Sunday, January 4, 2015

Didn't make the TAYSHAS list

One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington

Not sure why this one didn't make the list, but a book like The Prince of Venice Beach did. This was a much better read, and had far more substance. But, whatever. I read it, and I enjoyed it.

Sabine lives two lives. Not like at home she's a goody two shoes, but everywhere else she's a wild girl two lives. She lives two lives. In one life, she is the oldest child in a middle class family. She doesn't want to go to college, but will because it is something her parents really want. In her other life, she is wealthy, headed to Harvard, and dating the perfect (who is really not so perfect) guy.

Every night at midnight, Sabine shifts between her two lives. Until recently, if she injured herself in one life, it carried over into the other. When she breaks her wrist, the broken wrist doesn't shift with her, and this gives her hope because now she may be able to choose one life and stick with it.

In the course of "tests" she completes to see if things carry over, she steals medication from her parents' drug store, and gets caught. In trying to explain why she did it, she tells her parents about her two lives, and they have her hospitalized. While there, she interacts with Ethan, who tries to make her see that her two lives are a gift.

What's interesting about this book, is you think you know what she's going to do, what life she's going to choose, but it really goes to the very end to find out what she does.

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