A girl with a hidden past. An alien prince. Their unlikely attraction could save two worlds… or doom them all… life.
The instant Sadie crosses paths with a hot guy with ocean-blue eyes she’s drawn to him in a way she can’t explain. But Logan gives Sadie mixed signals, and she can’t figure him out.
Logan Chandler has kept a lot of secrets for his species. If humans knew the real reason the Saven were on Earth, then their coexistence would be anything but peaceful. Logan has vowed to stay away from human girls, but he can’t help falling for the different and beautiful Sadie. Unfortunately, protecting the girl of his destiny could destroy his own kind…
As the mystery of the Saven starts to unravel, is it too late for Sadie to save her heart and the human race?
Saven Deception is the first book in a pulse-pounding YA sci-fi romance series. If you like mind-bending paranormal mysteries, swoon-worthy love stories, and sexy aliens, then you’ll love Siobhan Davis’ out-of-this-world tale.
“Amazing plot, and the love story between Sadie and Logan is right up there with Twilight, Mortal Instruments, Iron Fey, and Black Mage.” Michelle Madow, USA Today bestselling author of the Dark World and Elementals series’.
Buy Saven Deception to plunge into a sizzling adventure today!
Recommended Series Reading Order:
Saven Deception
Saven Disclosure
Saven Denial
Saven Defiance
Axton – optional novella
Saven Deliverancemore
The rich and vibrant world building help to immerse the reader in this tale and allows the steam and passion to mean so much more. A fantastic read.
Wow! What a wonderful and gripping tale. Aliens have integrated with humans secretly. Sadie meets Logan and there is an undeniable string that holds them together. The entire character cast is relatable and enjoyable even the evil Dante. The story is easy to follow along and the world descriptions are awesome. It is like you are there with them. I can’t believe it has taken me this long to find and read this book! I am going to devour the rest of the series ASAP!
Suspense, dystopia, romance and sci-fi all wrapped in one, what else could you ask for. I love how strong willed Sadie is and that she is able to grow as a person throughout the book.
So this is my first time reading Siobhan Davis as a Scifi author, and I have to say that it was a little hard to follow at the beginning. However, I was happy that I stuck with it. Saven Deception starts to make sense a few chapters in and flows pretty well all the way through. I want to continue to read this series.
Sadie does turn out to be a wonderful character and grows over the course of the book. Logan turns out to be very interesting and hidden from the world even though he seems to be popular. Nobody knows who he is deep down. Sadie and Logan are a set of characters that I am excited to see grow and become more.
This book does end on a cliffhanger but not a huge one. So I will continue to read this series.
This book was … I don’t even know what to say. What do you call a book who is too bereft and exaggerated in convenience and teenage angst, but also really a page turner? … confusing.
I have over the years collected a mental list of my pet peeves in books. One of my biggest being insta-love. That’s how you truly take out all the effort it takes to create a good, compelling and complex relationship. It doesn’t give me as a reader the experience or excitement I want to have following the two characters. There is no development and neither a getting-to-know-you phase that a romantic story needs. It’s just “hi, we meet, now we’re in love, bye.” Can anyone tell me what’s so great and addictive about that? I have only one word for it; lazy. And not only is it lazy, it’s also so so unrealistic. Sadie kept saying that she was falling for Logan before she even properly met the guy, or before she even knew him. How exactly? All she knew was how he looked and that he liked Will Smith. All she can fall in love with is his appearance, and isn’t that just too shallow and vain to be called love?
There insinuations in the story that there was some sort of magic in this written world with Sadie doing tarot card readings and had senses about people she just met. So maybe there’s where the insta-love comes to play as well, just so that Sadie wouldn’t seem vain. The magic element only made it worse for me though. This book was sci-fi and romance. Magic didn’t flow naturally with the story and just felt out of place when brought up. And sure, it was never actually written straight out that magic existed. But Sadie’s “sixth sense” about a person being good or bad couldn’t have been anything but magic. You have to actually, get to know a person for real to know who they are or if you like them or not. There is no insta-anything, so no magic. Also first impressions can be wrong and the author really needs to work on not making everyone so black and white. There should be gray too. You can misjudge a person; a good person can do bad thing and a person you don’t like can become someone you respect. Siobhan Davis really should dare herself to make it more complex than good and evil. Only fairytales and children’s books have that.
Despite how much the above did bother me, I actually started to like the book when sh*t started to hit the fan. I think it was the drama in the relationship, and the conflicts with Dante that really got me stuck with my nose in the pages. I am after all addicted to drama (in books anyway). However, even if it turned into a page turner it just could not excuse all the other stuff. The magic, the bad jokes, cheesy lines, and how just everything was so convenient it almost was like magic; like how Jarod just happen to have the perfect gadget for the situation, time travel, and how Sadie just happen to overhear something to progress the story or escape danger all the time. It all just felt too easy to really had happened.
Then we have Sadie’s honesty complex. It wouldn’t be so bad if I hadn’t read about the same deal with all the other main characters from all of the author’s other books. Give the main characters different quirks, please. Mix it up, because they all start to blend together for me now. The worst however were how melodramatic Sadie was and how she kept pitying herself all the time like no one else had had a bad upbringing in the book. She kept saying that she was going to open up more and dare share more of herself. She said that that was difficult for her, yet that was all she ever did. And might I add she shared way to much personal stuff way too soon to people that really were just strangers to her. It felt more like she was seeking attention rather than opening up.
If I were around 13 to 15 years old when I read this, I probably would have loved it. I don’t know if it is because I felt that the plot, characters, the magic and writing was too callow for for me. Maybe it’s just that I didn’t really analyze or think about the context nor got so bothered by cheesy and overly profound lines and dialogues when I was a teenager. But over the years, as I have become a bookworm truly deserving of the name, I found it was just too angsty, immature and convenient to the point of unrealistic.
I loved Siobhan Davis’ True Calling series, and this one’s off to a great start with Saven Deception. Although there are similarities from the get-go (overpopulation issues, corrupt government, love story), everything is upped a notch with the Saven series. Firstly, the external threat gives a whole new dimension to the chaos. Secondly, having such a romantic love story between two people of different species takes true love to new limits. I can tell Logan and Sadie’s relationship will be the key to the final outcome and I can’t wait to find out if and how this happens. It’s so easy to get immersed in Siobhan Davis’ worlds…!
Wow. And here we go again with what I think will be another fantastic series by this author. Damn, but I love her books. This series begins with Sadie and Logan. She lives in the Outer Circle of the city and hates her life with a passion. Then she signs up for an experiment and is chosen. This is where she meets the hunky Logan. He has deep, dark secrets. What will Sadie do when she finds out just what they are? Will she sever their very special connection? Cannot wait to see what comes next.
I wasn’t sure how I felt about this book until about 3/4 through it. Being 26, I was worried this book would be a little young for me. I felt captivated enough to need to finish the story, but not enough to read it all in one go. Overall, I thought it was well-written and original and by the end of the book I was very intrigued to find out what happens next!
I loved this book!
It’s a little dystopian, a lot of sci-fi wwith aliens, romance and young adult.
The writing was fantastic, in my opinion! Wonderful world development (the underwater world was so cool), character development and everything just flowed in a way that I had trouble putting it down!! The characters were really great…some were a little mysterious at first, some were a little hard to like at first, but as all is revealed and as the characters grew you really became invested. I loved Sadie, she was an amazing girl. She didn’t think she was, but I think by the end of the book she was beginning to see herself differently. I am looking forward to starting the next book! This one is going into my favorite books folder!!
Siobhan Davis gives Jennifer L Armentrout a run for her money!!!
I received an ARC for an honest review.
This book was really really good. I enjoyed it very much.
First of all I kinda wish the prologue wasn’t there, or was put in the middle or something. I would have liked to guess what was going on instead of knowing.
I am really excited for the next book 🙂
I have been a fan of X-Files since it first aired on television, and this book is right along those lines. I also loved Siobhan’s True Calling series. It constantly had me guessing and creating ideas (some completely ridiculous) of what was going to happen, and I found myself doing the same thing while reading this. I kept finding myself going back and forth about the aliens, and I hate to admit it, but I am not as big a fan of Logan as I think I am supposed to be. I don’t see their relationship being much different than Jen and Dante’s. I understand that it is a soul mate thing, but Logan is going to have to build my trust throughout the next book. As with the True Calling series, I find myself rooting for the underdog–Jarod/Watson (not sure of his real name). I find him incredibly charming and endearing. He is so passionate about destroying the corrupt government while being tech savvy and highly intelligent. I would love to meet a guy that has a costume department in his home! Going on undercover missions would be so much fun, and I see him being more compatible with Sadie. However, there was the scene where Jarod says he liked Jenna, but I am not buying it. He saved Sadie first, and I think there is something going on there, or maybe I am just suffering from wishful thinking. Even though I am not on the Logan bandwagon yet, I still absolutely loved the story. I am so excited to see what happens next!!
Loved it!!! Another amazing book by Siobhan Davis!! This book is set in a dystopian world with class systems, and the main character, Sadie, is in the lowest class system. She is mistreated and unappreciated by her family, so she’s a bit of a loner and unsure of herself. When she is chosen to go to the underwater city, Thalassic City, she is ecstatic to have a chance to start a new life. On her own, Sadie begins to become more independent and open up to those around her. I like that Sadie speaks her mind; she has moxie, and she’s a tough chick with brains; although she does act before thinking sometimes. Sadie suspects that there is something odd going on in Thalassic City, and that the government may be involved. Sadie notices some of her new friends have unique behaviors, and that they aren’t being entirely truthful with her. Among her new friends is the highly crush-worthy, Logan, and Sadie is really swooning over him, and Logan seems to really like Sadie, but then some of the things Logan does, makes Sadie unsure if Logan can be trusted. Since it already says in the synopsis this isn’t a spoiler, so as it turns out, there are aliens among the humans in Thalassic City, and some of the aliens aren’t exactly friendly. Sadie begins to worry about her friend, Jenna, when she starts acting out of character and her health begins to deteriorate. What happens to Jenna in this story is truly vile, and I did feel that the characters actions and emotions involved with what happened to Jenna were very much lacking. Sadie gets involved in some dangerous things, and she’s on a quest to find out who to trust, and how she can help her friends, the humans, and herself. Siobhan Davis creates a really interesting world, and I loved how the story developed. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll be a bit vague, but I have a feeling about Sadie, and I am hoping it’s true because I think that would add a really unique element to this story. This book kept me interested till the very end, and I can’t wait till the next book! Love, Love, Love it! Ooh and I suppose this is a bit of a spoiler, not too much, but I wanted to give a warning anyway, Okay here is comes…….There’s no love triangle! I love that! I hope that continues to be the case for the rest of the series! Please!
Siobhan Davis is one of my favorite authors. I LOVED her True Calling series and was disappointed when it ended. This book was a great followup series and I am looking forward to reading the rest. In many respect this book is the typical dystopian novel – bad government, societal unrest, and environmental concerns. But, unlike typical dystopian novels the government has created a new world underwater and the characters get to choose to live their life there. I really liked Sadie and her desire to make her own way. SHE chose to live in the new world and take the risks to live a new life. Unlike most dystopian novels, the government didn’t force her to live there. I am looking forward to the rest of series.
Recently I have been making, what some will refer to as, very silly choices when it comes to reading books. I do not mean I’m reading extremely bad books, far from it, merely that I am going about my choices in a very weird way. What I mean by this is I’m joining author’s advance read teams prior to reading any of their work. It’s silly, I know. There is the strong possibility I will not like what I am sent. Fortunately, this has yet to happen. As it stands, I have enjoyed all the advance read books I have been sent.
The first book in the Saven series falls into this category.
Siobhan Davis came to my attention through her True Calling book. My to-read list is extremely long. I have it split on Goodreads between what I own and what I still need to buy. The owned book section, at present, has over four hundred books on it. Needless to say, upon downloading True Calling the book ended up very low down on my priority list. Despite this, I joined the author’s mailing list and when she asked for people to advance read her Saven series I jumped right in. I am not one to deny a series that sounds so very interesting.
Uh-oh, though, the first book had already been released – and I did not own it. Fear not, for Siobhan Davis was kind enough to send me the first book so that I am up to date prior to the release of book two. Being linked in to the advance reading of a series, this first book was bumped up my to-read list. In fact, I started on it almost straight away.
My actual reading of the story, however, is a slight up and down.
The prologue pulled me right in. We start with an alien abduction. How many books can claim such a thing? I had high hopes that things would continue in such a way, that we would have aliens running around left right and centre. Unfortunately, such is not the case – and this is what left me slightly unsure of the book for quite some time.
You see, I’m a massive fan of the young adult genre. I will pick up any young adult book that interests me. However, I do have a slight issue with the never-ending romance stories. They are all the same, in my personal opinion, and such a thing bores me. Thus, when this book turned the focus upon the romance my interest faded somewhat. It was not bad. It simply wasn’t my cup of tea, considering how amount of time it took the focus away from the sci-fi. Admittedly, it is vital in the story in many ways – as you would expect of a book in this genre – but I was let down by how the aliens took the backseat.
After all, aliens are not mentioned again until the sixty-nine percent mark. Trust me, I checked.
There are many nice suggestions of what is going on, of who is and who is not an alien. But we do not get any more real alien interaction – by this I mean we are well and truly aware of the aliens, the cat is out of the bag on the matter – until we’re over halfway through the book. I really had wanted the alien notion to reappear much soon. I loved all of the build-up, but I wanted to be finding out more about them at a much earlier point. Oh, we’re given suggestions of what they can do. We believe certain things are happening, but we cannot understand them until a much later date. Some will love all this build-up, yet for me an alien read should have more information about the aliens at an earlier date. This, however, is just my personal opinion.
I feel as though I’m being overly negative now, but I did love the book. This happens quite often when I find a book that is a round up mark. It was too high to be a three point five rating (which I could have rounded down to three), hence the four star rating and this almost overly negative review. It happens sometimes with my reviews, and for that I apologise. I have just one final negative statement to make and then I will focus upon the good stuff.
This book falls into the typical for young adult novels in another way. What do I mean this time? Well, every single person is drop dead gorgeous. We expect it of the aliens in their human form – that is, after all, always the way when they are trying to lure us in – yet such is also true of pretty much every single person in the story. It gets rather boring to read about everyone being attractive. I love it when we have more of your everyday people in stories. I’m never going to be a supermodel – hell, I barely pass as average on my good days – and because of that I prefer it when not everyone is a beauty queen. This is just a small nagging aspect for me, though.
Onto the good stuff, though.
The story really is well written. I cannot fault the author’s writing. There were one or two things that I wasn’t in tune with, at the start, but as the story developed I really came to enjoy her writing style. It is hers, and for that I’m pleased. I love it when writers have a style that is recognisably their own, and I’m already picking up what to expect from Siobhan Davis.
The characters are all interesting. I admit that it took me a while to enjoy the main character. There were times that I wished to shake her due to her views. I’m a natural pessimist, I look at the bad before the good, yet some of her views left me wanting to slap some sense into her. Mostly, I think this is because certain aspects of her character made her seem like every other protagonist. Despite that, I really did come to enjoy her. There were a lot of interesting characters throughout, and you do see development for many.
When we did get down to the alien action, it was so much fun. I could not put the book down for the last thirty percent, needing to know what happened. Then the ending… oh boy, I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book. There is so much potential. I really need to know what comes next. We have been given some details of the alien species – all of which are highly interesting – yet I have many unanswered questions. Honestly, I’m sure excited for the next one.
Actually, I’m beyond excited. I know the next one will work to amend what I disliked about this one. It is setup in such a way that I know all the good stuff is to come. Despite some trepidation in the earlier parts of this book, I really did enjoy it. Seriously, I cannot begin to explain the turnaround in my mind that has left me overly eager to continue the series.
Overall, a fantastic start to what is looking to be a wonderful series. I would like to thank, once again, the author for sending me this book in exchange for a review.
Bring on book two!
Having read and loved the Kennedy Boys series by Siobhan Davis, I was eager to read the Saven series, especially after seeing so many positive comments from other readers who couldn’t rave about it enough. Saven Deception is book 1 of the series and is not a standalone. The story of Sadie and Logan continues throughout the series.
I absolutely loved this first book of a series that has now become one of my favourites. I couldn’t put down my Kindle and was sat until gone 1am reading the whole book. Siobhan Davis never fails to write a book that instantly hooks me and has me frantically turning the pages to see what happens next. The world she creates in the Saven series isn’t an easy one for some of the residents and as the story progresses she shows you exactly what residents like Sadie are faced with on a daily basis. I like how Siobhan Davis doesn’t overload the story with information all at once and allows the reader to discover exactly what has happened as the story develops.
Together, Sadie and Logan made my heart melt so many times. Siobhan Davis weaves magic as we see Sadie and Logan drawn to each other despite their attempts to fight the growing connection between them. Everything seems to be against them but Siobhan Davis shows that sometimes love does win and a couple are destined to be together no matter what. Beautiful is the only word I can think of to describe the love between Sadie and Logan.
I can’t recommend this book enough and anyone who has not yet read it should definitely download it immediately!
This is an amazing and original book which I absolutely loved! I couldn’t put it down! Must read!
The author was kind enough to send me an ARC of this book.
Like all the rest of Davis’ books I’ve read, I was immediately pulled into the world she’s created in Saven. I love a book that I can’t quite predict what’s going to happen next and that’s just what I got here. The prologue, I’ll admit, threw me off because the rest of the story didn’t seem to follow it. Once I started to put the pieces together and see what was going on, there were STILL more and more surprises thrown at me that I wasn’t expecting. I also love how seamlessly she combined both the dystopian and the sci-fi genres in a way that would appeal to fans of either genre and not just fans of both or one or the other. The characters themselves were very well developed and you truly felt you knew at least the main characters by the end of the book. As is the case with most series, this first book ended on a cliffhanger. I am very excited to see what will come next in the world created here and what the future holds for Sadie, Logan and their friends.