Devyani's Reviews > Losing Lila

It's no surprise that for me , Losing Lila was in every way the most anticipated book of this year along with Quintana of Charyn ,Insurgent and Pandemonium . With anticipation comes tons of expectations ! and when things touch your heart beyond expectations , it just means one thing and that is that you are in love .

I had jumped into Hunting Lila without a thought after reading some rave reviews about it and it didn't fail to blow me away . So if I say that Losing Lila way much much much MUCH better than Hunting Lila then does that mean that I'm dead ? because if the first one blew me away , what can we say about the second one ? It blew me and I'm still flying ? I lost my heart because this book is a tornado-ish beast ?

YES in every language .

i love this book .
do you hear that ?
I LOVE this book .
I FREAKING LOVE THIS BOOK .

While it's predecessor gave us the ever-dramatic but always lovable protagonist , Lila , this one here gave us a newer and a better version of our dearest drama queen . Lila Loveday is one female who even though makes me jealous for some distinct reasons , has the ability to never make me hate her . The growth of her character and her attitude is one of the basic things in book that makes it super . The way she embraces her powers , the love for her family , the want in her to protect them and save them and finally , her love for Alex .

Oh dear lord ...Alex..

Anywaaaay , Like I said I adore Lila ! I never understood what a protag meant when he or she said that 'my certain things sound weird but that amuses my friend' or something like , 'I slapped him and i literally looked like a hamster off to war yet behind those angry eyes there was amusement' ..Now what the protag thought or did was beyond me because whenever that 'amusement' factor was mentioned , as a reader , it was just the opposite , but here ! haha . Lila you are so amusing . If there was a LOL factor in hunting Lila , then this one here brings out the whole army of LOLs .

and that brings me to Demos and the gang . My simpsons-style group of Xmen people .
Suki . dear lord Suki . Even if there was a book written in her POV , it wouldn't be enough ! Her character is like the disco ball of the whole book ! With her comes Demos . Aww , Demos . The nice strong man made me a bit emotional in this one . Demos and Suki had been my favourites in the gang but well well , this just gets better , the characters of Nate and Key were a total surprise ! Remember Key ? the guy who beat up Alex and helped in Lila's kidnapping in HL ? That guy is like the polar opposite of the guy portrayed here ! I like feeling this connected to the book ! As i write , I realise that even though Lila and Alex were the ones in the book and even though it was them who were bearing the shock therapy of it all , by which I mean the change in the portrayal of Key's character and certain twists and turns , I was surprised too !

The course of the story is also at the right pace and was engrossing from the beginning . (view spoiler)[ To be welcomed by a shirtless Alex would make anyone happy . (hide spoiler)] I liked how things turned out ! buuut right after I finished , the only question I had was whether there was going to be a third book or not ? o.O
Oh god I hope that there is !

And since I can't stop myself , I'm just going to let it out..

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How cool was his character in this one !
I never took what he felt for Lila seriously until the events witnessed by me in this book . The way he cares about her is enough to break the hearts of other girls . His intellectual genius mind is enough for anyone to go and grab his face and kiss him senseless . His strength is enough for you to feel safe and protected . That guys is like an angel in disguise .I life , everybody deserves an Alex Wakeman . A bestfriend like him . A companion like him . A boyfriend like him...*oh dear*
The moment where you see his hurt expression of knowing that Lila can take care of herself and that she doesn't need him is so heartbreaking . Boy ego . Melts a girl's heart like puddle .
And did I mention him . without .his . shirt .
If Alex is god . then a shirtless Alex is just divine ...

That man .

(view spoiler)[And am I the only one or do you think that there is a possibility of love between Jack and Amber ? o.O (hide spoiler)]

I just want to blabber and blabber and BLABBER about how fantastic this book actually is ! I want to tell you about my insane squealing streak when I saw that this book had been finally delivered to me and which made people think that I was being kidnapped or something . I want to tell you how I had the dreamy and in reality obnoxious looking smile on my face . I want to tell you about how much I laughed ! I want to tell you that I don't just love this book because of Alex ..well maybe 70 % but uh yeaah ..What I mean to say is that there is more to this one here . The second book in the series ( i hope ) shows a better writing style , more elements of action in it and more badassness ! and I love badass .

This book is just fantastic ! and I have no words but all my love to express my happiness of finally getting to read this beauty here and finally being satisfied :D

Ps-Ms.Alderson , next book please :)