--- product_id: 9333417 title: "Awoken" price: "₹ 2771" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/9333417-awoken store_origin: IN region: India --- # Awoken **Price:** ₹ 2771 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Awoken - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 2771 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/9333417-awoken) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Awoken: 9781491268728: Elinsen, Serra: Books Review: So absolutely horrible it's magnificent -- a splendid mockery of the worst of YA paranormal romance - Every once in awhile I come across a book that's so amazing and wonderful I want everyone I know to read it. And every once in awhile I come across a book so horrific and terrible that I warn everyone I know to stay as far away from it as possible. Very, very rarely do I find a book that manages to straddle both sides of the line, one that's so stunningly yet perfectly BAD that I want to push a copy towards my friends and go "you HAVE to read this garbage, it's hysterical!" Well, folks, "Awoken" falls into that category, and has won a special place in my heart. It is awful -- deliberately so, splendidly and gloriously so -- and so perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with the state of YA literature (especially the paranormal romance genre popularized by "Twilight" and its ilk) that it becomes downright hilarious. Andromeda Slate, aka Andi, is your average angsty teen girl who loathes having to move from sunny San Diego to drab and boring Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She's whiny and obnoxious, especially to her marine biologist parents and her best friends, the chipper and spunky Bree and the put-upon nice guy Vik. She thinks life can't get any worse... until she reads aloud from the fabled Necronomicon on a dare. Soon after, a new boy shows up at her school, Riley Bay -- a boy who has also shown up in her dreams. And Riley is hiding a horrific secret -- he's not human, but an eldritch being who has the power to end all existence, the dreaded Cthulhu! But Andi finds herself drawn to Riley anyhow, and soon their spark of interest ignites a firestorm of romance, conspiracy, and danger that could destroy humanity... and worse, break Andi's heart forever. This is pretty much an open secret by now, but "Awoken" is actually a parody of the paranormal romance genre, written under the alias of Serra Elinsen but actually penned by YouTube personality Lindsay Ellis and her friends to mock "Twilight" and its slew of copycat paranormal romances. (Look up the video series "50 Shades of Green" for more information.) Without this knowledge, it's easy to dismiss "Awoken" as yet another badly written supernatural romance, one that just happens to substitute Cthulhu for the usual vampire/werewolf/demon/angel/whatever love interest. And while this book strives to be as gloriously over-the-top as possible in every way, it's kind of sad to realize that there are just as over-the-top "Twilight" copycats that were meant to be taken dead seriously. All that said... "Awoken" is gloriously horrible. Every flaw and cliche of the YA paranormal romance genre is cranked up to eleven and ruthlessly mocked, from the creepy stalker love interest (who actually escalates to kidnapping in this book!) to the friends and family who want to separate the two lovebirds but are seen as villains by the protagonist, from the utterly helpless and personality-free protagonist whose entire existence revolves around the love interest to the love triangle involving a likable nice guy who ends up twisted into a villain by the whims of the plot. It revels in its own awfulness, never pulling punches or trying to pretend it's anything but a crappy and creepy paranormal romance novel, and somehow that makes it all the more glorious. Lovecraft fans will probably get their shorts in a knot over how this book treats the Cthulhu mythos, especially since some of the mythology of Lovecraft's work gets botched (perhaps deliberately?) along the way. As a fan of Lovecraft myself (though not nearly as hardcore as some), I actually enjoyed this work, and found myself grinning like an idiot at some of the references and at the thought of the Elder Gods and other entities of the Lovecraft universe being one big dysfunctional yet likable family. Cthulhu being a mighty entity struggling to hold onto his disguise as an ordinary teenage boy is utterly hilarious, and the sinister Nyarlathotep is actually halfway likable as the snarky, wisecracking Uncle Neil... and also serves as the story's token "too awesome for this story, why isn't the book about him?" character. The authors really pulled no punches in mocking "Twilight" and its ilk here... I usually don't bother to give badly written books -- even ones badly written on purpose -- five stars. But "Awoken" is a magnificent exception to the rule. It's a splendid mockery of the worst traits of the YA romance genre, as well as a playful ribbing of Lovecraft and other cosmic horror in the process, and while I found myself eye-rolling in places I was laughing as I was rolling my eyes. This is the kind of awful that leaves me grinning stupidly, like "The Room" or "Plan 9 From Outer Space," and is so wonderfully terrible that it deserves to be read by everyone who's ever wanted to throw a copy of "Twilight" or "Hush, Hush" or "House of Night" across the room in an angry frenzy. Now when are we getting that sequel... Review: This work of...literature!? - Let me first say that I am not much of a YA reader. Any enjoyment I got from reading Twilight was simply because of the unintentional hilarity of the cardboard-cutout characters and the sappy, unrealistic melodrama. Every YA novel to come out afterwards for the next couple years seemed to be rehashing that same formula almost word-for-word but with slight tweaks to the one-dimensional characters, including the distinguishing trait of the romantic lead that makes him enticingly mysterious and non-human. But this, my friends! This is an Opus! The writing is drivel, and yet it's absolutely brilliant. The characters are bland and insipid, yet entirely memorable for reasons you might not expect. And the cherry on top of this sundae? The final brushstroke on La Jaconde? I'll give you a hint: it starts with a C and ends with a thulhu. How you want to take this story is up to reader interpretation, but if you have ever read a YA novel you'll notice from the get-go that our auteur treads some familiar ground. Liberal use of adverbs and comparisons like this one that make absolutely no sense, yet make perfect sense because Kaleidoscope C'thulhu Eyes are Dreamy. The main character is a blank slate (appropriately named Andromeda Slate) whose shoes the standard YA reader could easily slip into like a comfy pair of slippers. Her eventual boytoy is a hunk named Riley who is described at one point as having an underwear model's body. Vik fills the role of the ethnic friend with a not-so-secret crush on the protagonist. Bree is the good-spirited but ultimately fussy best friend whose most defining character trait is the amount of cake she shovels into her pie hole on any given day. I won't give the villain away because I don't want to ruin the suspense for any potential readers, but she's about as campy as they come - one-dimensional with a motive that is never remotely explained, but evil as the lovechild of Ganondorf and Cruella de Vil. You're welcome for that mental image. Ironically, all of these negatives combine together to make this one hell of an enjoyable read. The characters are like their YA compadres on steroids: Andi Slate is 10x more irritating and helpless than Bella ever was, and Riley embodies the possessive, abusive tendencies that YA romances have so often been denounced for and takes them to the extreme. He FLAYS PEOPLE'S MINDS in her defense and all Andi can think of is how hot he looks in his gray FUGU T-shirt. This is Shakespearean caliber writing here, people. The plot makes sense and moves at a reasonable pace throughout. Best of all are the melodramatic scenes which I won't quote here because I don't want to spoil the magic of this stellar piece of fiction. As every review before mine has mentioned, there are things to enjoy about this book besides the WTF-ery of its premise. Uncle Neil is an amazing character on so many levels, and I will second what others have said about making him a prominent character in the sequels. Bravi, bravi, bravissimi, Madame Elinsen. Bottom line: whether you love the genre or hate it, give this one a try or C'thulhu will make you lose your mind. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,451,951 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,011 in Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy #53,453 in Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (351) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.81 x 8.5 inches | | Grade level | 3 - 7 | | ISBN-10 | 1491268727 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1491268728 | | Item Weight | 14.6 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 324 pages | | Publication date | August 19, 2013 | | Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | | Reading age | 13 - 17 years | ## Images ![Awoken - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61BJib5ntGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So absolutely horrible it's magnificent -- a splendid mockery of the worst of YA paranormal romance *by K***T on January 31, 2019* Every once in awhile I come across a book that's so amazing and wonderful I want everyone I know to read it. And every once in awhile I come across a book so horrific and terrible that I warn everyone I know to stay as far away from it as possible. Very, very rarely do I find a book that manages to straddle both sides of the line, one that's so stunningly yet perfectly BAD that I want to push a copy towards my friends and go "you HAVE to read this garbage, it's hysterical!" Well, folks, "Awoken" falls into that category, and has won a special place in my heart. It is awful -- deliberately so, splendidly and gloriously so -- and so perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with the state of YA literature (especially the paranormal romance genre popularized by "Twilight" and its ilk) that it becomes downright hilarious. Andromeda Slate, aka Andi, is your average angsty teen girl who loathes having to move from sunny San Diego to drab and boring Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She's whiny and obnoxious, especially to her marine biologist parents and her best friends, the chipper and spunky Bree and the put-upon nice guy Vik. She thinks life can't get any worse... until she reads aloud from the fabled Necronomicon on a dare. Soon after, a new boy shows up at her school, Riley Bay -- a boy who has also shown up in her dreams. And Riley is hiding a horrific secret -- he's not human, but an eldritch being who has the power to end all existence, the dreaded Cthulhu! But Andi finds herself drawn to Riley anyhow, and soon their spark of interest ignites a firestorm of romance, conspiracy, and danger that could destroy humanity... and worse, break Andi's heart forever. This is pretty much an open secret by now, but "Awoken" is actually a parody of the paranormal romance genre, written under the alias of Serra Elinsen but actually penned by YouTube personality Lindsay Ellis and her friends to mock "Twilight" and its slew of copycat paranormal romances. (Look up the video series "50 Shades of Green" for more information.) Without this knowledge, it's easy to dismiss "Awoken" as yet another badly written supernatural romance, one that just happens to substitute Cthulhu for the usual vampire/werewolf/demon/angel/whatever love interest. And while this book strives to be as gloriously over-the-top as possible in every way, it's kind of sad to realize that there are just as over-the-top "Twilight" copycats that were meant to be taken dead seriously. All that said... "Awoken" is gloriously horrible. Every flaw and cliche of the YA paranormal romance genre is cranked up to eleven and ruthlessly mocked, from the creepy stalker love interest (who actually escalates to kidnapping in this book!) to the friends and family who want to separate the two lovebirds but are seen as villains by the protagonist, from the utterly helpless and personality-free protagonist whose entire existence revolves around the love interest to the love triangle involving a likable nice guy who ends up twisted into a villain by the whims of the plot. It revels in its own awfulness, never pulling punches or trying to pretend it's anything but a crappy and creepy paranormal romance novel, and somehow that makes it all the more glorious. Lovecraft fans will probably get their shorts in a knot over how this book treats the Cthulhu mythos, especially since some of the mythology of Lovecraft's work gets botched (perhaps deliberately?) along the way. As a fan of Lovecraft myself (though not nearly as hardcore as some), I actually enjoyed this work, and found myself grinning like an idiot at some of the references and at the thought of the Elder Gods and other entities of the Lovecraft universe being one big dysfunctional yet likable family. Cthulhu being a mighty entity struggling to hold onto his disguise as an ordinary teenage boy is utterly hilarious, and the sinister Nyarlathotep is actually halfway likable as the snarky, wisecracking Uncle Neil... and also serves as the story's token "too awesome for this story, why isn't the book about him?" character. The authors really pulled no punches in mocking "Twilight" and its ilk here... I usually don't bother to give badly written books -- even ones badly written on purpose -- five stars. But "Awoken" is a magnificent exception to the rule. It's a splendid mockery of the worst traits of the YA romance genre, as well as a playful ribbing of Lovecraft and other cosmic horror in the process, and while I found myself eye-rolling in places I was laughing as I was rolling my eyes. This is the kind of awful that leaves me grinning stupidly, like "The Room" or "Plan 9 From Outer Space," and is so wonderfully terrible that it deserves to be read by everyone who's ever wanted to throw a copy of "Twilight" or "Hush, Hush" or "House of Night" across the room in an angry frenzy. Now when are we getting that sequel... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This work of...literature!? *by L***H on September 12, 2013* Let me first say that I am not much of a YA reader. Any enjoyment I got from reading Twilight was simply because of the unintentional hilarity of the cardboard-cutout characters and the sappy, unrealistic melodrama. Every YA novel to come out afterwards for the next couple years seemed to be rehashing that same formula almost word-for-word but with slight tweaks to the one-dimensional characters, including the distinguishing trait of the romantic lead that makes him enticingly mysterious and non-human. But this, my friends! This is an Opus! The writing is drivel, and yet it's absolutely brilliant. The characters are bland and insipid, yet entirely memorable for reasons you might not expect. And the cherry on top of this sundae? The final brushstroke on La Jaconde? I'll give you a hint: it starts with a C and ends with a thulhu. How you want to take this story is up to reader interpretation, but if you have ever read a YA novel you'll notice from the get-go that our auteur treads some familiar ground. Liberal use of adverbs and comparisons like this one that make absolutely no sense, yet make perfect sense because Kaleidoscope C'thulhu Eyes are Dreamy. The main character is a blank slate (appropriately named Andromeda Slate) whose shoes the standard YA reader could easily slip into like a comfy pair of slippers. Her eventual boytoy is a hunk named Riley who is described at one point as having an underwear model's body. Vik fills the role of the ethnic friend with a not-so-secret crush on the protagonist. Bree is the good-spirited but ultimately fussy best friend whose most defining character trait is the amount of cake she shovels into her pie hole on any given day. I won't give the villain away because I don't want to ruin the suspense for any potential readers, but she's about as campy as they come - one-dimensional with a motive that is never remotely explained, but evil as the lovechild of Ganondorf and Cruella de Vil. You're welcome for that mental image. Ironically, all of these negatives combine together to make this one hell of an enjoyable read. The characters are like their YA compadres on steroids: Andi Slate is 10x more irritating and helpless than Bella ever was, and Riley embodies the possessive, abusive tendencies that YA romances have so often been denounced for and takes them to the extreme. He FLAYS PEOPLE'S MINDS in her defense and all Andi can think of is how hot he looks in his gray FUGU T-shirt. This is Shakespearean caliber writing here, people. The plot makes sense and moves at a reasonable pace throughout. Best of all are the melodramatic scenes which I won't quote here because I don't want to spoil the magic of this stellar piece of fiction. As every review before mine has mentioned, there are things to enjoy about this book besides the WTF-ery of its premise. Uncle Neil is an amazing character on so many levels, and I will second what others have said about making him a prominent character in the sequels. Bravi, bravi, bravissimi, Madame Elinsen. Bottom line: whether you love the genre or hate it, give this one a try or C'thulhu will make you lose your mind. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by B***D on April 6, 2019* truely one of the greatest pieces of literature i have ever read you can feel the love oozing from the pages --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/9333417-awoken](https://www.desertcart.in/products/9333417-awoken) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-04-30*