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Reader reviewed by Maura (Monster Of Books)

Ever read one of those, 100 Things You Should Do Before You Die books? Well Need
By Carrie Jones is on there!!! It's a Must Read!!! You'll regret not
reading this paranormal/fantasy romance book. The author brings it all
in 336 pages: Good Plot, Suspense, Emotion, fast paste and an amazing
story. I found myself in love with all the characters, particularly
Nick & Zara. They're such a good pair together, I mean they're so
cute. I love how they're being so stubborn to admit the truth, it's
adorable. I mean Grandma Betty is more open about there relationship
then they are. I also enjoyed the character development in Zara (the
protagonist). I enjoyed knowing that everyone kind of made her out to
be a damsel in the distress at first but in the end she is able to
stand on her own two feet. Also it's interesting the theory that she
doesn't need to think big to save the world, it can be a small way. Am
I making any sense???
The best thing about Need
other then the great story and cool characters, is the dialogue. It's
priceless, and probably the best dialogue I've read in a long time.
It's so funny and down to earth. What they said made me laugh and made
me like this book even more. For example: "'Okay,
just don't hurt Yoko.' 'Yoko?' 'My car.' 'You named your car Yoko? As
in Ono?' 'You have a better name?' 'How about Subaru?'" (Page.65). That's only one example, another one is: "Think
about it. For almost seventeen years my mom hasn't come back here.
Why?' 'It's cold,' Devyn says. 'It's creepy," Issie adds." (Page.263).
With
dialogue like that, how can you not love a book like this? The story
brings tons of suspense too, especially in a scene where pixies come
after Zara. I really felt what she felt, I was so in tuned with her it
was unbelievable. Some of the plot twists are easy to guess, but others
you won't see coming. The ending leaves you wanting more, but isn't a
cliffhanger. And the only real thing that bothered me about this book
is at first it felt very unrealistic of how Zara handle the knowledge
of pixies. But once getting into the story more, you start to
understand why she acts like that and becomes pretty real.
Another
intriguing fact is that each chapter had a phobia name on it!! It was
so cool, did you know you can have a phobia of school? or a phobia of
girls? or phobia of pixies *O.K Zara made that one up!!!*.
I enjoyed this story so much and am so excited to read Captivate (the sequel). This is a must read, Carrie Jones did a excellent job and I praise her for that.