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Wisteria #2
Myopia
The Second Book in the Wisteria Series
Sixteen-year-old Wisteria has embraced her deep bond with eighteen-year-old Bach, a member of a supernatural race called the Family, despite the risk of his family finding out. Should Bach’s people discover his bond with a human, Wisteria will be guaranteed a painful and bloody death—but somehow, being together is more important.
When Bach's father, the powerful Sen of The Third Pillar, hears rumors that his son has been willingly communing with free humans, the Sen decrees that Bach is to name a girl from the Family as his intended and pledge his life to her—something Bach as no intention of doing.
Their bond is tested when empirics, an elite group of Family investigators, are sent to the Isle of Smythe under the orders of Bach’s father to find artifacts stolen by the humans. They’re to find the artifacts at any cost. Among the empirics is Bach’s old friend, the stunning Alba, who has learned about Bach and Wisteria’s secret relationship, and surprisingly accepts this. With no one else in the Family to turn to, she becomes Bach’s ally and confidant, but possibly more.
As the empirics start to take over the town, Wisteria is torn between trusting Bach and the safety of the humans on Smythe. She soon realizes that she and Bach are on opposite sides of the war between the Family and Humans, and there is no middle ground. One of them must choose a side.
Sixteen-year-old Wisteria has embraced her deep bond with eighteen-year-old Bach, a member of a supernatural race called the Family, despite the risk of his family finding out. Should Bach’s people discover his bond with a human, Wisteria will be guaranteed a painful and bloody death—but somehow, being together is more important.
When Bach's father, the powerful Sen of The Third Pillar, hears rumors that his son has been willingly communing with free humans, the Sen decrees that Bach is to name a girl from the Family as his intended and pledge his life to her—something Bach as no intention of doing.
Their bond is tested when empirics, an elite group of Family investigators, are sent to the Isle of Smythe under the orders of Bach’s father to find artifacts stolen by the humans. They’re to find the artifacts at any cost. Among the empirics is Bach’s old friend, the stunning Alba, who has learned about Bach and Wisteria’s secret relationship, and surprisingly accepts this. With no one else in the Family to turn to, she becomes Bach’s ally and confidant, but possibly more.
As the empirics start to take over the town, Wisteria is torn between trusting Bach and the safety of the humans on Smythe. She soon realizes that she and Bach are on opposite sides of the war between the Family and Humans, and there is no middle ground. One of them must choose a side.
270 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 9, 2012
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About the author
Bisi Leyton
11 books172 followersBisi Leyton was born in East London in 1978. She grew up in London, Nigeria and the States, listening to the stories life and love from aunts, cousins and big sisters.
She lives in London, but has worked around Europe including France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium and the Czech Republic. She has a fondness for reading graphic novels, and cracked.com.
You can email Bisi on bisileyton@gmail.com as she would love to hear from you. You can also follow her on twitter at @bisileyton or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Bisileyton2 or http://bisileyton.blogspot.com/
She lives in London, but has worked around Europe including France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium and the Czech Republic. She has a fondness for reading graphic novels, and cracked.com.
You can email Bisi on bisileyton@gmail.com as she would love to hear from you. You can also follow her on twitter at @bisileyton or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Bisileyton2 or http://bisileyton.blogspot.com/
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January 25, 2021
(Source: I won a digital copy of this book. Thanks to author Bisi Leyton.)
This is book 2 in the ‘Wisteria’ series, and picks up a couple of months after the end of book 1 – ‘Wisteria’.
After the events in book 1, Wisteria is now secretly dating Bach – the alien that she has bonded with, and continuing with her life on the island of Smythe.
Wisteria has new problems though; the other teens on the island have been sneaking across to the mainland to throw wild parties where they get drunk and dance. Wisteria can’t believe how stupid they are being – light and noise attracts biters, and the old town where the kids are partying isn’t safe.
The other kids think that Wisteria is just being a buzz kill, but when the biters actually turn up, all hell breaks loose, and unknowingly the kids have started something that will put their home and way of life at risk.
What will become of the partying teens? What is next for Wisteria and Bach and their illicit relationship? And will life on the isle of Smythe ever be the same again?
This was an interesting second instalment, but as with the first, I did get quite confused towards the end of the book.
Wisteria was exactly the same as she was in book 1, fierce and confident with a sword in her hand, and downtrodden among her peers. I liked the way that she continued to fight for what she thought was right though, and that nothing could make her abandon those that she loved.
I got a bit lost with Bach in this one, at the beginning he was obviously in love with Wisteria, and did everything that he could to keep her safe and happy, but then towards the end this seemed to change, and I couldn’t quite work out which side he was one, and whether he still felt the way he had about Wisteria which was a bit annoying.
There wasn’t much romance in this one, again Wisteria and Bach’s relationship was more ‘we’re bonded and that is the way it is’, rather than what you would class as a normal loving relationship, although maybe that’s just because he was an alien? The rest of a book was that same mix of genres though – sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal/dystopian/horror/romance.
I liked the storyline in the beginning with the kids partying, and managed to keep up with what was going on until pretty late on in the book, it was somewhere around the 70% mark that I started to lose track! The big finale to the book consisted of quite a few of the aliens and someone who had been hiding on the island in plain sight. I got very confused as to what was really happening with all that, and struggled then to get through the rest of the book.
Thankfully there was a fairly happy ending though.
Overall; okay second book, still a bit confusing though.
6.5 out of 10.
This is book 2 in the ‘Wisteria’ series, and picks up a couple of months after the end of book 1 – ‘Wisteria’.
After the events in book 1, Wisteria is now secretly dating Bach – the alien that she has bonded with, and continuing with her life on the island of Smythe.
Wisteria has new problems though; the other teens on the island have been sneaking across to the mainland to throw wild parties where they get drunk and dance. Wisteria can’t believe how stupid they are being – light and noise attracts biters, and the old town where the kids are partying isn’t safe.
The other kids think that Wisteria is just being a buzz kill, but when the biters actually turn up, all hell breaks loose, and unknowingly the kids have started something that will put their home and way of life at risk.
What will become of the partying teens? What is next for Wisteria and Bach and their illicit relationship? And will life on the isle of Smythe ever be the same again?
This was an interesting second instalment, but as with the first, I did get quite confused towards the end of the book.
Wisteria was exactly the same as she was in book 1, fierce and confident with a sword in her hand, and downtrodden among her peers. I liked the way that she continued to fight for what she thought was right though, and that nothing could make her abandon those that she loved.
I got a bit lost with Bach in this one, at the beginning he was obviously in love with Wisteria, and did everything that he could to keep her safe and happy, but then towards the end this seemed to change, and I couldn’t quite work out which side he was one, and whether he still felt the way he had about Wisteria which was a bit annoying.
There wasn’t much romance in this one, again Wisteria and Bach’s relationship was more ‘we’re bonded and that is the way it is’, rather than what you would class as a normal loving relationship, although maybe that’s just because he was an alien? The rest of a book was that same mix of genres though – sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal/dystopian/horror/romance.
I liked the storyline in the beginning with the kids partying, and managed to keep up with what was going on until pretty late on in the book, it was somewhere around the 70% mark that I started to lose track! The big finale to the book consisted of quite a few of the aliens and someone who had been hiding on the island in plain sight. I got very confused as to what was really happening with all that, and struggled then to get through the rest of the book.
Thankfully there was a fairly happy ending though.
Overall; okay second book, still a bit confusing though.
6.5 out of 10.
February 16, 2013
Myopia
I sat on this review for a day because I had conflicting feelings about it, but here I am 24-hours later and I still am not one hundred percent sure how I feel. Myopia by Bisi Leyton is the second novel in the Wisteria series. It follows what happens to Wisteria, Bach and the rest of the Isle of Smyth since the last book.
Now here’s my issue. I really do love this series; I think it’s unique, well written, imaginative and fast paced so I don’t get bored when I’m reading it. But I absolutely hate the way everyone in the book treats Wisteria aside from Coles and Bach. They have so much hate in them for her even after everything she’s done to keep them safe.
I understand how that much drama can make a story interesting and create layers between characters, but typically over time that kind of hatred fades. We see characters evolving as people and becoming more that hateful little turds. I haven’t seen that happen yet here. There isn’t a single thing that redeems the behavior of any of these characters and honestly I don’t know why Wisteria continues to risk her life for them.
I can’t tell you how many time I yelled at her while reading to stand up for herself and not let people walk all over her. It’s maddening, but at the same time I get that she’s the good guy and if she let them die just to get revenge or to be spiteful she would be just as bad as they are. Still I wish she wouldn’t just let people talk to her the way they do. She’s such a strong character, but I feel like she’s only strong when it comes to the people she cares about, not herself.
I am enthralled in this world though and I cannot tell you how much I hated the addition of Alba and I was so incredibly angry at Bach for being so stupid as to trust her. It takes a good writer to make me hate a character this much and Leyton did an excellent job creating a world where I care about the outcome.
I don’t want to give too much away, but we get some great hints about Wisteria’s past and who her Father is along with some really awesome surprise revelations from characters we never would have thought to imagine played a role. We also get a glimpse into Bach’s world and boy do I not like it haha!
I’m heading off to read the short story now, but I cannot wait for the third book in this series!
I sat on this review for a day because I had conflicting feelings about it, but here I am 24-hours later and I still am not one hundred percent sure how I feel. Myopia by Bisi Leyton is the second novel in the Wisteria series. It follows what happens to Wisteria, Bach and the rest of the Isle of Smyth since the last book.
Now here’s my issue. I really do love this series; I think it’s unique, well written, imaginative and fast paced so I don’t get bored when I’m reading it. But I absolutely hate the way everyone in the book treats Wisteria aside from Coles and Bach. They have so much hate in them for her even after everything she’s done to keep them safe.
I understand how that much drama can make a story interesting and create layers between characters, but typically over time that kind of hatred fades. We see characters evolving as people and becoming more that hateful little turds. I haven’t seen that happen yet here. There isn’t a single thing that redeems the behavior of any of these characters and honestly I don’t know why Wisteria continues to risk her life for them.
I can’t tell you how many time I yelled at her while reading to stand up for herself and not let people walk all over her. It’s maddening, but at the same time I get that she’s the good guy and if she let them die just to get revenge or to be spiteful she would be just as bad as they are. Still I wish she wouldn’t just let people talk to her the way they do. She’s such a strong character, but I feel like she’s only strong when it comes to the people she cares about, not herself.
I am enthralled in this world though and I cannot tell you how much I hated the addition of Alba and I was so incredibly angry at Bach for being so stupid as to trust her. It takes a good writer to make me hate a character this much and Leyton did an excellent job creating a world where I care about the outcome.
I don’t want to give too much away, but we get some great hints about Wisteria’s past and who her Father is along with some really awesome surprise revelations from characters we never would have thought to imagine played a role. We also get a glimpse into Bach’s world and boy do I not like it haha!
I’m heading off to read the short story now, but I cannot wait for the third book in this series!
January 5, 2017
I'm no longer continuing to read series.
The second installment was better than the first. In fact, there are several plot points that I was very intrigued by, but unfortunately they were combined with all the other simultaneous plots, while none elevated.
The tone is considerably close to a G rating compared to a PG-13 rating. Which is entirely within appropriateness under the YA genre. However, it was pulling on me, in too many directions. None, which had substantial fruition by end of book #2. I've decided to stop reading this series. No harm no foul, yes frustration
The second installment was better than the first. In fact, there are several plot points that I was very intrigued by, but unfortunately they were combined with all the other simultaneous plots, while none elevated.
The tone is considerably close to a G rating compared to a PG-13 rating. Which is entirely within appropriateness under the YA genre. However, it was pulling on me, in too many directions. None, which had substantial fruition by end of book #2. I've decided to stop reading this series. No harm no foul, yes frustration
February 20, 2013
4.5 Stars
After reading the first book in the series, I hoped that Wisteria’s social life would improve, but during the first few chapters I realised that it hasn’t. The other kids still treat her badly and often bully her. Wisteria has had to grow up quicker than most of the kids her age and the others are still irresponsible, having parties in the danger zone where the biters can attack you…… There is no way I would go out there knowing that there is a possibility of getting infected… But these kids continue to do so and blame her every time they are caught, even though she is only looking out for her brother.
Wisteria is the same quick tempered girl that I met in book one. She is always putting her family first and covers for her brother constantly. Personally, I would’ve smacked my brother if he was as stupid as David, and I still don’t know how she kept her temper but she did.
Bach is as confusing as ever; he is tossing back and forth whether he wants to be with Wisteria or not. There were times I thought he was sweet but other times I wanted to scream at him too. He has a lot of pressure placed on him because of his place in the family but he is doing his best to try and work it out. Even though Bach has changed his views somewhat, he only does so to keep Wisteria happy. He is spending a fair bit of time on earth now, so he is beginning to tolerate the humans for her sake.
Myopia was a highly entertaining read and I loved how well the plot flowed. There was a lot of action and some really intense moments that kept me glued to the pages. The biters (zombie’s) always keep things interesting, but the cocky Familia’s always take the cake. They are arrogant but they have the strength and power that goes with it.
If you love a good Zombie book, I definitely recommend this series. There have been a few more twists thrown in and the series is definitely building. Bisi has done an amazing job of building up the plots and I am keen to see what is in store for Wisteria and Bach in the third book, Aporia which is out now!!
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
After reading the first book in the series, I hoped that Wisteria’s social life would improve, but during the first few chapters I realised that it hasn’t. The other kids still treat her badly and often bully her. Wisteria has had to grow up quicker than most of the kids her age and the others are still irresponsible, having parties in the danger zone where the biters can attack you…… There is no way I would go out there knowing that there is a possibility of getting infected… But these kids continue to do so and blame her every time they are caught, even though she is only looking out for her brother.
Wisteria is the same quick tempered girl that I met in book one. She is always putting her family first and covers for her brother constantly. Personally, I would’ve smacked my brother if he was as stupid as David, and I still don’t know how she kept her temper but she did.
Bach is as confusing as ever; he is tossing back and forth whether he wants to be with Wisteria or not. There were times I thought he was sweet but other times I wanted to scream at him too. He has a lot of pressure placed on him because of his place in the family but he is doing his best to try and work it out. Even though Bach has changed his views somewhat, he only does so to keep Wisteria happy. He is spending a fair bit of time on earth now, so he is beginning to tolerate the humans for her sake.
Myopia was a highly entertaining read and I loved how well the plot flowed. There was a lot of action and some really intense moments that kept me glued to the pages. The biters (zombie’s) always keep things interesting, but the cocky Familia’s always take the cake. They are arrogant but they have the strength and power that goes with it.
If you love a good Zombie book, I definitely recommend this series. There have been a few more twists thrown in and the series is definitely building. Bisi has done an amazing job of building up the plots and I am keen to see what is in store for Wisteria and Bach in the third book, Aporia which is out now!!
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
February 25, 2013
I loved Wisteria and I loved this book just as much if not more. Picking up around where Wisteria ended Myopia continues to follow Wisteria as she works as a tracker, Still goes to school, tries to keep her brother out of trouble, keep Bach a secret and survive. She has a lot going on but things are about to get worse. Empirics are on the way to find what the humans have stolen and if they find out about the bond between Bach and Wisteria it will mean her death. Add in the fact more biters are coming closer to the town and she has her hands full.
Wisteria is an amazing character to me because even if she is young she still tries to do what is right. People are constantly being cruel to her even when she is trying to save their lives. She also isn't beauty queen perfect and that makes her more real. Bach I had mixed feelings about in this book. One minute he seemed to love Wisteria and another to me it seemed he was ready to throw her to the curb.
I so loved getting to read this book. I enjoy zombie or biters as they are called in this book stories. This one has the accept of people from another plane and the biters are just a small part of the book. If you don't like zombies have no fear you will still enjoy this book. It has a refreshing story line that hooks you. You are left begging to know what is going to happen to Wisteria and the people in the town next. You really don't know who to trust while you are reading this book and it keeps you on your toes. Quite a few times some of the humans I wished would get bit so Wisteria could cure them. Her brother is one who never thinks about anyone but hisself. Several secrets are revealed but you are still left needing to know more. It has me hooked. I want to know everything her mom knows. I will defiantly be waiting for the next book in this thrilling series. Be sure to grab and read these riveting books.
Wisteria is an amazing character to me because even if she is young she still tries to do what is right. People are constantly being cruel to her even when she is trying to save their lives. She also isn't beauty queen perfect and that makes her more real. Bach I had mixed feelings about in this book. One minute he seemed to love Wisteria and another to me it seemed he was ready to throw her to the curb.
I so loved getting to read this book. I enjoy zombie or biters as they are called in this book stories. This one has the accept of people from another plane and the biters are just a small part of the book. If you don't like zombies have no fear you will still enjoy this book. It has a refreshing story line that hooks you. You are left begging to know what is going to happen to Wisteria and the people in the town next. You really don't know who to trust while you are reading this book and it keeps you on your toes. Quite a few times some of the humans I wished would get bit so Wisteria could cure them. Her brother is one who never thinks about anyone but hisself. Several secrets are revealed but you are still left needing to know more. It has me hooked. I want to know everything her mom knows. I will defiantly be waiting for the next book in this thrilling series. Be sure to grab and read these riveting books.
February 10, 2014
Acabei de ler este livro a 8 de fevereiro de 2014 e dou-lhe quatro estrelas.
Embora tenha passado uns quantos meses desde que li o primeiro volume, foi fácil recuperar o fio à meada e seguir a história.
Tinha gostado do primeiro volume e gostei igualmente deste segundo.
Agrada-me que a história tenha romance, mas que esteja também recheada de ação. Há sempre algo a acontecer, uma ameaça qualquer no ar prestes a concretizar-se. E a Wisteria não fica quieta, tenta agir em todos os momentos por mais complicados que se afigurem. Gosto do seu espírito aguerrido e de não se render.
O que mais me chateou foi a continuidade dos segredos da mãe da Wisteria. Nunca mais se sabe tudo o que a mulher esconde! Bem, para sabê-lo há que ler o terceiro volume, por isso vou tentar arranjá-lo.
Embora tenha passado uns quantos meses desde que li o primeiro volume, foi fácil recuperar o fio à meada e seguir a história.
Tinha gostado do primeiro volume e gostei igualmente deste segundo.
Agrada-me que a história tenha romance, mas que esteja também recheada de ação. Há sempre algo a acontecer, uma ameaça qualquer no ar prestes a concretizar-se. E a Wisteria não fica quieta, tenta agir em todos os momentos por mais complicados que se afigurem. Gosto do seu espírito aguerrido e de não se render.
O que mais me chateou foi a continuidade dos segredos da mãe da Wisteria. Nunca mais se sabe tudo o que a mulher esconde! Bem, para sabê-lo há que ler o terceiro volume, por isso vou tentar arranjá-lo.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 6, 2013
Even better than the first! Great read for the family who reads together and who loves zombies, fantasy and thrills! full review coming on Valentine's Day at cabingoddess.com (it is about young live after all!)
July 8, 2013
I love Wisteria's story. The way that Bisi Leyton layed out the characters and the world as Wisteria knows it was so amazily told. This is the 2nd book in the Wisteria series and it did NOT let me down. Very well told story. What is in store for Bach and Wisteria??? I cannot wait to find out!
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