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    Hunting Lila
    Hunting Lila
    Hunting Lila
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    Hunting Lila

    By Sarah Alderson

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    17-year-old Lila has two secrets she's prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that she's been in love with her brother's best friend, Alex, since forever. After a mugging exposes her unique ability, Lila decides to run to the only people she can trust - her brother and Alex. They live in Southern California where they work for a secret organisation called The Unit, and Lila discovers that the two of them are hunting down the men who murdered her mother five years before. And that they've found them. In a world where nothing and no one is quite as they seem, Lila quickly realises that she is not alone - there are others out there just like her - people with special powers -and her mother's killer is one of them…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateAug 4, 2011
    ISBN9780857071965
    Hunting Lila
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    Sarah Alderson

    Sarah Alderson is a London-born, LA-based writer whose previous books include Friends Like These (Mulholland), In Her Eyes (Mulholland), The Weekend Away (HarperCollins) and The Stalker (HarperCollins). Sarah is also a screenwriter; her adaptation of The Weekend Away will soon be streaming on Netflix. You can follow @sarahalderson on Twitter and @sarahaldersonauthor on Instagram.

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    • 2/5
      I wanted to like this book. The writing is strong, the pacing is fantastic, the premise is good, the plot slots together nicely. I want to say that it is a good book. This is probably true. I want to say it is a great read. I can't.Why? Because I ground my teeth all the way through. I read it to get it over with, because it was good enough that I didn't want to put it down, but damn it, would it just end already. And then the ending - feels like there is a sequel over the horizon. Which - good, because there were a lot of interesting avenues that could be explored - and - bad, because I might be tempted to read it. And then I'll get cranky at them all again. I get that the point of view character is 17, and stressed, and obsessed with one particular young man who spends a lot of the novel in the same room with her. But the constant references to the buff nature of different parts of his body - bored silly. Lila, the hero of the title, has a bad experience near her home in London, and deals with it by running off to the US to her brother Jack. Who is really unimpressed with having her lob in on him, not because he doesn't want to see her, but because he thinks that it is dangerous for her to be there. Which he won't actually come out and say, so she spends quite a while being quite believably teen-angsty about the whole situation. And then the truth comes out. Which is the pattern of the novel -- Lila misunderstands something, angsts (or obsesses over her brother's best friend Alex), some truth comes out. Over, and over again. Layers of an onion, things like that. This constant rearranging the point of view, changing the perspective on the information already available, is one of the strengths of the story. Lila is busy trying to make her world view settle down into something she can cope with, and the reader is dragged along for the ride. This is either a romance with very heavy suspense/action on the side, or an action/suspense/adventure story with very heavy romance on the side. Either way, to really enjoy this book, I think that both of these will need to appeal to the reader. Rating: story quality 7/10, enjoyment 3/10. Given that this is a first book there is potential for great things, although from the teaser for the second book, I'm not going to like it either.
    • 4/5
      You know how people say they're going to try not to go into a book with high expectations? People like me, that is. Well, it's easier said than done. And it almost always ends in disappointment. Hunting Lila is a perfect example of this. I was so psyched to be holding this after all the high ratings and amazing reviews I'd read, particualrly by some trusted GR friends. Sadly, I found this book lacking.Lila is a telekinetic. After a mugging reveals the ability she's been trying to hide for years, she flees to California where her brother Jack and his best friend Alex are. Having barely enough time to recover from the mugging, she learns that they have been looking for the people who murdered her mother. More than that, they've found them. And now Lila herself is being hunted. In a series of twists and turns, and a lot of running, she soon discovers that appearances are not always reliable.Alderson wastes no time in cutting straight to the action, burning an impression on us from the very first page. The thing about that is that you expect it to be consistent, but the opening was impressive nevertheless. Few books get straight to the point so quickly, even fewer do it successfully. Soon after, however, I was instead struck by how the writing didn't seem to flow. I hoped this would improve and to be fair, it did - to an extent. Transitions were another thing I don't think the author was particularly successful at; events, actions, places or pieces of information would suddenly jump from one to another with no bridge between them.I can't say I felt a huge connection to Lila. When she wasn't thinking about Alex, who she was in love with, she focused on the task at hand, which was definitely a plus point. Granted, she spent a lot of time trying to distance herself from and minimalise her part in situations, but she was determined to find out the truth about what was going on. I liked that persistence; it made her a stronger character. And eventually, she stopped running. She realised that she was a part of this fight and that the best thing she could do was accept that responsibility. I definitely liked seeing that change in her.But that was the problem - she spent too much time thinking about Alex. Whenever something happened, or something important came up, she was too easily distracted by thoughts of him. Quite frankly, I found it very annoying. She could be quite childish about him, and made some assumptions that were both ridiculous and obviously wrong. Her obsession got in the way of letting the reader know more about her - like what it was like coming back to America and seeing her brother years later; like reflecting on her mother's murder. Important information like that was rushed, which meant we only really got to see one side of her in depth, and therefore hard to connect to. However, the relationship between Lila and Alex was unhurried and sweet; while I wasn't swooning, I liked that he was gentle and respected Lila enough to tell her the truth. His behaviour towards her, and their subsequent relationship, were realistic, making it all the more believable. I loved, too, the bond between Lila and Jack.One of the great things about this book was how unpredictable it was. As I was reading it, I thought I knew who the good guys were and who the bad guys were, and that I had a fairly reasonable grip on what was going on - only to find out that I, like our three main characters, had got it completely wrong. I have to say, the last 60 pages were probably my favourite section of the book. It had action, emotion and surprise, all of which completely drew me in. I loved the tension that was created, and the opening made for the sequel. The ending is where I started to see character development and to feel more of a connection to the characters - all of them.While I didn't enjoy this book as much as I'd hoped I would, it remained an engaging read nevertheless. I felt no great enthusiasm for Lila, but I didn't hate her either. The plot line itself was great, and the fact that it wasn't predictable meant that I was actually kept on the edge of my seat at times. All the elements that I felt were disappointing built up to an end which made me more than happy, and it definitely has me wanting to read the second one.This review is also posted on my blog.
    • 4/5
      I’ve read a few less than stellar reviews of Hunting Lila so I was prepared to be disappointed, but perhaps because I wasn’t expecting anything I enjoyed it immensely. For me this book is a thrilling adventure as Lila struggles to understand her powers and find acceptance among the two people she loves the most in the world.I seem to be in the minority in that I liked Lila’s character – her irrationality and hopelessness in the face of her feelings for Alex seem realistic to me. Things are further complicated by the fact that Alex is her brother’s best friend, and is likely to see her as a sister. I also liked Lila’s sass and stubborn nature and although she sometimes behaves stupidly around Alex, I kind of found it endearing instead of annoying. On the other hand, I found her brother Jack to be pretty unstable, and sometimes I wanted Lila to get away from him because I thought he was dangerous.The plot of this book is amazing – never letting up as things get more exhilarating with every page and Lila suddenly finds herself pursued by the same people who killed her mother. The exciting adventures are offset by the romance that develops between Alex and Lila, and although this aspect of the story never took over the urgency of Lila’s situation, it is very sweet to read.While I did not appreciate all the secrets Alex and Jack kept from Lila regarding the mysterious Unit that they both work for, I completely understood Lila’s curiosity. Much like the proverbial cat, knowing that they are hiding the details of their jobs from her only makes Lila want to know even more, which I found amusing until it all went wrong. I really didn’t like Lila’s father for the same reasons – he seems hell-bent on keeping secrets from his daughter in a misguided attempt to keep her safe, but abandons her for days on end in London.Hunting Lila is a great start to what is shaping up to be an awesome series – the way this book ends makes me very glad I have Losing Lila in hand! A perfect book for anyone looking for a quick, thrilling read, I would recommend this book especially to those who enjoy X-Men and Heroes.You can read more of my reviews at Speculating on SpecFic.
    • 5/5
      Rating: 4.75/5
      Superpowers action a military swoonworthy boy who can melt your heart= I LOVED IT!
      Review soon (as usual --')
    • 3/5
      "He who fears to suffer,Suffers from fear."

      Actual Rating: 3.5/5 stars

      Aside from that groan-inducing drooling of the heroine, I did enjoy this book!

      What I like:

      1. Special powers

      I mean, how cool is that? I get always interested with these kind of stuffs. I'm just confused on how certain people have it and others don't. How is it acquired? How is that gene triggered?!

      2. Suki

      She gets a special place because she is awesome. She's like my favorite character in the story. I like her more than the MC herself! She is a mindreader. I understand how that could be so annoying to the people around her but I really can't help but like her!

      3. The plot.

      This book seriously reminds me of The Darkest Minds which I really loved.

      I also like that we didn't really know who to trust, who's the ally or villain. It makes things a little bit interesting. It makes the readers go on and not notice the annoying MC.

      4. The romance

      The romance is great aside from the drooling and pining. I like Alex. I think he's really great.

      What I didn't like:

      1. The annoying MC

      "Take it. Take the advantage. You can have it. I'm giving it to you. It's yours."

      Pffffft. Seriously?

      Ugh. I know, Lila's been in love with Alex since forever. But have some dignity woman! Isn't it obvious that Alex likes you already? I mean, he cares so much how could you not see it?! I can't keep count of my eye rolls at you, Lila.

      There are times that I like Lila, though. She is funny most of the time. Just the daydreaming, could you lessen it a bit Lila? ;)

      Overall, this was an okay and entertaining read. I will definitely read the sequel just to see how things will play out.
    • 5/5
      This book is amazing!!! Cant wait to read the next :)
    • 4/5

      the end was a bit of mess but trully
      i Loved it....really really loved it! ♥♥
    • 4/5
      I loved this book. The characters are so well written and easily believable. The love between Lila and Alex is something i think everyone has experienced at some point, that major crush when you desperately want to be around someone that doesnt know you love them, the emotions are down to a tee. Whilst the love story runs throughout the veins of every page there's also the main story which is exciting throughout. There wasnt a dull page in this book at all and a twist at the end which was fairly unexpected. Cant wait to read the second book
    • 3/5
      I've had my eye on Hunting Lila for a while now. I really love the pretty cover, the title and of course, the premise of the story. So, I was definitely excited when I saw it sitting on the shelf in the library and knew I had to get it straight away! I did go into it with really high hopes which I suppose is never a good thing because it's hard for the book to live up to them. It was mostly good though and definitely worth the read.

      This book started out really good! I thought Lila was really easy to like and her character felt very real. I really enjoyed her interactions with her brother and Alex. Their relationships were really sweet and you could tell how close they were, even thought they had been separated for a while for several reasons. They looked after Lila but not because they thought she was weak; it was really was feared that she was in a lot of danger! I thought Jack and Alex's friendship was also great to read about and both were characters I enjoyed getting to know.

      My biggest problem with this book was that it didn't really feel like it was about somebody with special powers. Her powers- and the powers of others- seemed so far in the background that I kept forgetting that's what the book was about. It felt more like a realistic romance novel than a paranormal one. By the time this really became important in the story, I was beginning to lose interest. It just took too long for everything develop and it sometimes felt like the characters were going around in circles. The second half of this book just didn't hold my attention despite all the events taking place during it.

      Overall, I liked a lot of aspects of this one but a lot of it fell flat for me. The question is: will I be reading the sequel when it's out? Most likely yes, because of course it ended on a bit of a cliffhanger and I really want to know more about it! I'd recommend this book because I think a lot of people will enjoy it. It just wasn't what I was looking for!
    • 5/5
      Hunting Lila is probably one of my new favourites for this year. I had seen this cover around the blogosphere, but really didn't read about it much. It was a book I was unsure of at first, but I am so glad that Simon & Schuster asked me to be a part of the blog tour.Not only does Hunting Lila have a paranormal aspect, but it also has the sweetest romance and a really amazing military connection. Lila is such an amazing female lead, she is pretty much just like any normal teenage girl, with that uneasiness about her where things can either go well or get really awkward quickly. But she has strength and courage as well, which could possibly be a hinderance depending on the situation - considering she has new found powers to deal with. The one thing that I loved was her undying love for Alex, her brother best friend. She has loved this boy FOREVER! She would do anything for him. The romantic aspect of the story is fabulous. Lila catches glimpses of Alex smiling at her and checking her out, or the odd brush of his hand against hers and she melts. She is so unsure of everything that she second guesses herself all the time, but my gut told me that Alex digs her when the staircase scene happens at the start of the book, I just wasn't sure how everything would unfold - good or bad. Alex sounds gorgeous from the descriptions that Ms. Alderson supplies. I am really looking forward to reading Losing Lila to see how this romance turns out.Okay and lastly, the paranormal aspect! Lila thought she was the only one with powers/abilities. She's been running from an incident that happened in London and trying to keep her powers under control around her brother and Alex. It seems her abilities go haywire when her emotions are going crazy. So imagine a teenage girl trying to keep her emotions in check... ya right! The good thing is, she finds out she is not alone and her entire world changes. She turns her life and those of Alex and Jack upside down. Nothing will ever be the same.Hunting Lila was action packed, filled with suspense and a great teenage romance. I m definitely looking forward to picking up a copy of Losing Lila this August.
    • 5/5
      This series has captured me in it's hooks since the novella! I loved watching Lila's story unfold...the secret crush and the secret abilities and finding out what her brother does in his Unit. It's adrenaline packed and the romance parts gave me butterflies!
    • 4/5
      Lila is trying to cope with living in a strange country; dealing with her ability to move things with her mind and coping with teenage stuff. When she's mugged she almost stabs one of her attackers in the eye and she reckons that her secrets aren't safe any more. She runs to her brother and Alex. She's fancied Alex for years and now her brother and Alex work for a secret organisation who hunt people like her.It's an interesting read, but somehow the characters just didn't ring quite right, Lila often accepts what people say without examining things or demanding proof and it's not straightforward. It felt jumpy and disconnected in parts but overall it left me wanting more about Lila.
    • 4/5
      Hunting Lila was quite the fun read, thank God for that. It’s so hard for me to find a good, fun, young adult paranormal series that when I do it’s like Christmas. The heroine, Lila, is very likable and easy to relate with, and even though it’s a tad difficult to believe that a 22 year old guy would fall in love at first sight with a 17 year old girl, at some point I decided to ignore it and just go with the flow, because, really, Lila and Alex are super cute together, and that’s why I love books, because they tell the most unlikely yet amazing stories.Btw, that's one handsome, perfect, swoon-worthy hero right there. These days pretty much every other paranormal YA hero is this mysterious, dangerous, with no manners at all *ARSE* but "OMG he's SO HOT!" *MC swoons*, that when a great guy like Alex comes along I feel like standing up and give the book a big round of applause, throwing confetti, releasing white doves, opening up the champagne! That's how happy I get. There’s a plot besides the romance, which is very intriguing, and the reason why this book ends with a cliffhanger, plus with a lot of questions to be answered -- needless to say I was extremely happy that the second book was out already.
    • 4/5
      For some reason I've been delaying this book over an over again but finally I decided to read it a few days ago and I was very very pleased with it.After being robbed Lila panics... she is afraid of herself. Despite the fact that being robbed can be very scary she panics because instead losing her stuff she was about to cut one of her attackers's eyeball. Kind of groos if you ask me but that's what happens if you have telekinesis and don't know how to control it, right?Anywho, before doing it she realizes what was about to happen and stops. Then makes a decision: she is tired of being in England, her house, her real house, is in US with her brother and Alex who is her brother's best friend and her secret crush.So, without telling her dad she takes off and lands in California. Finally home... finally next to Alex. But she is afraid they will question why is she there and discover her secret.But something seems off when, after the visit of a cute girl, her brother -who works for a secret agency called The Unit- places a lot of security around her. Finally he spills the beans: Ales and he have been tracking down the people who killed their mom and looks like they will catch them soon.The only problem is... these people are like Lila, they have unique abilities and her brother and Alex's job is to take them down so The Unit can study them. Will she turn into their next job? Would they experiment with her too?Personal opinion:This first book is full of action and romance. The pace was good: not to fast, not to slow, it fit the plot perfectly.Lila, being a teenager and all is actually very funny and clever. She tries her best to help people and is not quick to judge others. Her insecurities were very real too and her love for Alex muy cute.For Jack and Lila the day her mother died a lot of things changed, not only their dad decided to move to England and take Lila but also Jack quit college with Alex and enter The Unit seeking for revenge and we, readers, feel their pain and understand their reasons.The best thing about this book? The ending. What a fantastic twist!!! I simply loved it! Since I do no spoilers I can't say really much about it but trust me in this: the minute I can get my hand in the second book I'm going to buy it, sit quietly in my reading corner and on't stop until I finish it.
    • 4/5
      Wow. I seriously contemplated giving this five stars just for shear entertainment value and because of the fact that I literally couldn't put the book down unless I was somewhere I physically could not read. There's not necessarily anything deep or thoughtful about Hunting Lila, but I was so caught up in the story and the gripping pace that I didn't notice until the book was over, and even then it was only a minor observation in the face of my anxiety for the next book! I will say that the relationship between Lila and Alex was really good. In another book, with a different context, a character like Lila's might have really bothered me. She's obsessed with Alex and with being near him. She goes places where he is just because he's there; she is immediately attuned to him whenever he's near; she calls him perfect more than once; she puts herself into dangerous situations because of him. But what's very different about her "obsession" versus the instant love/obsession in other books is that I always, from the beginning, had a very visceral sense of Lila actually being in love with Alex. Her focus on him was far from shallow, and so when she sees him maybe flirting with an older, prettier woman, her jealousy and heartbreak felt completely real to me because I knew that she wasn't just crushing on him like most normal teenagers, and that when she says she's been in love with Alex since she was a child, I believed it. And certainly helping this along is the fact that Alex always seems to have some kind of feelings for Lila that go beyond "my best friend's sister who I've known my whole life" even though he doesn't admit it. Seriously, though. This book was so stinkin' good. The next one can't come fast enough. I love that it's basically an action book for girls, if you will. Awesome.
    • 4/5
      First, special thanks to Brodie for talking this one up because, if not for her, the book would have probably gone unnoticed by me. Sad times! Second, if the summary, my review, whatever, piques your interest for Hunting Lila…definitely get your hands on a copy! It’s such a fun read.I have to admit that I wasn’t quite feeling Lila’s character at the beginning of the book. She was nice enough, but she obsessed over Alex. A lot. Yes, he’s hot and amazing and all that good stuff, but I found myself thinking, “Jeez, Lila, calm down!” But then I had to give her a break… For one, she’s seventeen! I cringe when I remember how I behaved at her age. Second, she’s been disconnected from Alex (and her brother) so it made sense that she was a bit consumed by her feelings for him. Plus, yeah, Alex? He is hot stuff so I couldn’t really blame her. If you’re anything like me, you’ll find yourself wishing that he and Lila would just get on with it. Ha! Anyway, while she continued to admire him throughout the course of the book, the focus of the story shifted to much more important things and I think Lila did some growing up as they unraveled.Let’s talk about Lila’s ability — she’s telekinetic. Awesome, right? Well, not so much for Lila. Even when it keeps her safe at the beginning of the book, she’s terrified of what she can do. She’s being mugged, but instead of being relieved for her safety, she’s worried about what she almost did to one of her muggers. Crazy! Her fear sends her running to Southern California which is where the story really kicks off. Despite her best attempts to be “normal”, her emotions sometimes get the best of her which, in turn, only leads to her ability doing things out of her control (shutting doors, spaghetti incidents, etc). I loved how, even toward the end of the book, I had only a small glimpse of what Lila could do. She still wasn’t comfortable with her telekinesis and was only just beginning to accept it as part of who she was.The book took on some exciting turns as the mystery behind the death of Lila’s mother came to the forefront. There were also some awesome side characters that surfaced during this time — some with their own special abilities. As the summary says, “nothing and no one is quite as they seem” and it is SO true. And, again, it’s only the beginning of this storyline so I’m excited to see where Sarah Alderson takes it next.

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    Hunting Lila - Sarah Alderson

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