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This story reminded me a little of Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall, in which a mean girl is thrown into a life/death situation and is forced to reassess her life. But this is a fresher premise, in that the character lingers between life and death, and in this place has the odd power of going in and out of her body, with sometimes eerie, sometimes hilarious results.

I have to say that the humor is what made this such an enjoyable read. I also thought the subplots were well integrated into the main story, and back stories used with tremendous economy (parsed out slowly and in ways that mattered, never too much or irrelevant). The author even managed to work in some nicely done themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption with a fairly light touch.

Enjoyable, nicely paced and thought-provoking.


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Betwixt Melissa Pearl 9781479165919 Books Reviews

In Betwixt the main character is Nicole, a girl who seems to have it all. She is the queen bee, dating one of the most popular guys in school and hanging out with the in crowd. From the very first chapter Nicole gets hit by a car. After that, she wakes up in her bed like nothing ever happened, but people around her are ignoring her and after an encounter with her boyfriend she realizes that no one can see her anymore. There is only one person in the whole school who can hear her and that is Dale a.k.a Scarface, a nickname she gave him. Nicole soon figures out that she not really a ghost, she keeps popping back in her own body, only to be drowned in pain, as she tries to piece together the events of the night that led her broken at the side of the road, Dale has to try and find her before it's too late.

Betwixt was the first novel by Melissa Pearl that I read and I have to say I will keep on reading her books. Her writing style was easy to read through and I loved how unique the story was. Dale quickly became a favorite character for me, especially since I knew what he had been though and I could see how much he changed. He is a sweetheart. Nicole on the other hand was a completely different stroy, even though we learned her story I still could feel anything about her but annoyance. She was a really mean person and her past is not really an excuse for that. I couldn't understand why Dale liked her that much, but at least she started changing by the end of the book so there is still hope.

The story was mostly about the relationship between the two characters than the mystery behind Nicole's accident. But once the book was reaching its end there was more action and I must say I really enjoyed it. I didn't really like the way things ended with the people responsible for Nicole's accident but it wasn't that bad. It seemed like a good idea.

All in all, this was a fast and sweet book, even though Nicole is kind of a spirit this is more of a contemporary book than a paranormal. Great for lovers of both genres.

*I received a copy of this book, as part of the Blog Tour, in exchange for an honest review*
Melissa Pearl is an author that I have read a few books from now, and I am happy to say that I think I like each one of her books more and more. If you have not read anything from her yet, you need to check her out because she is an awesome writer. I absolutely loved Betwixt. I wish it was a series or that we would get a little novella to check in on the characters because I wasn't ready to leave them when I finished the book. I had already fallen in love with them by that point.

I think my secret to really enjoying a book is not knowing exactly what is going on. I read the summary for Betwixt months and months ago when I was signing up for the blog tour, but I didn't re-read the summary when I went to pick up this book last week to read it. So I didn't remember what it was about really. It made the whole book seem more mysterious to me, and I was glad that I didn't read the summary right before picking it up because well, it does summarize the book pretty well. (that sounds silly, doesn't it? ok...moving on)

Nicole keeps a buffer between herself and almost everyone else. Even though only Dale could hear her, I loved that throughout the book we really got to know Nicole through everyone's eyes. I loved the journey that she went on. And man, oh man did I love Dale. He was just beyond cute. I want to read more about him. We got explanations and peeks inside of his past, but the book was more focused on Nicole, which made total sense.

Melissa Pearl has this incredible ability to suck you right into the story and make you so absorbed in it that you just cannot put the book down. I think I have read ALL of her books in one sitting. I couldn't put Betwixt down and I didn't want it to end. I love Melissa's writing, it brings everything to life. Melissa just made my shortlist of favorite YA authors. She consistently turns out quality books that I always love, what more could I ask for? Betwixt was one of my favorites of 2012.

*Disclaimer- I got this book for free in exchange for my honest review. I was not compensated for my review.
This story reminded me a little of Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall, in which a mean girl is thrown into a life/death situation and is forced to reassess her life. But this is a fresher premise, in that the character lingers between life and death, and in this place has the odd power of going in and out of her body, with sometimes eerie, sometimes hilarious results.

I have to say that the humor is what made this such an enjoyable read. I also thought the subplots were well integrated into the main story, and back stories used with tremendous economy (parsed out slowly and in ways that mattered, never too much or irrelevant). The author even managed to work in some nicely done themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption with a fairly light touch.

Enjoyable, nicely paced and thought-provoking.