With a whole new outtake on Dystopia, Stitch by Samantha Durante delivers a refreshing new world where all is not what it seems.

In the beginning, we are introduced to Alessa Khole a freshman at Eastern State University. After the death of her parents, Alessa struggles to keep herself focused and moving forward; and the last thing Alessa expected upon arriving at ESU was to be seeing ghosts. What I loved from the beginning of the story was that there was no going around the matter. We’re diving More...

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I LOVED this book! It has one of the best dystopian settings I have read. Samantha Durante is an extremely talented writer who has written an impressive debut novel. Stitch keeps you on your toes. The premise is original and thoroughly immerses you in it's structure. I would have loved this book even if it had remained strictly a paranormal love story. Of course the transition into a More...

Stitch has to be the most interesting, well written, and deeply thoughtful book that has ever had the pleasure of existing. It reached into the deeper recesses of my mind and brought out feelings that I'd never felt before while reading a book. The way things were described was so realistic and rich that I can picture Alessa’s world as easily as my own. This novel blurred the edges of my reality with its own fantastic world of lies, intrigue, and deceit. Stitch is true an amazing novel, a kick-o More...

What a great debut novel by Samantha Durante! Stitch was nothing what I expected. I purposely stayed away from the reviews and blurbs because I wanted to experience this novel from a fresh perspective. So color me impressed when I thought I was jumping into a paranormal ghost story, then later to discover there was a dystopic twist to the world building, and ultimately deciding it was probably more scifi because of certain unique elements Durante weaved into her story-telling. So ultimately, I'l More...

Whoa! Stitch was nothing like I was expecting. It surprised me so much. I went into it thinking it would be intriguing. Then I picked up the book a while later and forgot what the summary said. So I start the story and I figure its a simple little ghost tale, and I expected to enjoy it. But I got so much more from Stitch, and it is not a simple story. Not at all! It is continuously morphing, which meant that it was always grabbing my interest. Once I really got into the story, I could not put it More...

I wanted to be apart of this tour because I love dystopians. Honestly, one of my favorite preferred genres. I haven’t read ghost love stories before because they don’t appeal to me - not my cup of tea. However, I figured since the blurb guarantees that it’s not what it seems, the best way to find out about ghost loves stories is if it’s actually wrapped up in my favorite genre.

As far as Stitch is concerned, I was wrong. The first majority deals with the whole straightforward ghost love story, More...

Well, color me surprised - I did not expect this story. I really liked it. The preface hooks you immediately and you just want to know what's going on.

It's smart, it kind of fools you into thinking it's a ghost/time travel story. There are these little twists along the way that keep you interested and it's an easy book to pick up after you take a break (which isn't necessarily a good thing, but more about that later).

I liked Alessa because she was just so normal. Dealing with her parents' death, More...

A copy of Stitch was kindly sent to me by Samantha Durante in exchange for an honest review.

I am so beyond pleasantly surprised by just how good this book is. Fast paced, intriguing and relentless with its crazy plot twists Stitch is a truly brilliant debut and a fine addition to the dystopian fiction world. Alessa is actually a fantastic female protagonist, I am amazed by how much I liked her – she’s flawed, she’s tough and a little bit nuts, and I genuinely think she’s great. I’m more than a More...

Samantha Durante uniquely portrays a dystopian society with futuristic and science-fictional elements. Stitch comes as a highly recommended novel with a carefully constructed plot and setting. The story is written at a steady pace, even when developing events bring central character, Alessa Khole, to a pool of life-altering revelations.

Durante lulls readers into a sense of relative normality with the story's opening and focus on Alessa's unusual predicament. Alessa is living the life of a colleg More...

Debut author? Most impressed! Fabulous.

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As I've given 'Stitch' 5 stars, it obviously means that I loved it. Not only that, I was most impressed with this debut by Samantha Durante. This book was nothing near to what I expected, and combines a variety of genres. Just when I thought this would involve a ghost throughout, which is how we think of Isaac for the most part, it did such an about turn tha More...

"She felt a deeper connection to him than she had with anyone since her parent had died, and her fixation with resolving his mystery had given her focus and provided her with something to strive for after so many months of drifting away."

Samantha Durante, you just blew me away. This debut waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than what I expected. Stitch was written with amazing world building, unique plot and very likable characters. With it's carefully constructed plot, nothing can spoil you as you read More...

Not being a huge reader of Dystopia I went into this with an open mind and having tried to stay away from really reading anything in regards to the books content so that I could enjoy the storyline as it unfolded. So once I started reading, the whole dystopia thing completely left my mind and I'm sitting there reading what I think is a pretty awesome ghost story when all of a sudden I'm like whoa!! Okay, so it's not a ghost story. Pretty awesome twist to the storyline.... So I keep reading and t More...

Review coming October 14th as part of the tour!

Wow this book was full of unexpected moments. The whole plot was very unique and I loved every second of it. Just when I thought I figured everything out something else would happen to make me question just what exactly was going on. I loved that the plot completely surprised me and was so unique from anything else I have read. It is hard to say much about the plot without giving everything away and I would hate to ruin it for anyone. I do have to s More...

4.5 stars

Stitch began as a paranormal romance that was familiar and refreshing at the same time. It was familiar in that it was about a girl who was trying to figure out what she wanted out of life while being haunted by the presence of a ghost only she could see. The refreshing aspects of it were that the girl was a college student (yay for new adult!) and that she was having recurring nightmares of a prison. Now, having strange dreams may seem typical of the paranormal genre, but in actuality, More...

I LOVED this book so much!It had a little bit of everything; romance, paranormal, sci-fi, mystery and a dystopian society. For having blended so many genres together it flowed really well. It's amazingly well written. I was floored to learn this is the author's debut novel. The characters are very likable. Their pain, sadness and torment makes them sympathetic in a very substantial way. I felt a tightness in my chest many times while reading this book. It was a really amazing journey, one in whi More...

When a friend first recommended this book to me, I was a little skeptical because I'm not a sci-fi fan at all. However, I decided to trust my friend on this one and am sure glad I did. I was instantly pulled into this book (it usually takes me a while to get into books but not this one). Then wow, was totally not expecting that twist. I blame this book for making me late to class, almost miss my subway stop (a couple of times), and a not so great midterm exam because once I started it, I couldn' More...

WOW! This book was amazing, after reading the extremely intriguing synopsis I jumped at the chance to participate in this blog tour, and I'm so glad I did.
Not only did I love the characters and the setting of this book but the way Durante has the talent to draw you in and to keep you constantly guessing, I lost count of the number of different theories I had about what was going on, and I didn't guess it, Durante is just that good that I sat there gobsmacked when the twist was finally revealed, More...

Well, that was strange.

The summary made this book sound so interesting, but as you can see by my rating... I'm incredibly disappointed.

I read the first 11 chapters of this book, and I felt like nothing really happened. There was a lot of "telling" going on in the chapters that I read, and also a serious lack of dialogue. The main character goes on and on about stuff that happened before, but whatever she tells us, it's not interesting at all.

The first few chapters of a book are supposed to suc More...

A few weeks ago, author Samantha Durante sent me a copy of 'Stitch' for review. It's a New Adult fiction book, and that's about as specific a genre as I could come up with for this twist and suspense filled book.

Alessa is having a tough time with her freshman year of college. Her parents both passed away in a tragic car accident, leaving her to start the next leg of her life alone. Her only company is her roommate, Janie. Oh, and a mysterious ghost that only appears when Alessa is around.

At firs More...

R2R: Stitch (Stitch Trilogy #1)

(I received a free copy, in exchange for a review.)

Alessa has been struggling with nightmares, after both of her parents die, in a car accident. Life was so carefree, for this junior; thoughts of an elite college and everything to come after that. But, reality set in, along with depression and life takes a different turn. She enrolls and is accepted into her local state university, not the top notch school she was planning for, before the accident and as luck would More...

(This was possibly closer to 2.5 than 3 stars)

I don't even know where to start in trying to describe this book because I felt like I was reading about ten different books, plots and generes rolled into one. It is, as said in the description, a paranormal romance initially. Even before that, it comes across as just a contemporary novel. Later, it takes on the sci-fi element and finally we are left with it's main genre, post-apocalyptic, dystopian future.

Yes, it is "twist-laden" and yes, it spans More...

Stitched was a enthralling read, full of intrigue and mystery. When I first got it for free from Read to Review, I wasn't sure if it was to be my liking. I don't particularly love books with ghosts and alive people loving each other but they can't have each other (for obvious reasons) but I was completely wrong about where the storyline was going. It blew me away with it's awesomeness!

The story took a running start and plunged the reader into the troubles of a depressed University student, Aless More...

My thanks go to the author, Samantha Durante, for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

First off, this was a totally unexpected book. I went into it thinking that I was going to get one kind of story, and instead got about as far from it as possible. As someone who can usually guess what's coming, this is saying something. There is no way I could have guessed what was going to happen, and how unpredictable it really was. It went from being one kind of story into someth More...

First off, look at that cover! I love it, so beautiful and striking yet simplistic. The cover does a great job at depicting the story and the characters (if you read the book, you'd totally see what I mean ;) ). I should now get on with the review for the book. Wow, this book was something else! It takes a lot to really shock me, and Stitch did exactly that. This book is a mix of genres, and hard to describe without spoiling it for those who still haven’t read it yet. When I first read the synop More...

I requested a copy of this book from the author to review and she graciously complied. I had some trouble rating this book-- it's between a 3.5 and 4, but closer to a four, which is what I ended up rating it.

Stitch by Samantha Durante is an amalgam of genres-- but I won't say more so the reader can discover its secrets without me ruining it. In brief, Alessa is a college student who has lost her family and is still dealing with the aftermath. In her sorority house, she sees a handsome ghost who More...

This was originally reviewed on The Book Hookup

**This book was given to Celeste but that did not influence the review**

Initial thoughts: Ooh, this has ghosts in it! I thought it was dystopian? *rechecks blurb and reads faster to find out where the story is headed* If this doesn’t make sense you will just have to read the book…..then you will know exactly what I am talking about!

The story: Alessa has started college after losing her parents in a car accident. While in her dorm she often sees a gh More...

I liked Stitch, but overall didn't enjoy it, why? I felt the story dragged throughout the first half of the book. Alessa is a college student still struggling with the lost of her parents an just trying to make it through her first year at University she really didn't want to be at. But she trudges on with the help of her friend Janie.

There are definitely a lot of exciting twists in Stitch and Alessa is pretty straight forward kind of character, I actually liked her and that's saying a lot becau More...

Overview
A superb addition to the dystopian genre.

The Plot
Wow! Wow! There are so many twisty turnies in this book, my mind is still in a whirl. Eep!! Now most of you have read The Hunger Games. Divergent. Matched. Uglies. Delirium. Etc etc. But I bet you've never read anything like this. There's an evil government, there's a ghost, there's contemporary (college life, death of parents) and there's romance. In one book. I'm not kidding. And you might guess that so much going on might make the book More...

I get so happy when a book manages to surprise me and forces me to keep reading it till the end. This is that kind of book that it will immerse you into its world and will have you turning pages quickly.

This is me while reading the book,
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(I got a copy of this book for ARR program in Lovers of Paranormal group)

Imagine that your life is not like its seems to be. Its much more than that.

Oh. My. God.
I love this novel. Stitch is one of the rare novel that keeps you anxious from page one. Stitch tells us about Alessa, a normal college girl who recently lost her parents in a car accident and try to move on with her life. Until the apparition of the "ghost" begin. Alessa became obsessed with the reason behind the apparition, who is he More...