Synopsis from Goodreads
Title: The Farm (The Farm #1)
Author: Emily McKay
Publication Date: 4 December 2012
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Paperback, 420 pages
Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other…
And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible.
Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help…
Carter was a schoolmate of Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat to the human race...
My Thoughts
I have a love-hate relationship with this book. I'm not sure if I'm enjoying it or frustrated with it. The action was good, but it had a lot of flaws, especially with the characters.
Lilly is one of the worst characters I have ever read about. Reading her every action was getting on my nerves; I'd roll my eyes everytime she'd get angry or disgusted with anything. She never trusts anyone; there's ALWAYS a scene when she's okay with Carter, then she'll go back to being angry and doubtful.
I was like.. "OH GOSH, not AGAIN..." I was soo tired of her whining.
On the other hand, the characters I loved were Mel and McKenna. Their character development was perfect; it never got boring reading about them.
Worst character developments, other than Lilly's, were Sebastian and Carter.
Carter being all sparkly eyes with Lilly was over-the-top. his love towards Lilly was never Romantic; there wasn't even an ounce of excitement reading about them
Sebastian: I really wanted him to be a kick-ass vampire, but I totally didn't feel his strength or presence. True that he had some gory action scenes, but it was nothing (Boring to be more precise).
Aside from all that negative review, the ending was good. True that it had a VERY predictable twist (since the synopsis clearly states it out), it still had a decent ending. Like I said, MEL is one of my favorite characters in THE FARM and I have a feeling that the second book is going to revolve around her, so I'm definitely going to read it!
Lilly is one of the worst characters I have ever read about. Reading her every action was getting on my nerves; I'd roll my eyes everytime she'd get angry or disgusted with anything. She never trusts anyone; there's ALWAYS a scene when she's okay with Carter, then she'll go back to being angry and doubtful.
I was like.. "OH GOSH, not AGAIN..." I was soo tired of her whining.
On the other hand, the characters I loved were Mel and McKenna. Their character development was perfect; it never got boring reading about them.
Worst character developments, other than Lilly's, were Sebastian and Carter.
Carter being all sparkly eyes with Lilly was over-the-top. his love towards Lilly was never Romantic; there wasn't even an ounce of excitement reading about them
Sebastian: I really wanted him to be a kick-ass vampire, but I totally didn't feel his strength or presence. True that he had some gory action scenes, but it was nothing (Boring to be more precise).
Aside from all that negative review, the ending was good. True that it had a VERY predictable twist (since the synopsis clearly states it out), it still had a decent ending. Like I said, MEL is one of my favorite characters in THE FARM and I have a feeling that the second book is going to revolve around her, so I'm definitely going to read it!
2.5/5
Xoxo Meera
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