Arclight (Arclight #1) by Josin L. McQuein - Starting January 21st 2014

[Sarah Elizabeth]

No one crosses the wall of light . . . except for one girl who doesn’t remember who she is, where she came from, or how she survived. A harrowing, powerful debut thriller about finding yourself and protecting your future—no matter how short and uncertain it may be.

The Arclight is the last defense. The Fade can’t get in. Outside the Arclight’s border of high-powered beams is the Dark. And between the Light and the Dark is the Grey, a narrow, barren no-man’s-land. That’s where the rescue team finds Marina, a lone teenage girl with no memory of the horrors she faced or the family she lost. Marina is the only person who has ever survived an encounter with the Fade. She’s the first hope humanity has had in generations, but she could also be the catalyst for their final destruction. Because the Fade will stop at nothing to get her back. Marina knows it. Tobin, who’s determined to take his revenge on the Fade, knows it. Anne-Marie, who just wishes it were all over, knows it.

When one of the Fade infiltrates the Arclight and Marina recognizes it, she will begin to unlock secrets she didn’t even know she had. Who will Marina become? Who can she never be again?

Abbie and I will be reading this on January 22nd 2014. Everybody welcome ☺

[Abi]

Starting now. :)

[Abi]

Chapter 2 - (view spoiler)[ Good so far. Slightly confusing though. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

What the hell is going on?!

[Abi]

Yep, it's really confusing.
On chapter 5 now, and it's still the same. :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

definitely confusing.

[Abi]

Chapter 9 - I'm bored.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 - looks like we're about to get an info dump :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ i know they have the arc light, but do they not still have daylight during the day? he says that the dark is encroaching on the light, and their territory is shrinking, but does that mean that they can't fix things a bit during the day? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ okay, i just got to the bit where he said 'the suns only just set' (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

well at the moment I'm seriously glad that I haven't already downloaded the sequel from edelweiss.

[Abi]

Would have been like Earth girl all over again, haha.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

and

[Abi]

Ick, under the never sky.
I can't bring myself to read book two. It's just going to be sitting on my shelf gathering dust.
Same with

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I am so glad i didn't already buy rebel heart!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ the fade is afriad of her! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

I am so freaking bored! :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

snap.

[Abi]

Even the "exciting" bits are dull.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I just wish it would get a move on.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

end of chapter 17 (view spoiler)[ well that was about as clear as mud. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

I'm on chapter 21. It's got a move on, but it's still boring me, and there's no characters in it that i like.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I don't know what it is, but i just want it to end already. i do kinda want to know what happens, but the book just doesn't feel worth reading.

[Abi]

I'm feeling the exact same. :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 23 (view spoiler)[ so the fades are actually just humans living with the parasite, and the fades think that they are dark because they don't have the parasites? weird. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

i wish this would just finish already :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 26 (view spoiler)[ so marina was a fade, but they cured her, and now the parasite 'cherish' is gone? bit odd. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "i wish this would just finish already :("

So close to finishing! Hope our next reads are decent.

[Abi]

Finished!