Eva Marie L. (babyjulie) - , reviewed on 9/13/2010 + 336 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This is definitely more a 4.5 kind of book for me. I hadn't heard of this author or this book before a friend sent it to me and I'm so thankful because there are at least two others that I know I'll enjoy that I get to read by Pfeffer.
I'm pretty much past thinking that YA is just fluff because I've read enough to know that's just now the case. But I am still hesitant at times. I do however happen to like books in diary/journal/letter format a lot - none of that mattered though because as soon as I started reading I fell right in.
It's rare for me to wish a book was longer but that was the case here. I could have done with it being a lot longer. Miranda is a totally believable main character and the secondaries are just as good. I alternated between being frightened, to being happy, to almost crying. There are a few parts that really tug at your heart. And it's so realistic, in a sense, that I really started wondering 'what if'. Luckily I decided fairly quickly. I'm packing up the people and animals I love and moving, as fast as possible, to my friends house. (Luckily she's not all that far away.) I'm not saying any names because I don't want anyone else to remember this review and get any bright ideas - we probably won't have the room. :)
I'm going to read the next two in the series and I can't wait and this will, again, be thanks to my unnamed friend. :D

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