Review: Great Start to a Fascinating Paranormal Romance!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2013
Let me just start off by saying that I am seriously confused right now! I know that this is probably the point, since the book is broken down into four parts. It has made me compeletely bent on reading Part Two IMMEDIATELY, because I have to know what is going on!As a warning, don't expect all of what is described on the synopsis for this volume to be really divulged or discussed in this Part. We really don't discover a lot of information other than meeting (probably all) the important characters that will appear in the four parts.The story starts off discussing an important and devasting event that occured three and a half years ago. I can't say who it is, because that would be giving away a crucial element to the story. However, suffice it to say that this event determines the future struggle and path for the main character, Emily.Emily is a world traveller, but not in the convential sense. She has seizures and literally travels to a different world/universe. I don't really understand how there is a body already waiting for her in these various universes, but there is. She has to hide and/or flee from the evil - "Misery Makers." Not really sure what their story is. All we know is that they can look like anyone - men, women, children, and they are bad and want to torture and kill her slowly! Emily cannot control where she goes or when she travels. It usually happens for around fifteen or so minutes at random times.Sadly, Emily's parents could not deal with her constant seizures and blackouts, which starting occuring on her thirteenth birthday. They left her to live with her Uncle Spencer and his fiancee, Irene. She also has a best friend named Ben, who isn't around very much in this volume. These three people make up her family, and will undoubtably play a large role in her future.After said event, we jump three and a half years into the future where Emily is attending Oxford University. She meets a hot, dark haried, blue eyed boy - Henry Seadon, who comes off as a total jerk when he almost runs her over with his car! But, she can't seem to stop thinking about him. Emily also meets another mystery guy who is younger than her but carries a crossbow and protects her in the various universes for some unknown reason.The story moves quite fast, and after these two boy are introduced, a girl named Pipa and her possy the story is pretty much over. On to Part Two! So many questions!! Super good! Super short, too! :D