Title: American
Girl on Saturn (Saturn #1)
Author: Nikki
Godwin
Format acquired: ebook
Format acquired: ebook
Source: Bought
Publication
date: August 29, 2013
Summary:
The summer after graduation is supposed to be
that first real taste of freedom - but not for eighteen-year-old Chloe Branson.
Just as that breeze of freedom is making its way into her galaxy, her
secret-service-agent dad drops a meteor-sized bomb of bad news on her and her
sisters. An attempt has been made on the lives of Canadian boyband, Spaceships
Around Saturn, during their USA tour, and the guys have to go into hiding ASAP.
The only problem? In the midst of the crisis and media frenzy, their dad
volunteered to hide the guys...in their house.
Six-year-old Emery is as ecstatic as any
self-proclaimed Saturnite would be, but Chloe and her seventeen-year-old sister
Aralie watch their summer plans crash and burn like a falling star. The SAS
guys aren't happy with the situation, either. Bad boy Jules picks fights with
Aralie about everything from his Twitter followers to his laundry, and
heart-throb Benji can't escape Emery's fangirlisms for more than three minutes.
But after the super-cute Milo kisses Chloe during
a game of hide-and-seek, she finally understands what Emery means when she
talks about SAS being "out of this world." If this is what Saturn
feels like, Chloe doesn't want to come back to Earth.
Review:
American
Girl on Saturn has boy band in it and those boys are in a summer lockdown with
the three sisters—Chloe, Aralie and Emery—in one house and hell ensues. You’d
think a book that has boy band in it will make you swoon. Well, not in my case.
I
really liked the characters in this book. They’re all unique and fun to read.
Especially Noah. And no, Noah’s not the main guy in this story. He’s actually
just a side character in this book but as what I’ve observed, it seems that I’m
more fascinated to side characters than the main ones lately if we based it to
the recent books I’ve read. So back to Noah, I freaking love the guy! I
definitely want to meet someone like him. He’s the guy that every single girl wants
to be as their best friend. And since we’re on the topic of best friend, I also
liked the friendship between him and Chloe. They’re so #friendshipgoals. Here’s
a quote from the book to prove the adorableness of these two.
“What do I need, Noah?”
I ask, as much as I don’t want to hear his goofy answer, whatever it may be.
“A new best friend,” he
says. “You know, someone who listens to your problems, even when he hasn’t had
his milk yet. Someone who keeps your new boyfriend a secret from everyone, even
though it makes him look like an idiot sometimes. Or—best yet—someone who still
covers for you after you pull him into the pool…fully dressed.”
See
how adorable these two were? Friendship goal, people, friendship goal. Also, I
also adored Chloe’s youngest sister! Emery was a whirlwind of emotions. She’s
funny, sweet, devious, annoying (in an adorable way) and obsessive (over
Benji). I never thought I’d get attached to a 5-year old character in a story,
but I did. And can we also talk about Benji? That sweet pea. I loved how he
doesn’t get mad at Emery for her constant clingy-ness over him. I honestly
thought that Benji will be the snob and haughty one among the 5 members but he’s
surprisingly a nice guy. I also loved Tate and his randomness. He didn’t get
that much “screen time” in the book but I always look forward whenever he
appears. It seems that I’m fond of all the characters except to the two main
characters of this book, Chloe and Milo. I didn’t feel any connection with
them. I think for a main character, they’re pretty bland compared to us. And
don’t get me started with their chemistry. I just can’t see it. Milo and Chloe
said a lot of sweet lines to each other but I just read it with my poker face
on. I honestly have no care what’ll happen to their relationship. I’m honestly
more invested towards Benji and Emery’s relationship. If only Emery isn’t a
5-year old kid, I would totally ship him with Benji. Alas, I can’t since that
will be so wrong in so many levels.
Why
rate it 3 stars? As much as I enjoyed and liked the characters in this book,
the writing style of the author isn’t just for me. It’s confusing as hell. One
moment I was reading a scene about Milo and Chloe then in the next paragraph,
it’ll totally be a new one. The transition from one scene to another left me
disoriented. I think the author needs subtlety in transitioning of scenes.
Overall,
American Girl on Saturn is an okay book for me. I had fun reading it but it
didn’t really left me with any lasting impression. If you’re into the whole boy band
thing, then you should try to read this one.
