Split Second (Pivot Point #1) by Kasie West
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: February 11th/2014
Pages: 360
Type: ARC
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What It's About!
Life can change in a split second.
Addie
hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend
used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the
future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always
been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she
can manipulate and slow down time, too . . . but not without a price.
When
Addie’s dad invites her to spend her winter break with him, she jumps
at the chance to escape into the Norm world of Dallas, Texas. There she
meets the handsome and achingly familiar Trevor. He’s a virtual stranger
to her, so why does her heart do a funny flip every time she sees him?
But after witnessing secrets that were supposed to stay hidden, Trevor
quickly seems more suspicious of Addie than interested in her. And she
has an inexplicable desire to change that.
Meanwhile, her best
friend, Laila, has a secret of her own: she can restore Addie’s memories
. . . once she learns how. But there are powerful people who don’t want
to see this happen. Desperate, Laila tries to manipulate Connor, a
brooding bad boy from school—but he seems to be the only boy in the
Compound immune to her charms. And the only one who can help her.
As
Addie and Laila frantically attempt to retrieve the lost memories,
Addie must piece together a world she thought she knew before she loses
the love she nearly forgot . . . and a future that could change
everything.
Review
I loved the first book, Pivot Point so much that I was barely done reading it before I started reading Split Second.
In
this sequel to Pivot Point, we once again see from the point of view
from Addie, like the first book, only we ALSO get Laila's point of view
this time also. At first I wasn't too sure how I felt about it, since
Laila seemed like a really shallow character in the first book, but once
I got to know her, I really liked her and could understand why her and
Addie were such good friends. It also made it more interesting, going
from one point of view in the first book, to two people's points of view
in the second.
I loved how Split Second had just as many, if
not more plot twists than the first book. It took me a little longer to
get into it, because it was a little slow in the beginning, but picked
up really fast. Some things, I kind of saw coming, and/or expected, but I
did NOT see the ending at all! It made the book that much better.
Another
thing I really loved was how all the characters grew. Especially Laila.
She went from acting like a spoiled brat, to someone who actually cared
for someone other than herself and her younger brothers. We also got
more of Trevor in this book, who's character also grew a little bit, but
also stayed the same at the same time.
I just LOVE these books, and Kasie West :) I'm REAAALLLYY hoping there's going to be a third book in the Pivot Point series!
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