While I did enjoy reading this book at times I did find it a
bit difficult to read due to the complexity. It’s not that it was a complicated
story line there just seemed to be lots of things going on at the same time.
Overall however I found the characters enjoyable to read about and the subject
of the book very interesting.
The main characters are Vanessa and Adam; they are two
teenagers very different who come together in an unexpected way. Vanessa seems
to be the perfect teenager, pretty with a good family and a perfect boyfriend
however all is not what it seems. Her boyfriend and her have had a falling out
and her family life is in chaos with her parents arguing and tension between
mother and daughter. Then she sees a boy who only she can see; invisible to the
rest of the world Adam is an unfortunate looking for his match. Vanessa is that
match and when paired with an unfortunate she has a lot to learn about what the
rest of the world is oblivious to. I thought that Vanessa was a good main
character however I wasn’t very sure about how she was portrayed in certain
situations in this book. Adam on the other hand is like every other male
character that I can’t help but love even if he was a bit misunderstood.
The secondary characters I felt most noteworthy were Eric,
Marie and Jeremy. Eric is Vanessa’s ex-boyfriend, the relationship between him
and her is a bit rocky and it does sometimes cause issues between her and Adam
in their new relationship. Marie is almost like a tutor for Vanessa helping her
out with getting used to the new world she is surrounded by. Jeremy is the, I feel
tool for Vanessa in this book in that his main use is to be a tool for her to
seem caring.
The pacing is good allowing the relationship between the two
main characters to be the drive of the book and allowing it to cause tension
keeping the readers guessing what the outcome is going to be until the very
last minute.
The storyline was good however I think the simultaneous
things that were happening in Vanessa’s life could cause some confusion as it
did for me. I liked the new almost supernatural creatures that were introduced
in this book and enjoyed the depth of their alternate society that was offered
to us in this book.
3.5 a good book but ultimately I was a bit confused.
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