Slide by Jill Hathaway
Publisher: Balzer +Bray/ HarperCollins
Published: March 27, 2012
Pages: 250
Summary: Vee Bell is not your average teenage narcoleptic. In fact, when she has one of her "episodes" she is not actually asleep. She slides into someone else's body. One night she slides and witnesses the murder of her sister's best friend, Sophie. Vee is the only one who knows that Sophie didn't commit suicide, she was murdered, but with no hard evidence Vee is going to have to prove this one all on her own.
Review/ My thoughts: The actually idea of sliding was actually really intriguing to me. The best thing about this book was Vee developing her "weakness" into a strength. Vee learns how to control her sliding and use it to her advantage. I also liked Vee's relationships with the other charaters, though I wished we could have gotten more into, I felt like the story cut off with more to say (though I guess that's why there's a sequel).
One of the things I did not care for in this book was both of the romantic stories. The one between Vee and Zane felt rushed and fake. And the ending between Vee and Rollins, though I preferred him to Zane, also felt a little artificial. If you can't pace out a romantic story correctly, don't bother.
I felt like Jill Hathaway was trying to hard with the mystery aspect. When every character has a motive and is made to seem suspicious, minus one that sort- of makes them (rightfully) the number one suspect. Don't get me wrong I did question all the characters, but I felt as if most of them were just diversions.
Overall a pretty fast- paced read. It will keep you interested. I just wish we could have seen some more character and relationship developments, but other than that,
3.5 out of 5 stars
For anyone who likes mystery, with a little paranormal aspects
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