Narcolepsy is the
perfect cover for being a "slider," but is it the most socially acceptable when
you're in high school and no longer a cheerleader? I don't think so... Vee has
a hard time with her life in general; her mother recently died, her little
sister has hit puberty with a vengeance and her father's a famously, oft-needed
doctor. She has no friends except a
strangely different
sort of guy who seems to understand her; but with whom she can't share her
"sliding."
And, then there's a
murder that she just happens to know about when everyone else thinks it's a
suicide, because she accidently slid into the murder's body when it
happened!
This suspenseful
novel by Jill Hathaway is a young adult winner by any standards.
It has the
quintessentially beautiful, pink haired misfit girl, the hunky jock,
cheerleaders, goth-edged gorgeous
guy, the dark stranger guy and the slightly attractive male teacher...along with
the tragic teen aged angst of
suicide and parents missing by death and choice.
It's all a winning soup.
The plot is thick
and good.
I loved this book for many reasons. It's well
written, it's absorbing, and
it's a cliff hanger of the old school
sort.
Jill Hathaway has my attention, and I'll be
looking forward to more of her books.
4 stars from me!
This is a great YA fiction/thriller which I
think adult readers would also enjoy.
Particulars of
the Book:
Publisher: Balzer
& Bray/Harper Collins
Pages:
187something
Genre: YA
Fiction/Thriller
Author: Jill
Hathaway
Author's website:
http://jillhathaway.com
Author's blog: http://jillscribbles.blogspot.com/
Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister's friend Sophie didn't kill herself. She was murdered.
Vee knows this because she was there.
Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn't actually fall asleep
during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else's mind
and experiences the world through that person's eyes. She's slid into her sister
as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She
learned the worst about a supposed "friend" when she slid into her during a
school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October
night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing
over Sophie's slashed body.
Vee desperately wishes she could share
her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so crazy that she can't bring
herself to tell her best friend, Rollins, let alone the police. Even if she
could confide in Rollins, he has been acting distant lately, especially now that
she's been spending more time with Zane.
Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets,
lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the
killer before he or she strikes again.
All About the
Very Stylish Ms Hathaway!
Jill was born and raised in Iowa. As a child, she loved paper dolls, Archie comics, and writing. In her adolescent years, she wrote emo poetry and produced paper zines that she sold for $1 in local comic book and record stores.
Having earned her
BA in English from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA in Literature from
Iowa State University, she now teaches high school and community college courses
in the Des Moines area. She lives with her husband and young daughter.
Jill spends her
free time collecting cool gear for her blood elf paladin, watching Veronica
Mars, and listening to angry grrl music.
SLIDE, her debut
novel, will be released from Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins in 2012.
Here's a picture of
Jill on tour!
You can buy Slide
at: Barnes
& Noble
or Amazon
or at your favorite local independent book seller!
or at your favorite local independent book seller!
March 23, 2012
Seventeen.com/Cosmogirl reviews SLIDE,
suggesting it to fans of Pretty Little Liars. They say their "jaws literally
dropped" at one of the twists.
