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A somewhat entertaining read. There were a lot of parts that dragged but the main issue I had with Untold was that there was too much ridiculous teen drama, and not enough actual storyline.

-The characters were a bit of a mixed bag. I absolutely loathed Jared and Holly, they were fucking awful� Kami, Angela, and Rusty on the other hand were more or less decent enough.

-One thing that really irritated me was that most of the teen drama was down to a lack of communication. I hate when things are dragged out or angsty just because certain characters can't hold a simple fucking conversation � all it does is make everything come across as contrived and ridiculous.

-Some of the writing and dialogue was awkward, and there were parts that didn't flow very well.

-For most of Untold there wasn't much going on plot wise. Rob and his evul sorcerers threatened Kami and co at the beginning, and then Kami and the gang half heartedly tried to find ways to beat the bad guys whilst whining about their love lives, and the showdown at the end was utterly underwhelming. There was way too much misunderstandings, angst, and relationship nonsense� And not enough meaty plot.

-Kami was a decent enough heroine (mostly). What did piss me off about her was like all other YA heroines she kept jumping to conclusions, and instead of talking to her friends (Jared mainly), she kept things to herself and created unnecessary drama.
I did like that Kami had a strong bond with her family and some of her friends � most heroines tend to be loners or misunderstood idiots, so it was nice having a heroine who didn't act all speshul and emo.
I did find it weird how Kami appointed herself the leader and took charge of trying to find ways to stop Rob and his evul sorcerers. She wasn't magical or knowledgeable, yet Jared/Ash and everyone else were cool about following her lead about things that she knew very little about. It wasn't like her investigative skills were all that great � it just made no sense whatsoever that her more powerful and more experienced friends were perfectly okay with letting Kami be in charge.
I was really disappointed by Kami's calm reaction when she stumbled upon Jared and Holly's hot and heavy make out session, it was weird how quickly she got over it. Not only that, it was super pathetic how she jumped into a relationship with Jared so soon after him hooking up with Holly - why would she want him a couple of days after he was all over one of her best friends? Where was her self respect?

-Jared was such a whiny-self-pitying-selfish-bitchy-douche. He treated Kami like dirt and then whined when she didn't worship the ground he walked on. No matter how many times he claimed to have feelings for her it never rang true � not once did he actually act like he loved her. He didn't respect her, he ignored her, he told her he hated her, and he bitched at her. He showed more respect, passion and feeling towards Holly - he was all over her in the pub and it was obvious how desperate he was for some Holly action. His sudden 'I love Kami' mantra was ridiculous � he hadn't done anything that supported that statement. All he ever did around Kami was act like a bitch, and since when does that equal love?
Ugh, I HATED Jared. Kami deserved better than that fucking fucker.

-Holly was a horrible friend. I felt sorry for her in regard to her family situation and the secrets she had to keep, but I hated how she was all over Ash and Jared when she knew that Kami once liked Ash, and that Kami was in love with Jared. There was no excuse for it, her being in a difficult situation didn't mean it was okay for her to stab Kami in the back just to make herself better. What kind of friend does that? Kami was nothing but supportive of her, and even Angela made it clear that she'd help Holly with anything. But because Holly was a selfish cow, she rejected them and chose to fuck over Kami because she was a vile cow.
I HATED how Holly treated Angela. She knew that Angela was having a difficult time with her sexuality and instead of being there for her� She acted disgusted. I hope Holly doesn't suddenly realise she wants Angela - I don't want Angela dating someone who treated her like rubbish and acted like she had a disease of some sort. Angela deserves better than a cow who's done nothing but hurt her.

-Ash was meh. I didn't really see the point of him. Kami and co should have told him to fuck off after what he did in the first book, he didn't deserve to have any friends. Angela should have killed him or at the very least seriously hurt him - I don't know how she could be in the same room as him when he'd been planning to killing her.

-I knew Ash and Jared would turn out to be half brothers.

-I loved Rusty, he was really funny. He was definitely more suited to Kami than Jared. I really want a Rusty/Kami HEA.

-Angela was as likeable as ever. Her friendship with Kami was really sweet. She definitely needs a new love interest, I don't want her settling for Holly after all the shit that happened between them. She needs someone that actually respects and appreciates her.

-Kami and co were never in any lessons and they didn't seem to do any school work. They should have at least been a little bit busy with assignments and studying - instead all they did was sleuth, angst, whine, and fight evul.

-That whole Matthew arc seemed pointless. I'm guessing there'll be some Matthew related discovery in the next book. I really don't know why there was so much time wasted on it in this book - the Matthew arc went nowhere.

-Where did Kami's mum disappear to at the end?

-Some parts seemed really preachy and heavy handed in regard to sexuality and whatnot.

-I have no doubt that Rob will break Jared in the next book, and Jared will be all cold and evul for a while, he'll hurt Kami and co in some way, and then Kami will try to save him, and at the last minute he'll join the god guys, and all his douchey behaviour will be forgiven. Ugh, I hope he dies.

All in all, it was a decent enough read, it just needed to be less teen-drama centric and more plot centric.