Title: FractureAuthor: Megan Miranda
Publication date: January 17th 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 272ISBN: 9780802723093
Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it? Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?
Author Megan Miranda launches her debut novel with the absorbing story of Delaney Maxwell, it should be just another day in her life but instead turns out to be the day she died, for eleven minutes she was under freezing water, for 11 minutes she was considered death. That should have been the end of her story, but life gave her a second chance and now her world will never be normal again.
As she struggles to cope with the situation her relationship with her best friend Decker starts falling apart. I fell in love with him from the first chapter. The way he feels about her will evoke all kinds of emotions. Miranda's writing style flows smoothly, and keeps the reader engaged through the entire book.
I enjoyed the first person narrative, all the conflict on Delaney's thoughts, until she meets Troy and her confusion starts forming deeper questions on life and death. After she meets him I start to believe there's going to be a love triangle, but is he trust worthy?
Overall I enjoyed this book, it was different, with the perfect amount of description and a little dash of romance. The only big problem I had with this book was I couldn't put it down.
Review based on an Advanced Reader's Copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley.
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8 comments:
Wow, this sounds like a great one. And I love the cover of this book. I need to add this to my TBR list. Great review!!
@ Vanessa: I love the cover too :) I'm glad you liked the review!! Thank you for stopping by :)
Hiya, I love your blog! And great review too, I might have a look at this book sometime seeing as you gave it 5/5! Thanks for stopping by Booked Up!
Jessica x :)
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I have this book on my wishlist and your review reminds me why I want to buy this book as soon as I lift my book buying ban. Whenever I read five star ratings I get really pumped about reading. I am a book lover.
Hiya, just came across your blog, I love its name BTW! Such a fab review, makes me want to read it!
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Now that is a problem I like having (not being able to put it down). Great review.
I think this book sounds really great and I love the cover as well. I didn't know about this book. I will have to check it out. Thanks for the great review. :0)
I was looking for reviews of this book as it looks fab, and came across yours. Nicely done, very readable and informative.
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