Beauty is skin deep, and apparently, so were my alien powers.They say sometimes you have to shed your skin to become who you’re meant to be. I thought that metaphor was pretty lame until it happened to me. Literally.After the only boy I’ve ever loved betrayed me, all I wanted was to leave and start over, but when a freak lightning strike leaves my human body in ashes, that saying takes on a whole … body in ashes, that saying takes on a whole new meaning.
Turns out the person I was doesn’t exist. She never did.
My entire life has been a lie, and when I’m kidnapped and forced to attend a hidden school for people like me, the reality of how much I don’t know slaps me in the face.
Now, I’m faced with two choices: prove my worth as an elite spy or become government property for the rest of my life.
Oh, and did I mention my only hope is an infuriatingly hot snob who’s dating my mortal enemy?
When Lightning Strikes is the first full length novel in the hotly anticipated Alien Academy series. With a jaw-dropping academy for alien teens, plus a little flirting on the side, this unique young adult story is your next new obsession.
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I loved this book. When a book makes you bust out laughing and end up with tears in yours eyes because of it than it gets 5 stars. Huey steals the show in this book but I think he wouldn’t have it any other way. I think I know some of the secrets that are being kept and it will be interesting to see if I’m right when I read more of this series. The people are fun to read about in this book. You do have your typical high school tropes but with aliens. I wish book two was out so I could dive right into it.
*I received a free copy of this book from Hidden Gems and am voluntarily giving my honest opinion*
OH MY GOSH! I could not put this book down and now I have to wait until August to read the second book. This is a totally different kind of Alien and Academy book. We have so many mysteries going on. We of course have the mean girl. We have hot guys. Mystery guys. Guys you don’t bring home to mom? Cherise just got out of a bad relationship and of course her mother is worthless. She gets ready to run away and gets into a hail storm and all HEDoubleHockeySticks her whole life as she knew it is gone. The government wants her and the Aliens Xebulin needs to protect and keep her. What will happen to Cherise? What is all the things she has to learn? Can she learn it all that has taken a life time for every one else? Why did Huey pick her?
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This was a different approach to the academy genre. I love all the intrigue ! The storyline grabs you and doesn’t let go.
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This was a really great start for a series. The story is really interesting and draws you in. It’s very well written and hard to put down. I enjoy the chat as well. I can’t wait to read the next book. I recommend reading.
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This story would make an excellent TV series. Just the trials of a teen age extraterrestrial with powers. It would be sooo cool. What she goes through, how she copes with every thing, it would be awesome. I love the dog too he is something else. Arrogant, a Alpha on top of it also.
The story is so well done. I love it and it will be hard to wait until the next book comes out. And cliffhangers I don’t like them. It will make you hunger for the next tidbit to come your way. I received a complimentary review copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving a honest review.
Jared betrayed her, parading his new girlfriend around like a trophy – that thought pounded in her head over and over while she ran into the storm. Humiliated, Cherise just wanted to disappear. She runs through the woods relentlessly, then it starts to hail as she runs into a clearing, running all out, when suddenly the hair on the back of her neck suddenly stands up, a bright light flashes, and everything goes dark around her.
Cherise awakes with the grass under her charred, her cell phone fried, and ewwww – is her skin coming off?? When the rest of her skin comes off in the shower at the hospital, she finds out that she is not a normal teenager after all – she has iridescent light purple skin, dark blue eyebrows, and is bald! A young tech brings her a bottle of water and she thanks her, saying, “It almost makes me feel human again!”, as two strangers entering the room growl, “Not likely!”
Homeland Security identifies her as a Xebulin from Xebulis Five, sedates her and drags her off to a treaty-mandated school for aliens! She wakes to a dog-like thing with tentacles named Huey licking her arm! Te’Lara, her “house mother”, tries to explain everything to her. Then So’Tia (“Tia”) arrives to give her a tour and prepare to start classes the next day! She has to cram 16 years of alien knowledge in her head so she can pass the job placement testing next year! Yes, she is actually an alien! Now her story truly begins!
This was a really fun book that I thoroughly enjoyed. Surprises come at the reader constantly as Cherise learns for the first time who she really is. Huey is her bodyguard and Tia tells her their people spy for the human government since they can absorb memories through touch! And the bullies have already started by stealing Cherise’s deepest memories for use later! Apparently otherworldly schools are not so different from the human version. This new adventure is not going to be easy – she’s going to need all the strength she has to get through it. Grab your copy and join Cherise as she tries to make sense of her new life.