Glimpse The Retroact Saga Book 1 edition by Stacey Wallace Benefiel Paranormal Romance eBooks
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Zellie Wells has a devastating crush on Avery Adams, the son of her mom’s high school sweetheart. At her sixteenth birthday party, held in the basement of her dad’s church, she finally finds the courage to talk to him. Turns out, the devastating crush is mutual.
As Avery takes her hand and leads her out onto the makeshift dance floor, Zellie is overwhelmed by her first vision of his death; shocking because not only are they both covered in his blood, but they’re old, like thirty-five, and she is pregnant.
Afraid to tell anyone about the vision, (she’d just be labeled a freaky black magic witch, right?) Zellie keeps the knowledge of Avery’s future to herself and tries to act like any other teenager in love. When they get caught on their way to a secret rendezvous by her mom and his dad, they are forbidden to see each other.
Convinced that their parents are freaking out unnecessarily, Avery and Zellie vow to be together no matter what. They continue their relationship in secret until Zellie learns that their parents are just trying to prevent her and Avery from suffering like they did. The visions are hereditary, they’re dangerous, and if they stay together the visions will come true.
Now Zellie must choose between severing all ties with Avery, like her mom did to prevent his father’s death, and finding a way to change Avery’s future.
Glimpse The Retroact Saga Book 1 edition by Stacey Wallace Benefiel Paranormal Romance eBooks
Glimpse by Stacey Wallace BenefielFirst in the Zellie Wells trilogy
DNF at page 41
I've had Glimpse on my TBR for six years and I've had it on my Kindle for five. I was excited when I saw that this book was free on Amazon and immediately downloaded it. It's been sitting on my Kindle forever and I finally figured it was time to start going through my old Kindle books. Glimpse is definitely not for me. It's far too juvenile. The writing is absolutely horrid. It feels so awkward and cringey; it's definitely not strong writing to carry out a story, characters, or a series plot that lasts throughout three novels. This is supposed to be a paranormal novel, but it's 41 pages of intense eye-humping, stalking, obsession, and weird dialogue. I didn't even make it to the vision she has that's explained in the synopsis and I don't care why she's having visions. The synopsis gives the whole plot away and this teeny-bopper romance is just not for me.
Seriously, the stalking in this novel is creepy. Zellie stares him down throughout her father's whole sermon in church. Then there's this really creepy quote that baffled me to no end:
"I calculated. It'd been what, two months since his last haircut?"
You calculated his hair growth? WHAT? I had intense teenage crushes where I did probably way too much staring, but this is just beyond creepy and weird.
Avery, her obsession, is just as bad. His PoV reads exactly like Zellie's, which is downright uncomfortable to read. He's crazy, obsessed, and bumbles through conversations with her. This novel has no plot besides setting up a true lurv story and I'm not about to waste my precious time on books that don't make me happy.
Cover Thoughts: The cover is cute. It's blue and shiny, but also as cliche as the rest of the novel.
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Glimpse The Retroact Saga Book 1 edition by Stacey Wallace Benefiel Paranormal Romance eBooks Reviews
"Glimpse" is another young adult, supernatural-romance hybrid, but refreshingly enough it does not involve vampires and the heroine is less than helpless. Zellie Wells finds herself the next in a line of gifted Wells women, who have visions about the future...among other things that are revealed later in the book. The plot itself is fairly simple, she has a vision of something terrible and tries to stop it while dealing with a vision detailing the death of the man she loves, and a few other normal teenage-romance issues and lovingly dysfunctional family. Even with the simplicity of the plot, Benefiel does manage to make it unique, bringing an interesting take on clairvoyance and a few plot points that obviously lead into the other two books of the trilogy. While "Glimpse" might not be the kind of book you have to sit down and think about when you're finished, it's an easy read to sit back and finish in one day. It does start slowly, and as this is a short book that can be a bit of a red flag, but once Zellie starts to have her visions things pick up fairly quickly.
The four main characters of the book are Zellie, Avery (the love interest), Claire (the best friend), and Melody (the little sister). Each of them does have a unique role to play in the book, but I was disappointed in how the characters were depicted. The dialogue, as well as Zellie's inner monologue is littered with likes, sos, totallys, oh my gods, words with -tastic tacked on, and countless other tween speak stereotypes. While a few of these sprinkled within YA dialogue can fit, the sheer number of these within the book cause the characters to sound false. Instead of giving them unique and individual personalities, it causes the characters to sound like stereotypes, and a few times throughout the book it just made me think of my teen years and when my mom would pretend to talk like a teenager. It also makes the characters sound a lot younger than they're supposed to be, and I had to remind myself Zellie, Avery, and Claire were supposed to 16 and not 12 or 13, and the characters just seem a lot more true and unique in the few passages where they talk like normal people. Other than the dialogue though, Benefiel does a good job of recreating those emotions of youth such as finding your first love, relying on your best friend, and struggling to understand your parents. All of these emotions ring true and it helps redeem the characters from their immature dialogue.
Benefiel's writing style is very fluid and well put together throughout most of the book. She does an excellent job writing from the first person perspective of Zellie, but her style slips a little when she transitions into her third person descriptions of Avery (which only occur 3-4 times throughout the book) and these sections seem a little less detailed and not quite as put together. Her descriptions of visions, set apart by italic text, are also done well, creating vivid pictures and flowing smoothly back into the regular text which makes the book easy to read and follow. I would also like to congratulate Benefiel on her obvious ability to proofread. I've read multiple books over the past few months, some of which were put out by major publishing houses, which were lacking proper proofing and editing. Benefiel's book is free of typos, spelling errors, and major grammar mistakes. It was a pleasant surprise.
Overall, this is the kind of book you should sit down and read all at once. While the tween dialogue does becoming increasingly annoying the further into the book you get, it is possible to get past it for the sake of an interesting, if a little simplistic, plot. The book reads quickly and Benefiel does do an excellent job of recreating certain emotions and feelings of being a teenager. I don't think this book would hold up quite as well if it was a stand alone novel, but as the first in a trilogy it does its job well. There are parts of this book that seem to exist for the sole purpose of setting up the reader for the next book in the series (I won't tell you what they are because that would give away a few secrets) but that's not necessarily a bad thing, and even these sections are integrated into the current plot well enough that they don't seem bizarre or out of place. They will leave you with unanswered questions at the end, so if you're someone who can't stand a book that leaves plot threads untied you won't be too pleased. I was pleasantly surprised with Benefiel as a whole, and I think she's created an interesting heroine in Zellie Wells. I wouldn't put the next two books at the top of my reading list, but I won't leave them off entirely either.
I received a kindle as a gift for christmas/birthday because I have always loved to read and because I started traveling more and more. I love the kindle that I have. I had an app on my old smart phone because I always wanted to read. While traveling, having my kindle helps kill time during waiting periods, especially during lay overs. I have had some lay overs lasting over 10 hours. Having a plethora of kindle books to choice from is fun when I get ready for a trip. I selected this book in the middle of a binge purchase and I am glad I did!
I enjoy sinking my teeth into a quick read of all types of genres and being able to just stick my head into a different world allows me to escape from the world and any current stress. I love both fiction and non-fiction, allow the world of fiction reads allow you explore a new place without having to go far. I can read through a 300 page book in two days, I love connecting with a story and a character. There is a great joy from completing a good book. I can read while listening to music or even watching tv. I really do not like when someone interrupts me when I read, I can get so engrossed that I do not want to pull out and entertain conversation. The worse is when people want to talk about the book you are trying to read. If you wanted to have a conversation, you would not be reading. I do not understand why people think it is find to just randomly start conversations that are not needed.
I have found that the kindle fad has started to dwindle, but it is a great innovation that I am happy to have because of that access to millions of titles and I look forward to downloading more as I plan more travels and can travel to new worlds in my head before traveling to new lands.
Glimpse by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
First in the Zellie Wells trilogy
DNF at page 41
I've had Glimpse on my TBR for six years and I've had it on my for five. I was excited when I saw that this book was free on and immediately downloaded it. It's been sitting on my forever and I finally figured it was time to start going through my old books. Glimpse is definitely not for me. It's far too juvenile. The writing is absolutely horrid. It feels so awkward and cringey; it's definitely not strong writing to carry out a story, characters, or a series plot that lasts throughout three novels. This is supposed to be a paranormal novel, but it's 41 pages of intense eye-humping, stalking, obsession, and weird dialogue. I didn't even make it to the vision she has that's explained in the synopsis and I don't care why she's having visions. The synopsis gives the whole plot away and this teeny-bopper romance is just not for me.
Seriously, the stalking in this novel is creepy. Zellie stares him down throughout her father's whole sermon in church. Then there's this really creepy quote that baffled me to no end
"I calculated. It'd been what, two months since his last haircut?"
You calculated his hair growth? WHAT? I had intense teenage crushes where I did probably way too much staring, but this is just beyond creepy and weird.
Avery, her obsession, is just as bad. His PoV reads exactly like Zellie's, which is downright uncomfortable to read. He's crazy, obsessed, and bumbles through conversations with her. This novel has no plot besides setting up a true lurv story and I'm not about to waste my precious time on books that don't make me happy.
Cover Thoughts The cover is cute. It's blue and shiny, but also as cliche as the rest of the novel.
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