5 out of 5 Stars –Very sweet, lovely story about an eighteen
year old girl Kama who lives in a perfect, settled future with a perfect
boy, Liam… However, her world turns upside down…
A “fantasy romance series” that will “entertain romance lovers.”
Here’s the set-up:
A
Dystopian world where everyone’s future is planned out for them at age
18…whether it is what a person desires or not. Kama is about to turn
18 and she thinks her Life s Plan will turn out like her boyfriend’s and
friend’s as they desired. But when she glimpse a young man who can
communicate with her with his thoughts and knows her name…a young man
with burning blue eyes and raven hair, who is dressed like no other in
her world, she is left to question her Life’s Plan and her destiny.
Knowing the truth can destroy everyone… Within the book itself, find
out how you can win a SIGNED Kindle!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!! :)),
May 25, 2011 ByAmazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?)
This review is from: DESIRE (Desire #1) (Kindle Edition)
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is fast-moving, and you won’t be able to put the book down once you start reading it.
The main character, Kama lives in Arcadia, where her boyfriend,
Liam is the son of the founder and governor of Arcadia. In every
person’s 18th birthday, they get their own Life Plan, where it is
written who they would marry, where would they would live and how many
children they would have. Kama, who is soon turning 18, expects her Life
Plan to tell her she would marry Liam, where she would live happily
ever after, but that never happened. After that, she finds out a secret
which her mother was hiding from her and an enchanting boy, called
Torrid shows up.
I really am a fan of Kailin Gow!! I like how her books’ endings
make you want to buy (or wait, in this case) the next book in the
series. I really loved this book.
Buy this book and you won’t regret it! 😉
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Desire this book!,
June 26, 2011 ByThis review is from: Desire (Desire #1) (Paperback)
DESIRE: Book 1 in the Desire Series by Kailin Gow
Desire introduces you to a strange new world where your whole life
is planned out for you at age 18. Even if you want one thing for
yourself whatever is planned out is what you must do…or else.
Desire follows the story of Kama. A young girl who is about to turn
18. Her life is perfect and she hopes that her life’s plan will have her
life following the path she’s on now. She hopes that her plan will be
just as she wishes just like her boyfriend’s and her best friend’s have.
Everything was going exactly as it should be until she comes across a
mysterious yound man who captures her attention with one glance, and is
able to speak to her in her mind. All it took was one gently whisper in
her head and a gorgeous face to go with it and Kama is thrown into a
world she never expected.
When Kama receives her life’s plan in the mail she’s left in shock,
it’s nothing like she expected and her boyfriend Liam is no longer in
the picture. Heartbroken and torn on what to do now Kama and Liam try to
find a way to fix what is wrong and put Kama back on to the path she
was meant to be. But is it what Kama truely wants. With an empty life’s
plan Kama doesn’t know what to do. She knows she can’t be with Liam now
that he wasn’t mentioned in her plan and the thought of that rips her
apart. Her heart aches to be with him because that’s all she’s ever
wanted, but her mind now wanders to the mysterious man with the power to
speak to her from a distance.
As Kama delves deeper into the world she’s lived in all her life she
begins to question the truth behind Arcadia. Her eyes are opened to
what happens behind the scenes, the truth about her family is revealed
as well as what Liam’s father has really been doing with Arcadia, and
Kama must learn to accept the path she’s been given because it’s a gift,
giving her the power to explore the truth behind every lie.
Desire was a new and interesting story in the YA genre. It has you
wondering about the true nature of this so-called perfect world. Will
Kama discover the truth about her life? Will her life’s plan give her
freedom or just cause more problems. Desire was mysterious and engaging
with an ending that leaves you wanting more.
Another great read by Kailin Gow!
Melissa Silva
The Bookshelf