Review: Surprising!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
Fragile Line turned out to be an amazing book! I had thought it was going to head in a paranormal direction, but that wasn’t what the plot was about at all. I really liked Ellie and sympathized how scary it was for her to wake up with hours and days missing completely from her memory.The beginning was a bit confusing, but the good kind of confusing. I couldn’t really figure out what was going on with Ellie and what was happening to her during the blackouts—it made me eager to keep reading. As the story progressed, I was able to guess what was going on and I was curious to see how the rest of the plot would develop.I liked the romance in the book and enjoyed the angst of whether Shane and Ellie would work out. I didn’t totally love Shane at first, but by the end of the book, he had me swooning. There’s a quasi love triangle in the book, but it was enjoyable and I was never completely sure if any of the relationships could really work.I loved the writing style and the pace of the novel. The author really had me feeling how confused and heartbroken Ellie was over her predicament. The book flowed effortlessly and I never found myself bored by the plot or skimming sections.The final quarter of the novel was dark. It was so sickening to see what was happening to Ellie during those lost periods of time. It was bad enough to wake up with a tattoo without remembering getting it, but the rest was so much more twisted.The novel is YA, but with some of the plotlines, I think it would be better suited for older teens and adult readers. Fans of psychological suspense will likely enjoy Fragile Line.Rating: 4.5/5 StarsThanks to the publisher for a copy of the novel for review