Read for Concorde Book Awards 2016.
Front Cover Thoughts: I really can't wait until I get to this book, it looks so good!
Last Page Thoughts: Really does make you think.
So I'm not going to write a full review about this one, because I don't want to give it all away. It's basically a book about coincidences, to make a long story short. It's very informative with a very interesting POV. I have a few problems with it, hence the 4 stars rather than 5. (1). The POV is from a 16yr old - I felt that one of the major plot lines was proving she's not stupid. Nevertheless, the way she said things, it made her sound like a 12yr old. to me, it felt as if Mercus Sedgwick was like, "right I'm going to write a book from a child's point of view," and actually 16yrs old is not a child anymore. You're halfway between growing up at that stage, and I think Laureth should have been credited with a voice that shows that. (2). It was written too 'punchily'. Sometimes I felt like there was a lot more time passing than was written down, especially towards the end of the story when things got a bit more exciting.
Overall, this book was really interesting. It shows what we value in life, in a way, and how unimportant it really is. I think I would recommend this book to most people, to people who like YA, to people who like adventures, to people who like factual fiction, to people who like mystery, and to people who like to read about things they haven't experienced or don't know too much about. so it covers a wide spectrum :)