Title: Unbreakable (The Legion #1)
Author: Kami Garcia
Release date: October 1, 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR
Pages: 305
Source: ALA
Reading level: YA
I never believed in ghosts. Until one tried to kill me.
When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn’t know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings. Not until identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into Kennedy’s room and destroy a dangerous spirit sent to kill her. The brothers reveal that her mother was part of an ancient secret society responsible for protecting the world from a vengeful demon — a society whose five members were all murdered on the same night.
Now Kennedy has to take her mother’s place in the Legion if she wants to uncover the truth and stay alive. Along with new Legion members Priest and Alara, the teens race to find the only weapon that might be able to destroy the demon — battling the deadly spirits he controls every step of the way.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Kami Garcia’s solo venture but I was pleasantly surprised by it. Unbreakable is a fabulous start to an interesting new series and I am eager for more in this new world from Kami Garcia.
Unbreakable has been compared to the tv show, Supernatural, and I couldn’t find a better comparison. To be honest though, there were a few too many similarities between the show and the book. I could not stop comparing things between the show and the book. That’s truly the only reason I gave Unbreakable 4 stars instead of 5. If you haven’t seen Supernatural, you won’t have this problem but if you do watch the show, just try and stop making comparisons.
The characters were fabulous. Kennedy starts off a little whiny and I was almost positive that I was going to hate her. I thought she was going to be one of those girls who needed a man to protect her. At first, it does seem like that’s the route she’s going to take but that ended up not being the case at all. She’s eager to learn how to hunt and kill ghosts. She knows that she’s a risk to the Legion until she knows how to defend herself and she wants to change that. She’s fierce and awesome and pretty bad-ass, just like the rest of the Legion. Jared and Lukas are twins who are both super hot. They both have different reasons for wanting to help Kennedy but they are both drawn to her and she’s drawn to both of them. It was a little instalovey but not too bad. Priest and Alara were better than Jared and Lukas, in my opinion. Priest was my favorite. He was a well rounded character that I hope to learn more about in the next book. Alara was a little bitchy at first but I grew to like her.
The story is super creepy and I loved that! I’m not a big fan of horror stories but Kami Garcia did it right. The ghosts, the demons, everything was perfect. Normally horror books don’t scare me. I actually find them cheesy a lot of the time. This time I was actually creeped out and I applaud Kami Garcia for that.
Overall, Unbreakable is a must read for horror fans. I loved it and I can’t wait for more!
What others are saying about Unbreakable:
Finding Bliss in Books’ review: “A little predictable in some areas, with other flaws could’ve made this an underwhelming read but the constant action, suspense and horror will satisfy!”
Miss Page-Turner’s City of Books’ review: “Kami Garcia always has another spooky spirit up her sleeve and the legion’s five teens are easily my new favourite ghost hunters!”
A Dream of Books’ review: “I enjoyed Garcia’s world building and I loved some of the action sequences but some aspects of the book just didn’t work for me.”
Series:
Unbreakable (#1)
Unbound (#2) – 2014
Since I actually don’t watch Supernatural, this looks like a great future read for me. I love creepy books and like you, find most to be cheesy or just plain boring. Here’s hoping this one will actually give me some goosebumps!
I’m not sure if I want to read this one. I do like scary books ( I have no idea why, because I HATE scary movies) but I also have no patience for any kind of love triangle, and I think that one might be in this one.
But yay for strong heroines, even if it takes them a little bit of the story to learn how to kick butt.
I LOVE the show and I think this book had echoes of it but was also all its own. The characters were original, other than the brothers who you could connect to the show.
I loved Kennedy and I loved all the spooky places they went to.
Lovely review 🙂