The Booktique

Collide (The Taking #3) by Melissa West 

Publisher: Entangled:Teen

Publication date: February 9th 2015 

Military legacy Ari Alexander has survived alien spies, WWIV, and a changing world order. But when the new leader of Earth uses Jackson—the only boy she's ever let herself care about—to get to her, Ari has no choice but to surrender. 

To free Jackson, she agrees to travel to the national bases to train others to fight. What she discovers is a land riddled with dying people. Ari has the power to heal by turning the fighters into aliens—half-breeds like her. If she succeeds, together, they have a chance at overthrowing the alien leader, Zeus. But if she fails, everyone she holds dear will be wiped away forever.

Once again, everything Ari’s come to believe is thrown into question. In a world of uncertainty, loyalties are tested, lies are uncovered, and no one can be trusted. If Ari and Jackson have any hope at survival and at preserving a life for the future, they must fight the final war with their eyes wide open.
-From Goodreads 

Nope. It just didn't cut it for me. AT ALL. I really didn't like it....like really, really didn't like it. It was such a disappointment for me that it took over a week for me to gather my thoughts on how this could even be possible. Having loved the first two books, I thought without a doubt that this would be a home run, boys. But it just wasn't ;( . I don't know if it's because I have read so many great books since then but my opinions on her writing style and the quality of Melissa west's books have only taken a drastic turn for the worse.

Pros

Fuck..There really aren't that many :/ I guess, maybe the sweet romance 

The humor is consistent and not that bad either

Cons

unrealistic. unrealistic. unnnnreeeaalistic. When I was looking over my notes, I realized I wrote this like 28 bazillion times. Like c'mon, how fucking unrealistic is this Example: “I’ve always loved him, you know? I only ever wanted him to love me back. Tell him that, okay? Tell him that I love him.” And then her eyes turn glassy and her head droops, and I know that she’s gone.” Oh yea, cuz you just happened to coincidentally have exactly the right amount of time to say all of that. :I

Lack of emotions - this was one of the main things that turned me off. Like, no matter what is happening, you should still feel emotions when something unsettling and devastating happens. Like, who can just brush it off and say "hey, we'll deal with it later".. It just doesn't happen that way. 

The plot...not interesting at all, no sense of anticipation, nada.

The ending.. my god, I have not read such a horrific ending to a novel, much less the end of a trilogy, in a while.. It not only felt unsatisfying but rushed like even the author was getting fed-up with the crap that was "Collide" 

                                             - Alana xxx