Bethany Neal
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PopSugar '15 #6--book written by someone under 30 (guessing here...)
Interesting premise, but not very surprising. Neal's a good writer and I'll look for more books; this one just didn't stand out for me.
Interesting premise, but not very surprising. Neal's a good writer and I'll look for more books; this one just didn't stand out for me.
My Last Kiss drew me in from the beginning. Who doesn’t love a ghost story mystery???
I liked Cassidy. She’s an outgoing girl that made a few mistakes. There were times I wanted to knock her upside the head, but she took being a ghostly being pretty well. I like that she cares for her friends. She is always trying to console them even when they have been total jerks. I don’t agree with how she handled some things, but those are incidents you learn with age. She doesn’t really have much of that left anymore. :p I also like how determined some of her friends were that Cassidy’s death wasn’t a suicide.
I loved how Cassidy was a part of discovering what really happened to her. She fought for the information, and dealt with the consequences. I had an idea about who might have done it, but I wasn’t sure. The ending was great, and I loved every second of this ride. It was fun, mysterious, and enjoyable.… (meer)
I liked Cassidy. She’s an outgoing girl that made a few mistakes. There were times I wanted to knock her upside the head, but she took being a ghostly being pretty well. I like that she cares for her friends. She is always trying to console them even when they have been total jerks. I don’t agree with how she handled some things, but those are incidents you learn with age. She doesn’t really have much of that left anymore. :p I also like how determined some of her friends were that Cassidy’s death wasn’t a suicide.
I loved how Cassidy was a part of discovering what really happened to her. She fought for the information, and dealt with the consequences. I had an idea about who might have done it, but I wasn’t sure. The ending was great, and I loved every second of this ride. It was fun, mysterious, and enjoyable.… (meer)
Unfortunately, My Last Kiss also failed to make much of an impression on me. It certainly wasn’t bad, and I enjoyed myself while I was reading it, but it’s not a story I’ll revisit. I kept waiting to be grabbed, to really connect with Cassidy and care about how and why she died. Instead, the closest I got to caring was the way I ached for her poor siblings. She was the dead one, but they were the ones who would have to live with the hole in their family.
Actually, Aimee, Cassidy’s bulldog of a friend, was far more interesting than Cassidy herself. Aimee is the friend who spearheads the amateur investigation into Cassidy’s death and puts together the clues of what happened that night. I really would have liked to have seen the story from Aimee’s POV, especially as she starts to doubt the word of everyone, even her closest friends. The tension does ratchet up as the story progresses, but the ending was too chaotic and messy for my taste.
Note: I received a review copy of this title from the publisher for review consideration.
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT: http://www.shaelit.com/2014/07/mini-reviews-the-half-life-of-molly-pierce-and-my...… (meer)
Actually, Aimee, Cassidy’s bulldog of a friend, was far more interesting than Cassidy herself. Aimee is the friend who spearheads the amateur investigation into Cassidy’s death and puts together the clues of what happened that night. I really would have liked to have seen the story from Aimee’s POV, especially as she starts to doubt the word of everyone, even her closest friends. The tension does ratchet up as the story progresses, but the ending was too chaotic and messy for my taste.
Note: I received a review copy of this title from the publisher for review consideration.
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT: http://www.shaelit.com/2014/07/mini-reviews-the-half-life-of-molly-pierce-and-my...… (meer)
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Cassidy wakes up and finds out she's dead. The problem is she can't remember what exactly happened to make her this way. She knows she had a fall from a bridge after a party, but she doesn't know much else. The police are calling it a suicide, but Cassidy can't imagine she would ever do that. The only person who can see her is Ethan. Sweet Ethan is the only boy she ever loved... but she knows she's done something to betray his trust, she just can't remember what. That betrayal may be the key to finding out what happened to her, she just needs to figure out what happened that night on the bridge... and everything leading up to it.
My Thoughts:
I am all for a good YA Mystery. I know it's been done like a million times, but I like it when the main character doesn't remember something and goes through the slow process of getting those memories back. It's like putting together a puzzle. A puzzle that makes me really anxious and excited to see the big picture.
This book was one of those books where you really really want to know what happened. Who pushed Cassidy?... or did she just have an accident?? I wanted to know so bad. There was a cool cast of characters and so many of them were suspects. The thing is, this book was broken up into 3 phases for me. Phase 1- I'm totally into it and really want to know what's going on... Phase 2- I'm like whhhyyyy is this taking so long to get through?? Why are we going over the same details and why is this situation way more complicated than it needs to be??... Phase 3- Ohh now we're getting to the good stuff. But I'm still a little confused as why this whole "big reveal" is so complicated.
Another thing I want to talk about is the cheating aspect. Cheating is NOT a deal-breaker for me. Just because cheating is going on, doesn't mean that I will automatically dislike a character. There is a cheating event in this book and the act itself didn't really bug me... I mean, people cheat, it happens. These are 17-year-olds. They're still figuring things out. I just didn't like the way Cassidy treated the boy she cheated with AT ALL. She was so worried about Ethan and his feelings, but the other boy could have easily have jumped off the bridge too and she wouldn't have batted an eye. It pissed me off and it made me dislike Cassidy. You can't just use a guy who genuinely cares about you and then boo-hoo about how you hurt your perfect boyfriend. That's not going to make me like you.
So I really enjoyed the mystery of this book, but I felt like it dragged a lot and didn't need to be so complicated. There are like 8 people involved in this book and they're ALL mixed together and connected in all these weird ways. I didn't really like how all that played out. It was a solid book with a good mystery, but could have definitely been better.
OVERALL: An intriguing mystery that made me want to fly through it to the end. I felt like it dragged a bit in the middle and the main character did a lot of stuff that made me feel annoyed with her. If you like reading these type of ghost/mystery books, this one should definitely go on your list.
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