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Project Integrate #0.5
Ignite
Please note: This is a novella. Shorter fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel.
The Spark That Ignites The Flame.
Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.
Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.
Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.
When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.
In the series:
Ignite (Short prequel)
Unite
Divide
Conquer
The Spark That Ignites The Flame.
Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.
Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.
Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.
When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.
In the series:
Ignite (Short prequel)
Unite
Divide
Conquer
52 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2013
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274 people want to read
About the author
Jamie Campbell
138 books272 followersJamie was born into a big, crazy family of 6 children. Being the youngest, she always got away with anything and would never shut up. Constantly letting her imagination run wild, her teachers were often frustrated when her ‘What I did on the weekend’ stories contained bunyips and princesses.
Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Yet nothing compared to writing. Quitting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.
A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.
Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Yet nothing compared to writing. Quitting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.
A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.
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October 30, 2018
Couldn't really get into it. Idea was decent but wish there was more explained. Had more information been given about what she was and what she was doing it would have made me want to look into the rest of the series.
July 15, 2016
I loved this book it was a fast read and had me on the edge of my seat I can't wait to the read the next book in the series.
September 7, 2017
Good
This was a very short read but I was expecting that Cute little story would read again if it is free
This was a very short read but I was expecting that Cute little story would read again if it is free
August 19, 2018
Not bad
I know this was a novella but it honestly didn't have enough information for that. Not even All of the information from the blurb was worked in which was disappointing.
I know this was a novella but it honestly didn't have enough information for that. Not even All of the information from the blurb was worked in which was disappointing.
February 16, 2022
A nice and entertaining short story.
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June 10, 2014To start with, I didn't realise that this was a prequel until about a third of the way through. While it has a plot that is resolved at the end of the story, it is geared towards setting things up for the next book. I would recommend looking at this story to see whether the writing style suits you but considering reading the rest of the books first and then using this to delve more into the characters if you're interested.
Based on the writing style, the target audience for this story appears to be 10-14ish years of age.
I think it would have benefited from being a little longer so that there was more opportunity to expand on things, although that might be in part a byproduct of the age range it's going for.
I am a little concerned about how what looks like it will be the romantic interest will go - it appears to be setting up a 'they dislike one another, but is that all there is?' type situation. From the preview of the following book, the dynamic doesn't look problematic/unhealthy, but those kind of dynamics are often either handled very well or very poorly. Hopefully this is the former, but just a heads up.
I am curious about Amery's project though. I thought the initial reveal could've been more subtle so that it built to the realisation of her secret, but by the end I was curious about what the project entailed and what was going to happen in the next book. Not curious enough for me to buy it at this point - I'm super-busy and only chose to read this one because it was short and looked kind of interesting - but curious enough that I haven't ruled out checking it out in the holidays. [spoiler](I don't really think it's a spoiler, but in case) I don't see why she can't pretend that the mark is a tattoo if she is the age I think she is - 17-18 - though. I can get not wanting people to know because, hey, the less people know the better and you never know who they'll mention it to, but if you've been keeping it hidden for that long you'd have probably also created a cover story in case someone did accidentally see it sometime. [/spoiler]
Based on the writing style, the target audience for this story appears to be 10-14ish years of age.
I think it would have benefited from being a little longer so that there was more opportunity to expand on things, although that might be in part a byproduct of the age range it's going for.
I am a little concerned about how what looks like it will be the romantic interest will go - it appears to be setting up a 'they dislike one another, but is that all there is?' type situation. From the preview of the following book, the dynamic doesn't look problematic/unhealthy, but those kind of dynamics are often either handled very well or very poorly. Hopefully this is the former, but just a heads up.
I am curious about Amery's project though. I thought the initial reveal could've been more subtle so that it built to the realisation of her secret, but by the end I was curious about what the project entailed and what was going to happen in the next book. Not curious enough for me to buy it at this point - I'm super-busy and only chose to read this one because it was short and looked kind of interesting - but curious enough that I haven't ruled out checking it out in the holidays. [spoiler](I don't really think it's a spoiler, but in case) I don't see why she can't pretend that the mark is a tattoo if she is the age I think she is - 17-18 - though. I can get not wanting people to know because, hey, the less people know the better and you never know who they'll mention it to, but if you've been keeping it hidden for that long you'd have probably also created a cover story in case someone did accidentally see it sometime. [/spoiler]
February 19, 2014
IGNITE is the prequel to UNITE by Jamie Campbell
IGNITE is pretty short and, in all honesty, really did not contribute a lot to the back story of UNITE. In this little installment, we see a younger Amery and Lochie at summer camp where the duo bonds over an injury. At the end of the novel, Amery learns that dangerous people may be trying to harm her.
I suppose the point of IGNITE was really to establish a snippet of a history between Amery and Lochie, but since the little love aspect of the story was my least favorite part of UNITE, I think I would have preferred to see a little more of the back story of The Department or the initiation of Project Integrate.
But, I suppose there is plenty of time for those stories later....
IGNITE is pretty short and, in all honesty, really did not contribute a lot to the back story of UNITE. In this little installment, we see a younger Amery and Lochie at summer camp where the duo bonds over an injury. At the end of the novel, Amery learns that dangerous people may be trying to harm her.
I suppose the point of IGNITE was really to establish a snippet of a history between Amery and Lochie, but since the little love aspect of the story was my least favorite part of UNITE, I think I would have preferred to see a little more of the back story of The Department or the initiation of Project Integrate.
But, I suppose there is plenty of time for those stories later....
July 30, 2014
This was fun short story showing a bit of the history of Amery, Lola, and Lochie. The story takes place in a summer camp - something Amery is being allowed to do for the first time. When a camper goes missing it gets pretty interesting. This was a good short story and gave a bit of background for the characters, but not much more than what we already know in the first book. In fact, I would recommend reading it after the first book so you have a little more suprises when you first meet them all.
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August 28, 2016
I saw this short story in my tbr shelf and had some time to kill - so I just started reading. This did capture my interest and I may have to look into reading the next book (which I now realise is the first book of the series). It is an interesting concept and though vague at times about the whole 'alien' thing (which due the fact that I didn't know I was reading about) made the story all the more believable. Anyway, the low stars are more from the point of view that it just didn't quite have a point of reference - maybe if it had been written from Lochie's point of view - it may have been better.
July 10, 2014
2.5 stars I find it hard to review short stories but this book was o.k.
The cover is so beautiful, it screams read me .....
Amery Jones is an alien, almost nobody knows. A group off baby aliens were sent to earth to integrate and save their planet. Now Amery is on a camping trip and she 's so happy until she sees Lochie her mortal enemy. Lochie is a nice guy, I don't see why Amery has so much hate for him.
When one off the campers go missing Lochie and Amery team up to find the boy.
This is not a bad read it just didn't wauw as much as I wanted it to.
The cover is so beautiful, it screams read me .....
Amery Jones is an alien, almost nobody knows. A group off baby aliens were sent to earth to integrate and save their planet. Now Amery is on a camping trip and she 's so happy until she sees Lochie her mortal enemy. Lochie is a nice guy, I don't see why Amery has so much hate for him.
When one off the campers go missing Lochie and Amery team up to find the boy.
This is not a bad read it just didn't wauw as much as I wanted it to.
April 18, 2014
A good teaser to the universe this story is set in. There's still a bit of mystery as to what is going on with the MC, and I am interested into where this story goes.
May 21, 2014
it was a a good short story. definitely interested in reading the rest of the series
May 12, 2015
This is a quirky short story which I enjoyed.
May 16, 2015
I'm super excited now to read the first book. This author is just amazing and so many of her books look so interesting! Great introduction to the series Project Integrate.
April 4, 2015
I'm hoping this leads into a much bigger story as I just didn't get much from this book. She had a mark......ok, that's all I got. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes though
April 8, 2015
Infuriatingly short! Haha! I have to know more about this girl and what happens.
May 6, 2016
I read this before reading Book 1 (Unite). It was a quick little read and left me wanting to immediately jump into Book 1.
September 28, 2016
Book 51 complete.
January 4, 2014
starting good so far lets see what next book brings
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