Review: An Interesting YA Novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2012
The author sent me an online copy of her novel and asked for a review. I'm happy to do that.I found this Young Adult novel to be an interesting read since it deals with topics that a normal teenager would never encounter. Of course, protagonist Ellen also has the normal agonizing issues that most teenage girls go through when moving to a new town and starting a new high school. She desperately wants to fit in and at first has no friends but soon meets Neil and that's when the unusual events start to happen.Neil has special powers and one of them is mind-reading. His friend, Josh, does teleportation! When Ellen becomes involed with these two, her life changes in many ways. This novel also deals with teenage romance and rivalry, parental abuse (her dad), and parental neglect (her mom). There are the usual 'good' guys and 'bad' guys to help keep the plot moving along.The characters are memorable and the event descriptions were vivid. Overall, a well-written novel. However, I do have a question and that is where did the title for this novel come from? Maybe I missed something along the way.The ending was not what I expected but now realize it sets up for a sequel. I look forward to it!!