Glitched - eBook

Glitched is a unique concept for a story, nothing like I’ve read before. For the most part it was a face paced book, however some of the “dream / flashbacks” were slow to read and I found myself skimming the long ones. I was an ARC reader for this and honestly was impressed by the modernistic plot on an ancient civilization. I look forward to reading the next book.

The characters are well written. Aleesa is such a bad ass, I even liked her when she had amnesia. She knows how to get things done and take care of herself. Damon is sexy and caring and also a total badass.

The scenario,

**spoilers**

Bioengineered disease released and an ultra secret ancient civ who polices the world of bad guys trying to prevent them stop it…. plus a corp trying to genetically select the future population. I want more about all of this! After living through a pandemic, this topic is fun to read and also nerve wracking because now the idea is in my head (lol).

I dove in the first night of reading expecting to get a couple chapters in and call it a night. Several hours later and many chapters in I was completely hooked in. Very good level of detail, and pretty good character development. As a car guy, naming off car models was an unexpected surprise and helped mentally paint the picture of what the author was going for. The action sequences were very well done and lead to some very good chapter to chapter cliffhangers that kept me wanting to read more. Highly recommend this and the future releases!

I honestly don’t think I could put into words how this book made me feel! The action, mystery, sci-fi and romance amazing! Absolutely incredible! Can’t wait for book 2!

Favorite quote would have to be…
“ I’m no one.” “ just the one you chose to prey on tonight. And boy was that a mistake” - Alessa

No doubt about it, Glitched was a GOOD book. The concept is super unique and I had such a good time reading this book and I’m forever grateful for the author for sending me an eARC.

Alessa had such an attitude and I loved her for it. Damon’s protectiveness for Alessa broke my heart and it’s obvious they truly love each other. Again, the concept was such a neat one and it was executed in such a good way.

However, there were a few things I noticed that bothered me or just didn’t fit right.

The first being the narration: third person pov. That’s not the problem. The problem is that although it’s Alessa’s POV, or Damon’s POV, they’re knowing things before they’re supposed to know them, or knowing things are going on that they shouldn’t.

Example: character a is pretending to be asleep but she also knows character b is grabbing a black t shirt and blue jeans, he’s tearing a price tag off and grabbing a pair of black combat boots. If she’s pretending to be asleep, how does she know this.

Alessa’s knowing her eyes turn green WAAAAY before she meets Damon and he explains everything to her about who she is and what she does. Alessa knew Damon’s name WAAAAY before she figured it out, back when Damon was insistent on her not knowing anything about him. That might’ve just been a typo but still. There’s definitely more but these stuck out.

And then some things just seemed OOC for some scenes. Damon helps Alessa rescue Camden and literally the next scene he’s saying that they shouldn’t help him and to basically let him die.

Like ???

Some things are stated like we already know what they mean or what happened but were never explained to us in the first place. We’re supposed to just know.

And the way Damon explained the whole Sparta thing to Alessa, it was like he was talking to a kid. Yes she doesn’t have her memory but she’s 24 years old. Definitely not a kid. Some of the dialogue seemed juvenile and was repetitive and out of left field. Damon would be explaining something super serious and then “oh I almost forgot (xyz)” and it’s decidedly not serious. And he would repeat info even though we just read about it two paragraphs before.

Also… the way something would be described as seductively (see: girl stretching and finding some clothes) or sexual (see: guy moaning in pain as he’s DYING) just made me go ???? And the way things get all hot and spicy AS HES DYING??!!! Like they’re literally full on *this* close from having sex as the guy is in a fevered sleep, literally TWO DAYS away from dying.

Yall I can’t make this stuff up. It wasn’t the sex that bothered me (although it was written kinda 😬😬😬) it was the fact that he was in a fevered sleep during it.

Idk yall. I’m definitely gonna read the next one if I’m given the chance (esp considering that cliffhanger), but I just couldn’t not say what I had an issue with and I hope I don’t get attacked for this.

Wow. It is hard to put into words the emotions and questions that go through your head as you read this book. It begins with a young girl who is tortured and has her memory wiped. She tries to start her life over while also fearing for it. Something is different about her, but she doesn’t have any explanations. The memories begin to slowly come to her during her dreams but it’s a jumble and out of order. Who is she? Where is she from? Does anyone know she’s missing? Alessa new life and old life begin to merge as the whole world seems to be falling apart. A disease is taking over, she has abilities she can’t explain and someone from her old life comes to find her, but how will that affect her? Glitched is not a book you can put into one category. It isn’t one genre. It is a multitude. There’s action, suspense, love, spice, and even some mystery. It’s hard to put down as you want to learn about her past and will you want answers to questions about her present snd future too. You just want more. What’s going to happen to her and the new life she’s living? What happened in her old life that landed her in a place being tortured? Then it all builds up to an ending that’s not really an ending because now you’re desperately waiting for the next book. Be prepared to go through a rollercoaster ride as you read it, but it is worth every minute!