soon.
- That Jared is definitely the same Jared. Awkwaaaard for Ash!
- I think that the Lynburn's are somehow involved with the weird animal skinning. Ash was too concerned about Kami investigating a bunch of kids in the woods (obviously its a little more dangerous as the ending shows, but he's new and wouldn't have known that)
(hide spoiler)]

[Kathy]

I agree Ally! I loved Beautiful Creatures!! I like that they talk inside each others heads!

I only got a couple of chapters in so I will the rest of today's and tomorrow together tomorrow.

I like it so far too! Funny name for a town though! lol! I can't wait to find out what is going on! They can't ask about the Lynburn's? What is that about? Everybody has a sort of reverence for them and even Ash did when Kami asked him about his family.

I really want to read more, but I'm so tired! I definitely read more tomorrow! :)

[Alexa]

I'm done with Part 1 too and proceeding onto Part 2.

I haven't read BC so I can't say anything about the similarity but I'm really curious as to why they can talk inside each others heads? Why them? Is it something to do with the Lynburns? Are we going to find out that Kami is something out of the ordinary?

oh and I find the town name annoying, it's long and for some reason I keep butchering it when I'm reading it in my head (yes I subvocalize :P) so I have to go over it twice which is...annoying. So to avoid that I just read 'Vale' I guess.

[Kathy]

Alexa! Don't worry because I do that to, I may be worse because if they are in say England were this one is set well then I definitely have a Brit talking in my head!!! lol! :D

The name of the town keeps throwing me too! I think Kami is something special just not sure what. Also I think her mom may have a clue as to what's going on, or at least it's implied.

I'll read more later! :)

[Kathy]

Done with part 1

Ash, Kami and Jared (view spoiler)[ Is he sweet on Kami? I don't like triangles!! Please can this not be a triangle???

I like Kami! I like that she doesn't take crap from anybody!

Jared is an A-hole!! So far anyway! lol (hide spoiler)]

What is going on? (view spoiler)[ A hut in the woods? You would think she would know of this hut in the woods if said woods backed up to her backyard. Unless whoever is doing this just built it? I don't know, but it's really weird what they're doing in there! No symbols or markings of any kind as to WTH they are doing in there! And all the screaming! Who is screaming? The animals? I don't know, but now that Jared is finally in the picture (!!!!) I can't wait for her to go back to the scene of the crime! (hide spoiler)]

[Ally]

Kathy:

(view spoiler)[
- Yep, definitely a love triangle. Except Ash is all cute and "I totally want to date you, you're awesome" and Jared is all rude and "I mean, we should be dating right now. And I wasn't asking for your permission." Hmmm... tough choice! There's been 0 evidence as to why I'd pick Jared (thus far), yet we all know it will end up being Kami and Jared in the end because anything else would be too easy (so I'm on the wrong side of the love triangle yet again! Darn.)
- Agreed, on the creepiness of the hut! It's so shady.
(hide spoiler)]

[Ally]

Just finished! And I was totally shocked by the ending. Woah.

[Kathy]

Ok sorry I'm still reading this one. I haven't been on for a couple of days. Getting back to this one and hope to be done by tomorrow! :)

[Alexa]

I feel so horrible Kathy, I'm so so sorry! I haven't had access to goodreads or any sites, I haven't been at home (actually I've had access to GR on my phone app yeah but I can't post in threads for some reason). I'm back now and I've got 20 pages left of Unspoken, shall we start Icons and Altered today then? and when we've gotten a bit into them - start Defiance and Reboot? Anyway my plan is to READ them all before this month ends and post spoiler tags in the threads so if you decide to start Reboot first then just post the usual in the thread (I think Trisha was joining us for that one too) and I'll post as soon as I get to it!

[Kathy]

That's ok no worries! We can start Icons and Altered today and then Defiance later. I haven't got a copy of Reboot, I would really like to join you guys for that one, I'm just not sure if I'll be able to. I need to check my library and the status of the order for it.

I hate posting on my phone! So I know how you feel on that end!!

[Kathy]

Ok I'm finished and I was really shocked too! There is so much going on in my head right now I'm not sure I can process without it turning into a rant! But I'll give it a try!! lol :D

Jared, Kami and Ash (view spoiler)[ Yep! Turned out to be a triangle, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be because I knew for sure which guy I liked! Jared of course! I just wanted to head slap both Jared and Kami because they had the link yet they didn't know what they felt for each other. I was glad she picked Jared though, but then at the end they had that huge fight and I want to slap them again because they shouldn't be fighting at a time like that! (hide spoiler)]

The town and WTH is going to happen now after that ending! OMG! (view spoiler)[ I'm glad we got an explanation for the name of the town, glad that was cleared up!! I did not expect it to be the uncle! And Ash! And Jared's witch of a mother!!!! Should have seen it with the uncle though when they went to Monkshood and Jared talked with him afterward!! And to leave us hanging with the story like that! When does the next one come out?!? Have to look that up!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Alexa]

wow this book has put me in the worst reading slumps of reading slump history.. I haven't picked up any book since we started this ugh but it was good!

I agree so much with you guys, the ending was shocking.. I didnt even seen that one coming (view spoiler)[Rob Lynburn? He wasnt even on my list of suspects LOL (hide spoiler)] but wow I love the ending of the book though, not your typical happily-ever-after-the-good-have-won-over-the-bad ending :D
Can't wait for the sequel! It's out late August apparently so yay.

[Kathy]

Wow! August!!! My library won't have it in time though, bummer! I may have to go out and buy it or get it some how or other!!!! :)