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*3.75 LORIEN STARS*

"When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope."

This was my first time reading this book and it was a pretty okay read. I wasn't blown away but it wasn't bad either. I watched the movie adaption about 4 years ago when it first came out but I didn't remember a lot of it so the story was still quite "new" to me.

One thing that immediately annoyed me was John's name. I mean, John Smith? Seriously? I felt like I was watching/reading Pocahontas or something! I sincerely hope he'll change his identity in the next book and will go by a different name soon! (Or that the next book will be from a different perspective alltogether, maybe Six or something?)

Another thing was the insta-love between him and Sarah. I thoroughly dislike stories with insta-love with a passion. In the book, he saw Sarah walking around with her camera for the first time and BAM, he was sold, and vice versa! I mean, come on, I get that the story needed to progress really fast, but I would've liked to see some development in their relationship before they fell head over heels in love.

The action in the end made up for a lot though! I literally breezed through the last 100 pages, so much was happening and it was totally badass. Sometimes it was a bit chaotic but I really didn't mind. The last few pages really made me cry, but I feel like it was needed for John's journey to finally take off. I feel like interesting things are going to happen in the future, together with Six, Sam and Bernie Kosar.

I'm definitely going to read the rest of the series one day, I think I'm just going to wait a few weeks to start with the second book because I feel like reading something different right now.