Daphne's Reviews > Hunting Lila

2.5 Stars.

I'm not very impressed with Hunting Lila, I pretty much wanted to stop reading it as soon as I started but I wanted to give it a fair chance. The second half of the book is better than the first, which is the only reason I finished it at all.

The first half of the book is nothing but romance, and annoyingly written romance at that. Lila can move things with her mind, but she spends more time obsessing over Alex than she does wondering about her weird powers. She could literally not stop thinking or talking about him for more than two pages, and it seemed like she didn't really care about anyone else in the world, not even her brother.

I personally find the age difference between Alex and Lila a little big at their age, especially since they seemingly basically grew up together. Lila claims to have been in love with him her whole life, often thinking back to things she did as a kid like planning their dream wedding when she was a little girl. This aspect of her feelings for him made it feel a little weird to me.

The story picks up in the second half but then it felt very rushed, the pacing just felt off. I think if the first half had had a little less swooning over Alex and a little more action, it would have felt more natural. The author doesn't really take the time to flesh out any of the characters aside from Lila, even Alex feels kind of flat. Lila's brother was very hard to understand or sympathise with, I don't like how Alex trusts Lila more and believes in her more than her own brother does.

The romance basically killed my enjoyment of this book for me, as well as any interest I had in the sequel.