Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and where once they were abhorred, they are now championed as Earth’s greatest ally and only possible savior.Logan and Sadie have been separated, and the longer he is gone, the more their love is tested by duty, doubts, and deception.Sadie and Jarod have infiltrated the highest … infiltrated the highest levels of government, but they are playing a dangerous game. Surrounded by people with conflicting agendas—hell-bent on using her for their own aim—Sadie is confused when the lines between good and evil are blurred. It’s impossible to tell friend from foe, and no one can be trusted.
When the full extent of the experiments taking place in Sector Twenty is disclosed, Sadie can no longer sit back and watch as the lower classes face a horrific fate. Racing to save her loved ones and mankind, she risks her own safety and the love she’s waited a lifetime for to do the right thing.
But no one thought to save her from herself.
Note from the Author:
This series is written in US English.
Recommended Reading Age: 15+
Fully completed series.
This is not a standalone read and there is a major cliff-hanger.
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Twists, turns and surprises abound. This story just keeps getting better! I had planned to review each book as I completed them but danggggg!!!!!!!!!!! Next thing I know I am reading Defiance in the boxed set. I am literally unable to put it down even to sleep. If you haven’t started the series you really need to immediately!!!
I am going to have a lot of issues pointed out in this review so I’ll start with the things I actually liked about Saven Disclosure first. It did in some scenes and moments really get my heart going and it was interesting enough for me to have no problem reading it to the end. All the double-crossing, betrayal, drama and cliffhangers is what really made me enjoy the story. At the same time though, it was a far cry from enough.
The story started of with Sadie training, going to work and meeting up with friends. A pretty standard beginning and mundane life, right? Except the fact that she had Haydn cooking, cleaning, drawing baths for her and then doing what was supposed to be his soul purpose; protecting her. I noticed this trend throughout the book too. Sadie was supposed to be this selfless and compassionate heroine in the middle of all the action, because that is how the author tried to pass her of as. Yet, I had trouble seeing that since she got everything served and done for her with no issues whatsoever. It’s like she took everyone doing everything for her for granted and instead of being in the middle of the action she was much more cozier standing in the sidelines letting everyone else do the job. Sure, she was sometimes in the action, but not the big heroine in it that the author wanted us to believe. She honestly felt more like a burden needing rescue from the action. And she constantly made poor choices and stupid decisions that got herself in danger and yet she never learned from her mistakes because she kept walking right into obvious danger again and again. That is what I call a classic case of a TSTL character.
Overall Sadie really really got on my nerves. For being TSTL and so much more. She somehow managed to make every situation about her. For example, Haydn was feeling down and she made a whole speech about her sucky life and how she got out of the dump. Sweetheart, when someone has a problem they want to talk about said problem, not hear you making it all about yourself. Even when it came to making the big decisions she had to have a say and what she decided went. Worst of the worst though? How extremely clingy and desperate she was in the relationship. Actually how clingy and desperate they both were.
“If I could crawl inside him I would, such is the strength of my need to be as one with him.” Yes, this is an actual quote from the actual book. Red flags anyone? And the book was peppered full of these strange sentences, especially when they made out. They couldn’t just be making out like a normal couple. It always was overdone with those way too profound and weird sentiments. Even the dialogues where unnatural and top ten in the cringe scale. I couldn’t find any normal conversation between those two “love birds” and trust me, I looked. It was so unrealistically profound and over the top. It’s like the author didn’t know how to create a romance so she stuffed the dialogues with this cringefest and cheesyness to prove to us readers that they were over the moon in love. As a matter of fact, I don’t think Siobhan Davis can tell the difference between love and obsessive desperation.
Another thing the author does is underestimate humans ability of face recognition. Sadie put on a wig (which Jared somehow had the mentality to remember to pack in the chaos and panicked evacuation of a drowning city?) and suddenly she was a whole new person. Not even her brother or sister who had seen her face their entire life could recognize her without her identifying herself first. Hell, the only difference between the princess of Amaretti and her alias was a headscarf and even Sadie who hung out with her every day couldn’t see through that. I think this was the most ridiculous and unrealistically dumb part of the story. Is the author aware that the face stays the exact same whether you cover your hair or not? It’s the equivalent of coloring and cutting your hair and suddenly no one knows you anymore. I mean, come on! Unless the hairstyle is a Sia kind of hairstyle, people will know who you are at first glance. And guess what? Even Sia was recognized pretty much immediately even with her hair covering her face.
I wish that was the only dumb and unrealistic thing in the book. Sadly, I am not done. There were actually next to no realism at all in the story. It could be small things like people gasping over unexpected news (people don’t do that. It only happens in kids movies and books) or knowing they were being spied by a guy and still have a private conversation right under his nose. Or how the crown prince hired a kid as a bodyguard instead of a grownup with the experience and strength for it. Then there were the bigger things like how quickly the characters got over sorrow and tragedy, as if it never happened. For example, no one had any survivors guilt over Thalassic city where probably thousands drowned. In fact it was never even mentioned even though it was a huge life altering trauma at the end in the previous book. Characters dying had perhaps a minute of sorrow and then they were over it. But when it was about only a threat of someone dying Sadie had such a unrealistically extreme reaction that she had to puke. (Side note: if this review somehow finds its way to you, Siobhan Davis; people don’t puke over bad news. Unless they are already sick with the flu or food poison).
If we turn it back to my annoyance of Sadie again, there are also some unrealism there to discuss. Because as much as I loved the drama over the the big disruption in the relationship and then the event after (no spoilers, sorry) Sadie has the most unsatisfying and way too understanding reaction. Even if a person’s action is understandable (which she didn’t even know if it was or not in the beginning), if it affects the other person’s feelings or life negatively then a normal person still wouldn’t forgive him like everything that happened was okay. In other words, Sadie should still have been very upset, jealous and definitely taken the unfairness and resentment out on him. There should have been some sort of argument or any kind of stand off. But nothing. She is over it just like it never happened. Way to make the drama dramaless.
I know I am being very harsh, but these are just unforgivable mistakes to make in a book you’ve paid to read so of course I point them out. Sadly, there is a lot more I haven’t mentioned that to me just didn’t work or was just too weird. Were I to write about everything however this review would become too long so I’ll leave it here. I just hope that Saven Denial will have a higher standard. After all, the ending in Deception was very intriguing and mysterious. With that cliffhanger I just have to continue with this series.
I liked this book a lot more than I liked the first one. It held my attention more and seemed more interesting. I adore space/alien stories so I probably would’ve read this series even if it totally sucked (which it doesn’t!!) One of the only things I’m still not a big fan of is the way all the men treat Sadie like she’s incapable and almost a child? What really redeems it for me is that Sadie frequently addresses it and tells everyone to start treating her like an adult. Not that it really does much to help…but still. Overall, I was really happy with this book and I am definitely ready to find out how this massive cliff-hanger ends!!
HOLY COW!!!!!! GET ME THE NEXT BOOK!!!!!! This book was one heck of a roller coaster ride!!!! There was so much going on!!!! Sadie definitely ROCKS!!! She is the coolest female mc!! Logan is sooo swoon worthy!!! I say with stars in my eyes!!! OK…I’m back to…GET ME THE NEXT BOOK!!!!!
I think this is a great series. It’s different than most post apocalyptic series I’ve read. I like the premise of aliens and how the class systems are on Earth. I love the characters!
I received an ARC from the author for an honest review.
This book was really great. I give this a 4.5 .
I chose to not give it a 5 because some scenes seemed like they were rushed. I wish somethings could have been slowed down a little.
Other than that this book was awesome.
Most of the major surprises I could figure out.
Sadie was sooo slow at figuring it all out.
That ending though was insane! I knew a cliffhanger was coming but didn’t realize how severe it was going to be.
This next installment of the Saven Series is incredible. Okay, I know I was hesitant to trust the aliens in the first book, but I downloaded Siobhan’s freebie which features Logan’s POV throughout Saven Deception. Being able to get inside his head and understand the reasons behind his actions was exactly what I needed, and I am now a huge fan of the young man. If you haven’t read The Logan Collection yet, go here and sign up: http://siobhandavis.co.uk/free-stuff/saven-series-freebie/
The evolution of Sadie and Logan’s relationship has been so much fun to witness! I love how more alien races are introduced, and hope that there will be many more books in the series because Saven Disclosure opens doors to many new storylines that I am craving to read! The end is so amazing; I absolutely love that twist. There was so much build-up to her being an anomaly, and holy smokes, it was so well done. I can’t stop smiling as I write this. I am anxiously awaiting the next in series!!!
Siobhan Davis has done it again! She has written another truly engrossing story! Saven Disclosure is another can’t put down, can’t stop reading, no sleep book! Siobhan knows how to create the perfect balance between the romance, the action, and the story; her writing keeps the reader engaged till the very end! I loved Siobhan’s True Calling series, and now I am loving her Saven series, and I can’t wait for the next book in the series!
If you haven’t read the first Saven book, Saven Deception, I feel you need to read that first since this book is a continuation of the first book, and will add to the enjoyment of this book; plus that book is awesome too, so it is a definite must read! There may be some spoilers for the first book in this review, so be forewarned! And I may elude to some things in this book that may be a bit spoilery, but I think it’s more of the teaser variety rather than outright spoilers.
Saven Disclosure picks right up where Saven Deception left off, Sadie and Logan are a committed couple in deep love with each other, but are separated because Logan is on the road with his family to build support for an alliance between the people of Earth and the Saven people. Sadie is dealing with the backlash of dating an alien; she is being harassed and threatened, so she has to have a bodyguard, Haydn. I liked the addition of Haydn; he creates some interesting drama in Saven Disclosure, and I’m looking forward to seeing how his story develops. Sadie doesn’t get much freedom, so the pressure is starting to get to her. Sadie isn’t content to sit back and do nothing, so she’s been having further contact with the rebels in hopes of helping the lower class from being taken over by the Saven. Sadie has to contend with being pulled at from various sides; she is being pressured to do things that go against what she thinks is right, and she finds herself in some really difficult spots. On top of that, there is another alien race threatening Earth, so War is looking more imminent; especially with Saven relations not going so well, also Sadie’s sister is in trouble, so she needs to figure out a way to help her, also there’s the issue of trying to figure out more about the Eterno bond, and to top it all off, there are too many “secrets” between her and Logan. I just want to say that you can’t expect other people to be truthful, when you can’t be truthful yourself, and all the “secrets”; a.k.a lies, just cause more problems! If you truly love and trust someone then you should trust in them to understand where you are coming from! Plans would go a lot smoother if there was honesty. Okay sorry for the rant, it was just bothering me.
I love Sadie’s sass and her humor! And I think she handled a lot of tough situations really well, and showed maturity and intelligence and grace. I almost found her to be too understanding at times; I kind of wanted her to be a bit more selfish sometimes, and I felt she was a bit dense about a couple things, but I still think she is an incredibly strong character. Her and Logan’s relationship is adorable, and I love them together; they are just so sweet and cute! And they compliment each other really well, and have wonderful chemistry. I wasn’t completely happy with how far Logan takes a certain thing; that goes with the whole keeping “secrets” thing causing problems.
I loved all the action! And the camaraderie between the whole group was terrific! I especially love the friendship between Sadie and Jarod. It’s great that all the girls get along too! Plus, I love the alien aspect! So much is going on in this book, but I never felt overwhelmed by it all. Siobhan does an amazing job building up the Saven Disclosure world, and as I was reading I could really visualize the scenes.
Siobhan’s books are definitely some of my favorites, and I’m really excited to read the next books in the series! I love these characters, and I’m looking forward to reading more as their stories unfold. Saven Disclosure is a must read! All of Siobhan Davis’ books are a must read! Plus the books have such beautiful covers!
How would Amazon classify this novel? Romance? Definitely Yes. Galactic Empire, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Fantasy, Alien, Teen? Perhaps. It is hard to categorize this novel. It has elements of many different area. There lies the strength and weakness of the novel and series. On one hand, it is the love story of Sadie and Logan. That is the easy part. The rest is harder to define and absorb. In most dystopian novels, the enemy is clearly defined – government bad – rebels good. In Saven Disclosure it is very hard to tell who you should support. In one chapter, I supported the rebels, in the next the Saven, in the next no one. As a result, I sometimes found the novel conflicting.
At the end of Saven Deception, I was concern about Logan and Sadie’s obsessive relationship and the Saven’s goals. Those concerns were alleviated in Saven Disclosure. Sadie developed a stronger self identity and no longer relied exclusively on Logan to save her. Her relationship with other people deepened (Haydn, Jarod, Neve) and she matured. The objectives of the Saven were tempered and the activities at Sector Twenty were revealed.
By the end of Saven Disclosure, other questions are still unresolved and new questioned were raised. Unanswered questions include: Who or What is Sadie? Why did her father apologize in Saven Deception? New questions include: Who are the Tor? What’s the deal with the VP? President? Royal Advisory Council? Is the Earth going to be drawn into an Intergalactic war?
As a whole, I found both Saven Deception and Saven Disclosure enthralling stories. I enjoyed both books immensely. Siobhan Davis creates a rich world and the novel has many unexpected twists and turns. Caution, this novel is NOT meant to be read as a standalone book and everything is NOT tied up in a neat ribbon. You need to have read Saven Deception before this book and since the novel leaves unanswered question the rest of the series.
I’ll start with a thank you to the author. Upon joining her mailing list, I was lured into her advance read team. I could not resist the temptation of the Saven series. It sounded wonderful and I wanted the chance to read it before everyone else (I’m innately selfish, even if I act otherwise). When I finished the first book, I was desperate for the second. Despite being part of the advance read team, I still had to wait. This served to remind me why I prefer reading series once all the books have been released. Time and time again I do this to myself, and I never learn. Fortunately, I didn’t have long to wait until I got my hands on the second Saven book. Having now finished my advance read it is safe to say I’m impatiently awaiting book three.
It appears as though I’m impatiently awaiting a lot of books at the moment.
Not that you care about my impatience. I’m more than aware that my fellow bibliophiles understand my pain. Waiting for the next book in any series you enjoy is hard – yet I fear this wait will be even harder. Those of you who are fans of the show Supernatural will understand how I’m currently feeling. Something big happens at the end of this. Something drastic. I know I will get answers… yet that ending. It’s like season five of Supernatural all over again. My emotions cannot deal. So yeah, you have been warned.
But what about the rest of the book?
I admit, at the very start, I was a little bit disappointed. Book one had ended on such a high, and I’d been hoping to start with pure action. When this didn’t happen, I was somewhat disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, it didn’t take long for the action to start, yet we had a much slower pace at the beginning of the story than I had hoped for. I wanted ceaseless action, and instead I had to wait a while.
When the action does start, so much happens. Honestly, I cannot begin to list the things that happen in this one. All the aspects brought to our attention in the first book are taken to new places, and we are given much more to work with. Most importantly, for me, we have more alien action. We’re not limited to the Saven this time. We get to meet other alien races. It is safe to say my inner sci-fi alien lover was more than appeased by this development. Obviously I want more (you can never have too much alien fun, in my mind), yet it was a great introduction to additional alien races. There are so many possibilities in place.
Unfortunately, with so much going on things weren’t quite as shocking as I had been hoping they would be. Things that should have been surprising twists were quite clear from the outset. This did not lessen the fun any, but I would have liked more by the way of surprise. The very end is a massive surprise, but other twists were quite clear. Still, they were fun.
In terms of the characters, I have mixed feelings. Some I grew to love more… and others I started to dislike. I think this, however, is because the romance aspect continued on so much in this book. Whilst there was a lot more alien action, there was still quite a bit of romance. This is fine for romance lovers, but I’d have been much happier if things had been toned down a bit. I know it is the whole first love and true love thing… but it felt a bit much at times. It distracted me from the sci-fi aspects. I can handle romance, but I would be happier if it was toned down and things were more equal. Again, though, this is just me. I’m really finicky about my romance reads. I never used to enjoy it and now that I am allowing myself to read more romance, I find myself very particular about what I want. If a book is a purely romance book, I will accept it (although I won’t read many of these books one after the other). If the book comes under another category before romance – as this one is sci-fi before it is romance – I expect it to be more tamed. It’s just me, though. Perhaps if I were a bigger shipper of the couple this would change. Please don’t hate me for that! I really am funny when it comes to romance, and I’m sorry.
Overall, though, it was wonderful.
There are so many things to be brought about in the next book. So many things came to pass in this book, and there are many stories we need answers to. So many aspects. So very many different things. I cannot begin to list them without giving spoilers. Just know there is a lot in store for the final book.
Also, know you will be impatient to read the next instalment. Cliff-hanger endings are wonderful yet horrible at the same time, and the novella that follows this book cannot come soon enough.
It is safe to say, I’m more than ready to see how this one ends.
This series is what hooked me to Paranormal romance, so yes it was an amazing read that keeps you wanting more. Super original and you’ve gotta love being able to add another book boyfriend to the list.
All I have to say is O-M-G, I was not expecting this book to go as it did, but let me say I LOVED it. I get so sick of some of the books that just cram way to much romance in and nothing else. Siobhan makes the reader forget that there are really aliens in this book and the reader just thinks of the alien as a normal person. Once I got to the end of this book I wanted to scream…. I HATE cliffhangers lol, I wanted to turn the page and see what was going to happen next and was like Dang I gotta wait for the next book!!!!!
I’m a member of Siobhan Davis’ ARC team and was given a copy of this to read prior to it’s release date.
If there were more than 5 stars to give, I would give them. This series and this world and these characters have drawn me in since the very first page of the first book. Moving on to book two was no exception, it was very easy to jump right back into the story and the drama that was unfolding. Learning a little bit more about the alien races in this book, we follow drama from planet to planet and see some of what’s behind the motives and agendas of different parties. There are more people to befriend and more people to distrust and plenty of action and adventure to keep you on the edge of your seat and just itching to get back to the book when you’re forced to put it down. It was very hard for me to pry myself away at all! We are left with a cliffhanger, so that’s my warning to you…but the author does go so far as to leave a little explanation as to why she chose to do that to us…and I think it will be worth it when we get the next book. Having read just about everything by this author, I can say that you will never be disappointed in a Davis book. She knows how to create worlds and characters that keep you coming back for more.