My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Shanna Roberson
*I
received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Wow.
I adored it! But I will be honest with you, it did take me a little while to
get into it but once I was in, I never wanted to come back out!
Nicole
Tepper is your run of the mill mean girl. You know the type; she’s the girl
with the hot jock boyfriend and the group of snide female followers, partying
every night. She’s arrogant and entitled; feeling her world is perfect. Well,
that is until the night someone hit her with their car and left her to die
alone out in the woods.
Dale
Finnigan is not what you would expect. He is quiet and reserved. And with an
awful scar marring his handsome face, he isn’t part of Nicky’s crowd. Not even
close. The one time he reached out to Nicole, she branded him with a horrible
nickname to save face in front of her group of self-absorbed snotty friends.
Even though, he sees something in Nicole that is redeemable; he refuses to put
his self back out there for her.
That
was until tragedy brought them together again. With her life slowly slipping
away, she haunts the only person that can hear her spirit, Dale.
Will
she have enough time to convince this boy she is worth saving before she is
gone forever? Will she finally look past the scar and see the amazing person
that is Dale? Or will her would-be murderer finish her off before she is found?
Like
I said before, it took me a bit to get into Nicole’s story. It was hard to feel
sympathy for such a cruel and shallow person. But as the story unfolds, she
grew on me. There is a decent person under all the ‘mean girl’ bravado. And the
swoon-worthy Dale opens her eyes to the fact her life and friends might not be
so perfect after all.
Betwixt
is beautifully written and thought provoking in an age where bullying is
spreading like an epidemic. Melissa Pearl tells a tale of human nature, cruelty
and redemption. I love it. She had me smiling and crying throughout Nicole’s
journey. If you haven’t read Betwixt yet, you are missing out on a wonderful YA
paranormal. It's brilliant!
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