YA paranormal suspense thriller
Hardcover, 272 pages
Expected publication:
January 17th 2012
by Walker & Company
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?
For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.--Goodreads
-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?
For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.--Goodreads
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This is one fantastically frustrating, heart retching, hair pulling, teeth gnashing, heart racing book. I loved and hated it. Well mostly Decker. Not the book itself. I'm mean I guess I don't really hate him either I just find him extremely frustrating. And I can't completely blame him for not taking the leap first but from Delaney's point of view he did her wrong lots of times. I think it could have all been settled way before her fall if he would have had more faith in her.
Ok so you are probably wondering WTHeck is Trini talking about. Well let me give you a quick run down of this book. Laney and Decker are best friends and neighbors. Have been so for years. Since elementary. Well, they are now all grown up and in high school. So their perception of each other has changed a little. And even more so ever since Laney fooled around with Carson, Deckers friend. Ever since then things have been a little awkward between her and Decker . Then she has a fatal accident. This changes so many things in Laney’s life. After coming out of her coma the major change she experiences is the ability to since death. The other is the relationships she has with her mother and more frustrating with Decker.
Let me start with the relationship with her mom, which I felt, was heartbreaking to read. You can since that her mother loves her very much. There is no question about that. What is bothersome is the lost of faith and doubt that comes along with all the changes since the accident. At one point she grieves for the lost of Delaney even though she is still alive and right in the next room. Her morning is for the lost of the child she use to know. How Laney used to be. It was really hard not to cry in that scene because Laney becomes so lonely and her despair is so deep.
In regards to Decker, I did see the devotion from him in the beginning but it just all seemed to go away once she was back and "different". I mean who wouldn't be different after a death experience. Ya she's not the old Delaney that never talked back or got in trouble. But she was still Delaney and she need him more than ever. The fact that he would just leave her to recover all on her own when they have been best friends forever because of his pride is just plain unforgivable. For me anyway. I would definitely hold a grudge for a while. And again it's not all his fault. I have to admit. Things just happen, circumstance just wont let life be easy. There are a lot of things at work throughout this book that just work against them and their relationship is not the only things going on in this story.
After dying, coming back to life then being in a coma Delaney has gained the ability to since death. This subject is what kept me glued to the pages because like Uncle Ben told Peter Parker “With great power, come great responsibility.” First let me say that is was a heart racing journey to get to the point where Laney figures out that she has this ability. Second, she meets a hot mysterious guy, Troy, who is totally drawn to her. Since it seems that she is on her own with no one to talk to about her ability she turns to the person who is now her only friend, Troy. Having so much on her mind after a couple of close calls in regards to being found out and being caught at the scenes of some untimely deaths she starts to ask her self what should she do with her ability and poses the question “If you had one day left to live, what would you do?”
I think the hardest parts to read were when she felt the loneliest. When her mom treats her like a stranger, Decker has moved on to other friends, and Troy turns out to be ,well I don't want to give everything away but not who she thinks he is. I love that this book make you think about life, death and the perception of hell.
Meagan's writing is amazing. The falling through the ice scene was torture and my heart was racing. I would say this book is more of a suspense, thriller with a touch of romance. This was a great read and I wish there would be a sequel since it ends with a great beginning but I was told this is a stand alone=( To get an inside look into Decker's mind make sure to read Eleven Minutes (link below). It will give you some insight to what was going on in his head when Delaney fell through the ice.
Ok so you are probably wondering WTHeck is Trini talking about. Well let me give you a quick run down of this book. Laney and Decker are best friends and neighbors. Have been so for years. Since elementary. Well, they are now all grown up and in high school. So their perception of each other has changed a little. And even more so ever since Laney fooled around with Carson, Deckers friend. Ever since then things have been a little awkward between her and Decker . Then she has a fatal accident. This changes so many things in Laney’s life. After coming out of her coma the major change she experiences is the ability to since death. The other is the relationships she has with her mother and more frustrating with Decker.
Let me start with the relationship with her mom, which I felt, was heartbreaking to read. You can since that her mother loves her very much. There is no question about that. What is bothersome is the lost of faith and doubt that comes along with all the changes since the accident. At one point she grieves for the lost of Delaney even though she is still alive and right in the next room. Her morning is for the lost of the child she use to know. How Laney used to be. It was really hard not to cry in that scene because Laney becomes so lonely and her despair is so deep.
In regards to Decker, I did see the devotion from him in the beginning but it just all seemed to go away once she was back and "different". I mean who wouldn't be different after a death experience. Ya she's not the old Delaney that never talked back or got in trouble. But she was still Delaney and she need him more than ever. The fact that he would just leave her to recover all on her own when they have been best friends forever because of his pride is just plain unforgivable. For me anyway. I would definitely hold a grudge for a while. And again it's not all his fault. I have to admit. Things just happen, circumstance just wont let life be easy. There are a lot of things at work throughout this book that just work against them and their relationship is not the only things going on in this story.
After dying, coming back to life then being in a coma Delaney has gained the ability to since death. This subject is what kept me glued to the pages because like Uncle Ben told Peter Parker “With great power, come great responsibility.” First let me say that is was a heart racing journey to get to the point where Laney figures out that she has this ability. Second, she meets a hot mysterious guy, Troy, who is totally drawn to her. Since it seems that she is on her own with no one to talk to about her ability she turns to the person who is now her only friend, Troy. Having so much on her mind after a couple of close calls in regards to being found out and being caught at the scenes of some untimely deaths she starts to ask her self what should she do with her ability and poses the question “If you had one day left to live, what would you do?”
I think the hardest parts to read were when she felt the loneliest. When her mom treats her like a stranger, Decker has moved on to other friends, and Troy turns out to be ,well I don't want to give everything away but not who she thinks he is. I love that this book make you think about life, death and the perception of hell.
Meagan's writing is amazing. The falling through the ice scene was torture and my heart was racing. I would say this book is more of a suspense, thriller with a touch of romance. This was a great read and I wish there would be a sequel since it ends with a great beginning but I was told this is a stand alone=( To get an inside look into Decker's mind make sure to read Eleven Minutes (link below). It will give you some insight to what was going on in his head when Delaney fell through the ice.
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“ I tried to tell you before. I thought it would help to know. You can’t save them. This is hell.”
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“A cut. That’s what I felt. Words can cut, slice, like a razor.”
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"If you had one day left to live, what would you do?"
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"There is always hope."
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“A cut. That’s what I felt. Words can cut, slice, like a razor.”
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"If you had one day left to live, what would you do?"
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"There is always hope."
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I really liked Fracture. I cannot wait to meet the author next week! Great post!
ReplyDeleteI liked Fracture! I thought the paranormal elements were a nice touch.
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