Yet another free book, Fallen Star had potential. The premise was interesting and fresh, the idea of someone without emotions seemed cool. But the book does not fulfill much of its potential. I started reading this book despite reading several bad reviews of it, and am sad to say that I found the reviews to be very accurate.

Let's start off with the main character. Gemma is supposed to have only recently experienced emotions, but she seems to have a good handle on them. She is not confused or worried at all by these new feelings, besides a suspicion that she might be going crazy in the first few chapters. Not only that, but she's annoying, incompetent, and whiny. She expects everything to go her way. While her incompetence can be excused, as she knows very little about the creatures that are trying to kill her, she takes offense when others try to protect her, seemingly thinking she can handle it on her own. She is a self-proclaimed 'brat' and doesn't seem to care.

Then there's Alex, the love interest. To be honest, I very strongly dislike him. Yes, he's described as being hot (in fact, he's described as "always looking perfect" by Gemma), but he's nothing but rude to Gemma and even his sister, and has a strong prejudice against Laylen. He often lies to her, and even admits it. He is quite simply a jerk. Even Gemma says so at one point. The only time he acts nice to her is when he thinks she's dying.

Alex's sister, Aislin, isn't that bad, but she falls a little flat. It seems that she is only there to make the boys-to-girls ratio even and be a quick escape. In fact, the only character I find interesting is Laylen the vampire. He's kind, understanding, and doesn't think he's the best thing in the world. He tells Gemma the truth, unlike Alex, and really sees the corruption in their world.

Now on to the writing. It is very elementary, and gets boring and repetitive after a while. There is little complexity; it's almost as if the author us trying to keep her sentences as short as possible. There are far too many descriptions of clothing. Gemma, the narrator, often talks to her reader, which is incredibly annoying; though sometimes it can be done tastefully, this is not one of those cases. At least it isn't written in present tense.

The only reason I finished Fallen Star was the interesting storyline, otherwise I would have put it down long ago.