Review: More 3.5 stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2012
This novel is a stand alone book that's quite difficult to describe. Since the "fantastic" part comes quite late in the story - in a way - I can nearly qualify Torn of a contemporary fiction.I have to thank the author who gave me a free e-copy of her novel.Where I can't blame the writing style, I'm a little disappointed by the characters that never really bring me in their story. As a matter of fact, I'm reluctant when insta-love takes a huge place. If you already read my other reviews, you know I love to read books heavy on the romance but somehow, love at first sight kind of kills the effects the story could have produced on me.Also, in my opinion, most of the chapters are too much based on the same scheme such as main character wants answers / the guy plays hot and cold without surprise / main characters suffers but is determined to ask again. After three chapters like this, it can become a little boring even if the mysteries help the readers to want to know what it is all about.And, even if I kind of like the main character's personality, she seems far too much naive too often. I saw the end coming a while before I read it.One thing that's making me think that this book can easily win over readers, maybe real teenagers and not adults like me, beside the mysteries and the love story, is the writing style that's fluid and quite centered on what the main character is feeling and how she's feeling it. It's quite graphic.So, even if this book is not what I'm looking for, it's well-written and original compared to other YA books in the genre.I'll more easily recommand the book to teenagers rater than twenty-something readers.