Fracture (Fracture, #1)

Nov 02, 2011 Kat Kennedy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kat-s-book-reviews

Did you ever watch Christian Slater in Heathers?

Other girls my age were watching My Little Pony while I was obsessively borrowing Heathers from the vidoe store (remember those?) I was like six years old and I thought Christian Slater was the shiz. Now it occurs to me, what the fuck were my parents thinking? I feel like this personal tidbit alone explains a lot about me. Where's my therapist's number? I think it's time for another session.

Well, we'll get into why I mentioned Christian Slater, but...more

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Mar 30, 2012 Emily May rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, ya-na, 2011, wtf-sexism, love-triangle

3.5

For the first 160 pages (approx) this book was just okay. I liked it, the ideas weren't particularly original but the writing was decent, the characters were not quite as annoying as some I've read recently... things were going well but I wasn't blown away either. It was a spooky, easy to read novel with a relationship that made me smile instead of the usual insta-love, overbearing melodrama I've come to expect.

But I had problems too with these first 160 pages. One character - Tara - is intr...more

3.5

For the first 160 pages (approx) this book was just okay. I liked it, the ideas weren't particularly original but the writing was decent, the characters were not quite as annoying as some I've read recently... things were going well but I wasn't blown away either. It was a spooky, easy to read novel with a relationship that made me smile instead of the usual insta-love, overbearing melodrama I've come to expect.

But I had problems too with these first 160 pages. One character - Tara - is introduced for the sole purpose of being the school slut, she is described by the clothes she wears ("tight" and "revealing") and/or by her sexual behaviour. Even if I could stand to read about slut-shaming (which I can't), what is the point of introducing such a useless, throwaway character. She is not a person, she has no personality, she is merely an example of the kind of girl our protagonist is not, and supposedly undesirable because of it.

Then there's the matter of no less than three contenders for Delaney's heart. One in particular was obviously never a real possibility - so why was it in there in the first place? As it happens, Delaney's relationship with one of the possible love interests really pleased me. I won't spoil the story but I thought it was well-told and believable. Oh yeah, and about that story... Delaney should have stayed dead when she fell through the icy lake and spent eleven minutes under water, but by some miracle she starts breathing again and appears to be completely healed. It isn't until Delaney starts being drawn towards the dying that she realises something really isn't right... and then there's Troy, the strange boy who's also always there when people are about to die... is he just like her? Or is Troy up to something more sinister?

And those last 100 pages I didn't mention before?

I thought these were a huge improvement, the novel went from one I enjoyed but would soon forget to a very touching and interesting novel that explored various ideas about death, life, euthanasia and guilt:

"I hoped he'd take his dog and drive down to the ocean. I hoped there was still time. I pictured him sitting on the grey rocks with the waves crashing and spraying white foam. Maybe he'd hear something in the roar of the ocean, feel some limitless power, believe that there's something greater. Something more. Maybe his heaven was at the coast, with a dog's head in his lap, with nothing but water and depth from there to the horizon."

I especially loved the discussions about euthanasia, particularly the involuntary kind. How can you know if an unconscious person would rather have the chance to fight? The chance to wait for a miracle like Delaney experienced? Is it wrong to prolong suffering? Or is it more wrong to give up on human life? A really thought-provoking read.
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Mar 15, 2012 Jennifer Rinehart rated it 2 of 5 stars

Eleven minutes of fun then deadly jazz hands.

Think about your favorite fictional characters, the ones you truly love, now consider for a moment what you like best about them. If you are like me, your fave characters are the ones that most seem like friends or that if they were real you'd be friends with them. You know stuff about them, the things they don't share with the world plus all the other stuff that makes them who they are; the style of shoe they'd buy at a sale, whether they'd choose ch...more Eleven minutes of fun then deadly jazz hands.

Think about your favorite fictional characters, the ones you truly love, now consider for a moment what you like best about them. If you are like me, your fave characters are the ones that most seem like friends or that if they were real you'd be friends with them. You know stuff about them, the things they don't share with the world plus all the other stuff that makes them who they are; the style of shoe they'd buy at a sale, whether they'd choose chocolate or vanilla, their hobbies, their crushes, their regrets and pet peeves. You come to accept their weaknesses and you root for them to overcome every challenge.

Frankly, I just never warmed up to Delaney. After an exciting opening where Delaney falls through the ice on a partially frozen lake and is saved by her friend and neighbor, Decker, her motivations are never explored enough for me to understand why she acts alternately placid and reactionary throughout the rest of the book. Adding to my confusion are the strange behaviors of practically every other supporting character.

I think part of the problem with the story is the fact that this is literary fiction with a thin veneer of the paranormal. But what really got my goat is the 'paranormal' aspect of Delaney's return.

Delaney dies and comes back with the ability to sense impending death, the description of this new skill is brief, mainly, her hands shake when she gets close to the dying. Shortly after her return she meets Troy, a boy described as handsome in a dangerous way, he also has the deadly jazz hands ability. Troy asks her out. What follows are several random encounters between Delaney and Troy.

Delaney + Troy meet up outside the house of a dying old man.

Delaney + Troy eat pizza on his lunch break. He agrees to tell her everything, his 'everything' is mainly a lecture about helping people to pass painlessly and quickly. Which DOES NOT makes sense at all, Delaney and Troy don't have any calming or painless powers, just the hand jitters. Their gift is about as useful as being able to smell aliens, in other words, not so much.

Delaney + Troy make out at his apartment. This was just about the least erotic or romantic make out session I've ever read.

Delaney + Troy make like characters in an abused woman-of-the-week tv movie as Troy suddenly turns possessive and Delaney runs away from a safe public place to a dark, deserted alley. Then she hides in a Funeral Home that leaves its back door unlocked.

The interactions between Delaney and Decker make even less sense. In spite of being 'best friends' they spend most of their time together being needlessly tense, taciturn and avoiding each other's eyes. Decker keeps making out with a tarty girl named Tara and Delaney keeps acting jealous and kissing other guys, but when Decker inexplicably professes his love for her she turns on him, telling him it's too late and makes a disturbingly suicidal response 'what's the point of anything?' Whoa there missy! I know it was a total shocker, she went from maudlin and irritated Delaney to crazy pants lane in the time it takes me scarf down a powdered donut

Also of interest is Delaney's mom. She cleans, forcibly medicates Delaney, shouts at her for being ill and sits on swings in the freezing cold staring at clouds. Yep, mentally, she's fragile as hell, but it wasn't realistic that her Girl Interrupted behavior is a recent phase. No one can go this far over the rainbow in such a short time with little to no explanation why she isn't medicated of under the care of a doctor with the letters PhD. after his/her name.

All in all, I didn't like the writing style, the story, the resolution of the story, the characters or the worldbuilding. In short, I cannot recommend this. I know people loved this book and so, obviously, opinions vary widely. For a little bit of comparison shopping, here are a few recent books I've liked; Starters by Lissa Price, The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges, Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep and Angelfall by Susan Ee.
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Jan 13, 2012 Giselle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, ebook

Delaney died, for 11 minutes she was under freezing water. Miraculously, she survived but now she can sense when someone is going to die. This concept is definitely intriguing. It was even moreso for me, who hadn't read the blurb in months and had no idea what I was getting into. Going in blind made Delaney's ability as much a mystery to me as it was to her. It was a lot of fun simply going with the flow - not knowing more than the characters for once.

Delaney is a tough character to swallow. She...more Delaney died, for 11 minutes she was under freezing water. Miraculously, she survived but now she can sense when someone is going to die. This concept is definitely intriguing. It was even moreso for me, who hadn't read the blurb in months and had no idea what I was getting into. Going in blind made Delaney's ability as much a mystery to me as it was to her. It was a lot of fun simply going with the flow - not knowing more than the characters for once.

Delaney is a tough character to swallow. She can be a bit dramatic, sometimes cold. She reacts so suddenly to situations that a few times I thought I had missed something. I didn't particularly understand her enough to say I liked her or disliked her. She's just floating in between. I particularly didn't like how she leads Decker on, but then gets mad at him for finding someone else. Or how she was deathly scared of Troy one minute (which, to me, seemed strange and sudden), but the next she was off to find him. What about this Troy? Him, I liked. He's sexy, charming, confusing, fearsome : he's one deep character. I loved the part that he played in the story. Even though his actions can be predictable, he has a strong, fierce personality that is perfect for the tone of the book. To put it bluntly - he's a crazy mofo!

One thing that I have to applaud is the writing. I loved how the complexity of the human mind was depicted. It's easy for the reader to see that Troy is mentally unhealthy. Whether it's because of his ability or his coma, his mental state of mind is unsettling. His character is very intense: You can feel how unstable he is and fear him for it. Though not just Troy, the whole plot has a very "touch it and it may shatter" feel to it, mostly due to the deep, even sophisticated prose. The genre itself, however, is very obscure. Subplots encompass many genres without focusing on one in particular: Thriller, romance, paranormal, mystery. I felt disoriented by this, not being sure where the story was going to go next. I feel like the book had a lot more potential- if it was simply more focused. In the end, however, I can say that I truly did enjoy the book overall. I love mysteries, and this one was a fun, deep and disturbing story. I wish things ended more resolved, but all in all I was satisfied with it.

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Jan 17, 2012 Christen *Goldilox And The Three Weres* rated it 5 of 5 stars

Gasp. I loved this book. Get it, read it, do it now!

Er...okay, let me back it up. Fracture is the story of what a teenage girl faces after surviving a near-death experience that really should have killed her. And, oh yeah, there's some paranormal stuff too.

Delaney Maxwell fell through the ice at a local pond in the middle of winter and it was eleven minutes before she was rescued by her best guy friend Decker. The story begins with Delaney waking up in the hospital and realizing what she has be...more Gasp. I loved this book. Get it, read it, do it now!

Er...okay, let me back it up. Fracture is the story of what a teenage girl faces after surviving a near-death experience that really should have killed her. And, oh yeah, there's some paranormal stuff too.

Delaney Maxwell fell through the ice at a local pond in the middle of winter and it was eleven minutes before she was rescued by her best guy friend Decker. The story begins with Delaney waking up in the hospital and realizing what she has been through. As the story continues, the reader experiences everything Delaney goes through as she transitions back into her regular life and discovers something unusual about herself...she is now 'pulled' toward people who are dying. Delaney struggles to understand this, and to decipher whether she feels drawn to these people because they are dying or if they are dying because she is drawn to them. She also feels pulled by a different sort of attraction...to Decker. There have been underlying feelings between the two for a while, and after Delaney's almost death, both teens struggle to come to terms with these awkward feelings. Along the way, Delaney tries to learn how her 'new brain' works, finds out who her real friends are, and meets another who suffers from the same unnerving condition. But is he trying to help her, or hurt her?

This story was amazing. I typically stick to all things paranormal, and the paranormal element here was light. This story was more about Delaney, Decker, and the other people, and not as much Delaney's new 'gift'. However, I was thoroughly entranced and impressed by new author Megan Miranda. Her writing style is smooth and real and I loved being inside Delaney's head. No part of the story was overdone. Despite the supernatural ability Delaney gains, Miranda still manages to keep the story fully realistic. I loved seeing how Delaney and Decker's relationship developed as the story went on and appreciated how believable the awkwardness was. It was exactly as one might expect real teenagers to act. I also loved how Miranda made me feel such a range of emotions when it came to another character, Troy. I felt pity, dislike, longing...and that was all in one chapter. Overall, is a must read this winter for paranormal and contemporary young adult fans (and perhaps even those who don't usually read young adult).

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Feb 15, 2012 Jen (The Starry-Eyed Revue) rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of Kimberly Derting's The Body Finder series

Shelves: 2012, netgalley, ghosts-revenants-reincarnation, paranormal-other, 2012-dac, favorites, arcs, alamw12

Please stop by The Starry-Eyed Revue for an interview with Fracture author Megan Miranda and a GIVEAWAY -- an ARC of Fracture and a bookplate signed by Megan! Giveway ends 2/29!

This story was so unexpected and surprising. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that I almost didn’t even give it a try. I passed it up several times on Netgalley because I was afraid it would be too contemporary for my taste. I’m glad I did eventually read it, though, because it’s now going on my favorites shelf. Seriousl...more Please stop by The Starry-Eyed Revue for an interview with Fracture author Megan Miranda and a GIVEAWAY -- an ARC of Fracture and a bookplate signed by Megan! Giveway ends 2/29!

This story was so unexpected and surprising. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that I almost didn’t even give it a try. I passed it up several times on Netgalley because I was afraid it would be too contemporary for my taste. I’m glad I did eventually read it, though, because it’s now going on my favorites shelf. Seriously…it’s not very often that I’m left completely satisfied at the end of a novel. And it appears that this is a stand-alone…bonus points for that.

The entire time I was reading this story, I kept thinking to myself, she could be writing about me. The mistakes, the heartbreak, even the academic aspect felt all-too familiar to me. At least, the teenage version of me. And yet, the story was unpredictable. It doesn’t skip a beat getting right to the action, and though it’s not explosive action, there’s never a lull in the storyline. When I wasn’t reading the book, I was thinking about it, and I stayed up way past my bedtime trying to find a good place to stop for the night. (There’s not one…I suggest you read it straight through if you can.)

Fracture is reminiscent of Kimberly Derting’s The Body Finder series, except instead of being lured by the imprints of dead bodies as Violet is, Delaney seems to be drawn to those who are on the brink of death. Even the best friend/potential boyfriend angle is similar, but it’s handled so differently in Fracture that that’s where the similarity ends.

The characters were very realistic, as were the character interactions. I never once thought, A real teenager wouldn’t say that. Delaney was impulsive and stubborn and afraid of being hurt, just like any other girl. Her relationship with her best friend Decker was strained after the accident because everything had changed, and he was harboring some serious guilt. Her parents treated her like she was someone else, someone they didn’t know. And yet Delaney persevered, threw herself into her studies to try to get back to normal. Enter Troy. Like matters weren’t complicated enough.

If the story itself wasn’t perfectly orchestrated, that ending sure was. Wow. I’m not one to be easily surprised either. I’ve been reading for a long time, and I’ve come to expect certain things from the writing in this genre, and most of the time, those expectations are met, be that good or bad. But with this novel, I can honestly say I did not see that ending coming. Actually, I didn’t see a lot of what was coming in this story. I know many are raving about this book, and I have to agree…this is definitely one book not to miss!

After reading Fracture, check it out on Facebook to read a short story told from Decker's POV from the eleven minutes Delaney was under the ice to when she wakes up, six days later. Your only payment is a tweet or a Facebook share. Enjoy!

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Jun 13, 2012 kari rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, ya

So, I was going to give this one a weak two stars, but then I came to GR and saw that it is the first of a series and that deserves demotion in my book because no way am I ever reading any more about this miserable self-centered mess. No thank you.
I didn't like Delaney and she never gave me any reason to change my mind. This girl isn't merely a drama queen. That would be giving her too much reason for her behavior. She is actually more of a drama empress.
Example: p. 103 "First day of preschool,...more So, I was going to give this one a weak two stars, but then I came to GR and saw that it is the first of a series and that deserves demotion in my book because no way am I ever reading any more about this miserable self-centered mess. No thank you.
I didn't like Delaney and she never gave me any reason to change my mind. This girl isn't merely a drama queen. That would be giving her too much reason for her behavior. She is actually more of a drama empress.
Example: p. 103 "First day of preschool, some girl dipped my pigtail in blue paint. Traumatic. I became decidedly unfriendly to my classmates."
So she is two or three years old and one small incident makes her hateful forever. And preschool paint isn't toxic and always washes out. Where are her parents to help her deal with this "trauma" and she has loving, concerned, involved parents. If she was so traumatized by this one small incident, they should have gotten her some serious therapy long before she fell through the ice.
This is simply irksome. "My permanent record was perfect and I intended to keep it that way. All As, advanced classes, no blemishes."
I am so tired of characters being AP straight A students who are actually incredibly stupid as well as incredibly full of themselves. She decides she will not take the medications prescribed for her, so she secretly spits them out. When her mother finds out and makes her take them, she "had never felt so violated." I don't know but maybe doctors know a bit more about what she might need than she does. If she is hallucinating, she wouldn't be aware of it, so maybe, just maybe she needs the meds. But, no, she is just so much smarter than everyone around her.
Neither of the romantic relationships felt real, not Troy and not Decker. I know I'm supposed to feel something for them, but I don't. Could be because Delaney is so down-right cold and nasty that I didn't think Decker should waste any more of his time on her. When he tells her how he feels about her. p.215 Her respone: "But it's too late"... "What's the point, Decker? Really, what the point of anything anymore?"
She simply over-reacts to everything.
Someome barfs in the car she's driving which she then refers to as "the ruined car" and come on, someone was sick, the car isn't ruined. Way over the top reactions.
And she never tells anyone ever what is going on with her. There is no real reason given for her not telling, other than I guess she just doesn't want to. She doesn't think it through and wonder if anyone will believe her, she doesn't look up near death experiences or drowings where people have survived to see if she can find out what's happening to her. No, she is just surly and angry to those trying to help her.
The supernatural stuff is really just somewhat silly. Her hands get twitchy when someone nearby is about to die. This doesn't do anything, she can't change anything or improve anything. And she makes bad decisions, ultimately resulting in someone's death, more than once. When confronted by a killer, does she immediately use her cell phone while she is standing in the well-lit lobby of a movie theatre or does she instead run outside into the dark, deserted-with-no-way-out alley? I'll just let you guess the answer to that one.
Again, if she is this super-smart girl you have to show me that she's super-smart by what she does. Telling me that she's super-smart and then having her behave in ways that are not smart at all simply doesn't work.
If you know without any doubt that someone you cared about, someone who is in the car with you, sitting right there, was about to die, you would drive them directly to the hospital and sit in the parking lot until either something happens for which they need medical attention in which case, snap, you're already there, or you'd wait until the twitchy fingers was long gone and you could safely be on our way. Yes, the friend might think you had gone slightly round the bend, but that friend would also be alive to think whatever they want. Delaney isn't smart enough to think to do that. Okay, then.
One more thing, she is told that the story of her near-death or death and recovery was not reported in the paper because she is a minor. That is absolute rubbish. News is news and they don't ask permission to write about news. A young girl surviving drowning is news. I get that the author wanted to show that Troy was being untruthful, but there needed to be a way to get there without this. News is reported.
The ending is abrupt and something of a non-ending, but then as I've just discovered, it's a series, so I suppose that's to be expected.
So, I don't recommend this one.(less)

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Jul 25, 2012 aidanadia rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-of-2012, fantastic-idea-poor-execution, on-the-fence

Occasionally, I come across a book and realise how difficult the reviewing process is. Fracture by Megan Miranda was one such book. Despite the amount of content and drama, I was left feeling thoroughly ambivalent, as though there was something missing, something fundamentally dissatisfying about this tale. All the aspects of this story attempted to make some remark and strike a chord within the reader, but ultimately fell short.

Fracture tells the story of Delaney, a girl who falls through ice a...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Arlene rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Arlene by: Street Corner Bookers - ARC Tour Flannery

Shelves: arc, read-2011, young-adult

Rating Clarification: 2.5 stars but closer to 3

Lots of spoilers….

The average person can live 3 minutes without oxygen…. but Delaney Maxwell was stuck in a frozen lake for 11 minutes before her best friend Decker pulled her out and saved her life. She should not be alive, but she is however not without consequence. Her brain is significantly damaged, but she’s functioning at a normal rate except for the strange ability to tell when someone is about to die. Miracle or paranormal? Your guess is as...more

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Jan 25, 2012 ♥Rachel♥ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, 2012-debut-author-challenge

2.5 Stars
(last night I rounded down because I was cranky, today I'm rounding up)

I really wanted to like this book. The premise sounded so cool to me, eerie and suspenseful with a bit of romance thrown in. Unfortunately, after finishing this, I ended up being completely frustrated. I'm not saying there wasn't any good to this story, because there was, but to me the frustration overshadowed.

Delaney Maxwell plunges under the ice of a frozen lake and isn't pulled out for eleven minutes. She is pull...more 2.5 Stars
(last night I rounded down because I was cranky, today I'm rounding up)

I really wanted to like this book. The premise sounded so cool to me, eerie and suspenseful with a bit of romance thrown in. Unfortunately, after finishing this, I ended up being completely frustrated. I'm not saying there wasn't any good to this story, because there was, but to me the frustration overshadowed.

Delaney Maxwell plunges under the ice of a frozen lake and isn't pulled out for eleven minutes. She is pulled out and resuscitated by her best friend, Decker. She ends up in a coma for six days with the doctors expecting her to be in a permanent vegetative state. Miraculously, Delaney wakes up. Decker has been by her side for most of the time she's been out, inconsolable. This is when things get interesting. One night, while still recovering, Delaney feels an irresistible pull down the hall. She gets up and follows this pull to a room of someone dying. The doctors call a code blue and get Delaney back to her room. She finds out later that this patient dies. When Delaney gets out of the hospital she feels the pull again and again. Enter mysterious Troy. He starts talking to Delaney at a library while she is studying with a friend. He claims to know her through an article in the paper about her accident. Come to find out there is no article, creepy. Delaney finds this out pretty much right after meeting him. Delaney ends up spotting Troy every time she has one of her "pulls." She does some research on him and finds out that they have a lot in common, more creepy.

So this is the basic outline of the story. Add to this the romance plot which is not a triangle, which can be quite frustrating on its own, but a quadrangle. Scratch that, what's the word for five people entangled? Whatever it is…. that's the word, aka: kill me now!! Delaney has Decker, Carson, and Troy in the mix and Decker has Tara (barf). The actions involved in this very messy relationship drama was enough to have me looking to see how many pages I had left before this torture would end, and this was not a very long book (262 pages). Plus I felt that if Decker and Delaney were really that close and truly best friends a lot of these actions would not have taken place.

I feel really, really bad writing a review like this, especially when this is the debut for this author. Truly, this might just be me, and I would be willing to try this author's future work. As I said before, this story showed a lot of promise.
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Feb 01, 2012 Mith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, absolutely-spiffing, paranormal

Our story begins on a cold winter's day when seventeen-year old Delaney falls into a frozen lake through the thin ice and dies. For eleven minutes. Inexplicably, she wakes up in the hospital six days later from a coma, with no brain damage whatsoever.

But something has changed. Delaney can now feel when someone is dying. As her behaviour gets more erratic due to this "ability", it sends Delaney and her loved ones into downward spiral as all of them try to understand what is happening, especially...more Our story begins on a cold winter's day when seventeen-year old Delaney falls into a frozen lake through the thin ice and dies. For eleven minutes. Inexplicably, she wakes up in the hospital six days later from a coma, with no brain damage whatsoever.

But something has changed. Delaney can now feel when someone is dying. As her behaviour gets more erratic due to this "ability", it sends Delaney and her loved ones into downward spiral as all of them try to understand what is happening, especially when Delaney always happens to be around when someone dies AND when it seems like she might have caused the deaths.

This is when she runs into Troy, a fellow "coma-survivor", who has the same ability as hers. Delaney turns to him in desperation when all her relationships seem to be on the verge of breaking, as he is the only person who could possibly understand what is happening to her. Only, she discovers there is more to him than meets the eye...

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LOVED it. For a debut novel, this is fantastic! The writing is utterly gripping, tight - doesn't let your attention wander - and oh, so very raw. Miranda has wonderfully captured Delaney's frustration at not being able to understand what's happened to her, why her and her despair at not being able to help the dying. And the author's depiction of the twisted, tortured soul of Troy is gut-wrenching, to say the least.

The ending was tragic but nicely resolved with Delaney coming to terms with the person she has become. Her relationship with Decker, her best-friend and neighbour (who later turns into something more) was sweet, albeit unnecessarily complicated.

The message one ends up taking away from this book is that death is inevitable. There's no point in trying to lose out on the present by worrying about something that is bound to happen eventually, no matter what you do to postpone it or avoid it.

"If you had one day left to live, what would you do?".

4.5 stars. Highly recommended!

P.S - My only gripe with the book is that the title "Fracture" is extremely underwhelming compared to the story - wish Miranda had picked something else.(less)

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Jan 16, 2012 Heidi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Three stars: A near death experience, leaves Delaney with a startling new supernatural ability.

Delaney bounds down the stairs, after wriggling into thermal wear, that has mysteriously shrunk since last year. Her best friend and next door neighbor, Decker is waiting for her. It is December in Maine, and the pair is headed to the ice crusted lake to spend an afternoon engaging in a game of "manhunt" in the snowy woods. Delaney slips into her bright red coat, she is going to stick out like a sore...more

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Jun 02, 2013 Adeeb rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Review originally posted on http://bookville1.blogspot.com/2012/0...

Okay, let me start by saying that the blurb of this book is just the most misleading blurb EVER! Seriously. How I expected this book to be was WAY different than what this book actually was. Some people told me it's paranormal. Others said it's contemporary. I personally think that this book could best be classified as thriller. However, that didn't stop me from finishing this book.

Let's start with the opening sentence. "The fir...more

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Jan 01, 2012 Donna {Book Passion for Life} rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, for-review, from-publishers, ya-dystopian-scifi-thriller

“If you had one day to live, what would you do?”

As soon as I heard about Fracture I knew it was a book I wanted to read. I’ll be honest though, I was a little unsure of it because it says it’s for fans of Gayle Forman’s If I Stay. Now, I didn’t like If I Stay so you can see why I was unsure to start with but let me tell you; Fracture is a heart-stopping, dangerous and thrilling ride and a fantastic debut novel by author Megan Miranda.

The blurb above pretty much tells you everything you need to...more “If you had one day to live, what would you do?”

As soon as I heard about Fracture I knew it was a book I wanted to read. I’ll be honest though, I was a little unsure of it because it says it’s for fans of Gayle Forman’s If I Stay. Now, I didn’t like If I Stay so you can see why I was unsure to start with but let me tell you; Fracture is a heart-stopping, dangerous and thrilling ride and a fantastic debut novel by author Megan Miranda.

The blurb above pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the plot but what it doesn’t say is expect to be thrown into a captivating story from page one. From the get go I was completely fascinated with the story; it was everything I was hoping it would be and so much more. It was intense, heart-breaking, spine-tingly and what surprised me the most was the romance which was completely heart-warming and a fantastic edition.

The characters were lovely to read about. I loved Delaney, she was a normal girl who was very down to earth and had a normal life. When she dies, things change for her. She realises she is just going through the moments and that her family life isn’t as perfect as she once thought. Her best friend Decker, who is also the love interest starts acting weird around her and when he starts dating a girl named Tara, Delaney and Decker can’t help fighting with each other. They love each other but find it hard to talk about their feelings but their scenes together are very intense and you can’t help root for them from the start. And yes, I fell for Decker! How can you not? He is amazing!

There were also so many aspects of this story that I just adored, even though some of them weren’t the happiest of times but I just loved the world that the author created. The idea of someone coming back to life and then having the ability to feel other people dying but not only that, also creating someone else with the same ability was just brilliant. It was kind of like Good vs. Evil; Delaney being good and Troy being bad. You can’t have one without the other, like yin and yang and I adored the combination of it in this story.

Overall, Fracture was a fantastic read. Megan Miranda did an awesome job and I can’t wait to see what comes next from her. I’d highly recommend this to any reader but especially to people that weren’t fans of If I Stay, like me because it may just surprise them.

Thank you to Bloomsbury for giving me the opportunity to review this book.(less)

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May 22, 2012 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, book-boyfriends, books-with-a-message, library, love-the-cover, review, will-never-forget, ya-romance, young-adult

This book is unlike any book I've ever read before. It's different, and I love that. It's thought-provoking and I will never forget it.

The idea is amazing. Just amazing. How did Miranda come up with this?! It is a completely awesome, original idea, and I love it. The story line was really good, and the writing topped it off and made it an all-around solid book. It really makes you think, and I can pretty much guarantee I will never forget it. The ending was really good, albeit a little weird, an...more

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Jan 16, 2012 Paola rated it 5 of 5 stars

Fracture is a book that really has you thinking of what could happen. Delaney is a 17 year old girl that drowned in a icy lake. She was under there for eleven minutes until she was saved by her best friend. She was dead! She was brought to the hospital and was on life support and in a coma for 6 days when she woke up. You just need to read it for yourselves. Theres mystery with a guy named Troy that was also in a coma. Loss of her beloved friend Carson and the romance between her and her best fr...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Meredith rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: female-protagonist, trauma, teen

*THPPPPPPPP*

That was a raspberry.

I really enjoyed the overall premise of this book: Girl technically dies, is miraculously resuscitated, and awakes with the ability to predict the impending deaths of others. The plot carried a respectable amount of suspense, and I certainly felt compelled to know how the story would end...

HOWEVER

There were several factors that really turned me off. For instance, the main character's (I already forget her name. Dilly? Daisy Duke? Whatever.) complete inability to...more

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Jan 19, 2012 tonya. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, arcs, ya, meh

3 - 3.5 stars.

In Fracture, Delaney Maxwell falls through a patch of thin ice into the freezing waters of the lake below. While her friends are eventually able to pull her out, Delaney remained under the water for eleven minutes--seven minutes past the mark brain damage is known to occur. Despite being in a coma for several days with a bleak prognosis, Delaney wakes perfectly healthy... or so it seems. Her brain scans show massive areas of damage, but she exhibits no symptoms. Except for a stran...more

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May 16, 2012 Stacy/GirlsInTheStacks.com rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Wow, this book really took me by surprise and had me flipping pages so fast that even though I was hesitant for how it might end I couldn't help myself - I had to keep reading!! I mean it was awesome and weird and just a little on the creepy side.

Delaney survives an eleven minute drowning. She's a miracle. Her brain scan shows damage but she has no signs of memory loss, cognitive abilities or physical limitations. She is an anomaly. Her battle to adjust to her new life as a “miracle” is heart br...more

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Jun 13, 2013 Trisha rated it 2 of 5 stars

"I wondered if hell looked like this. A girl with no one, in a car, going no where."

yeah, that's kind of how this book was for me. A girl with nothing..going nowhere.

Where to start.
I loved the idea. She drowned and stopped breathing for 11 minutes. 11 minutes her body shut down and stopped working. But she is a medical miracle. Because she woke up and, even though her brain charts say she should be having issues, she appears to have full function and complete memories of her life.

it's a cool ide...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Renae M. rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012, contemporary-or-realistic-fiction, paranormal, published-2012, debut-2012, books-i-own

This is one of those awkward reading experiences when I had no idea what I was walking into. I first heard about Fracture before it was released, so the blurb wasn’t very indicative of the plot. Just something about a drowned girl living when she should have died, so I thought, “Cool! Really awesome contemporary recovery story. Sounds great!” But wrong. After about fifty pages, I went back on Goodreads and read the actual blurb, and thought, “Oh! Okay, so now I know what this is going to be abou...more

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Jun 01, 2012 E rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: not-a-fan, death-personified, ghost-stories, scary-but-not-for-normal-reasons

Also Found On: A Book and A Record

Fracture was a hard one for me, mainly because I felt like there were two warring plot lines that didn’t feel like getting along. One was a paranormal, ghost story, first love sort of thing and the other was a girl trying to figure out what exactly has happened to her. A lot of books have competing plot lines, but for some reason in Fracture, it doesn’t work. The reason, in my opinion that they don’t work is because Miranda skims the surface of both without maki...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Lucille rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: debut-2012

/2.5 stars

Fracture was... well, I don't know how to describe it. I've been waiting for this forever. Meaning one month or so. And I am very disappointed.

The story was interesting, but it left a lot of unanswered question that will never be answered (unless the author writes a sequel). First, why didn't Delaney and Troy die? Second, who/what magical force gave them their magical powers? Third, will Delaney turn into a psychopath like Troy after a few years?

And now, the characters... It was an epi...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Kay rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, fiction, ya-and-children, paranormal, contemporary

Fracture was surprisingly good. Not that I was expecting something bad (if I was, I wouldn’t have read it!), but I didn’t think it would be this good! This feeling probably comes from the fact that Fracture isn’t your typical YA paranormal novel – and because of that, I can see why many readers were disappointed with it, or just didn’t like it as much as I did.

There’s a romance, even a love triangle, although in retrospect, not really. On one side you have Troy, the new and mysterious and really...more Fracture was surprisingly good. Not that I was expecting something bad (if I was, I wouldn’t have read it!), but I didn’t think it would be this good! This feeling probably comes from the fact that Fracture isn’t your typical YA paranormal novel – and because of that, I can see why many readers were disappointed with it, or just didn’t like it as much as I did.

There’s a romance, even a love triangle, although in retrospect, not really. On one side you have Troy, the new and mysterious and really dark kind of guy, and on the other you have Delaney’s best friend Decker, her neighbor who has forever been part of her life. The tension between these two was very different from the one Delaney had with Troy, but very complicated, too. Troy seems to have answers and, in a situation where her parents don’t trust her and her best friend has his own secrets, he seems to be the only one she can turn to. However, she desperately wants to be back to normal with Decker, but as they each keep things from each other, their relationship is now very uncomfortable. It felt realistic to me that their relationship changed as the grew up, and that they weren’t sure what do to with it, or how to act around each other anymore.

I loved Delaney as a character, even though she might not be the most likable person out there. She is honest about how she feels, for instance saying that others’ generosity surprise her because she isn’t sure she would have done the same things in return. I’ve never liked characters that are too perfect, so to have Delaney’s flaws exposed like this made her feel more realistic than most characters. Plus, her parents, very present in her life, felt extremely real, too. As much as I felt for Delaney, I felt for her mother too.

Also, I really liked the writing. Something in the way the author uses the words made it easy to relate to Delaney, to feel how she felt and to root for her.

The paranormal part was, in some ways, a very small part of the story. It’s there, and a constant preoccupation of Delaney’s, yes. But there is so much more going on in this little book! If you are expecting ghost hunting or action or lots of paranormal activity, you might get disappointed. Everything about Delaney’s new “ability” is dealt with in a very normal way, and though we get some answers, nothing is completely clear by the end of the story (not to me, anyway!)

Which brings me to the book’s conclusion. I felt it was a really strong one. It was a bit dark, a bit hopeful, but also true to life in that not every piece of Delaney’s life is suddenly fixed. We can see that things are getting better and will probably be even better in the coming months, but not everything is tied up with a nice little bow.

I almost only have positives to say about Fracture and, honestly, I don’t even want to bother with the negative aspects of it. Without being a life changing story, it definitely was a breath of fresh air among other paranormal YA novels, and one of my favorites of 2012 so far. I’m looking forward to reading more of Megan Miranda, hopefully in a close future!(less)

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Dec 09, 2012 Andrea rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-contemporary-ya, arc, read-in-2012

Somebody please explain to me why I had Fractured for almost a year before I read. Please. Tell me. I had heard nothing but good things about this story, and yet I put it off.

The plot was fascinating. Delaney Maxwell was dead for eleven minutes. When she wakes from a coma, she should be left in a vegetative state, but she doesn't seem to be brain damaged in the least. But soon she realizes she is drawn to death. But is she drawn to death or is death after her because she lived. I really didn't k...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Cassandra (The Book & Movie Dimension blogger) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: received-for-review, young-adult, to-review, fiction, paranormal

Full, non-spoiler review courtesy at Book & Movie Dimension a Blog

This is one novel that sure knows how to grab your attention in terms of suspense. In Fracture, Delaney Maxwell an average teen girl along with her best friend Decker are braving to cross a frozen lake while on a daily walk out during winter. Everything is going well when the ice cracks and Delaney shockingly spills through the fractures of this ripple in the lake. Delaney accounts to us in deep moments of deep desperation the...more Full, non-spoiler review courtesy at Book & Movie Dimension a Blog

This is one novel that sure knows how to grab your attention in terms of suspense. In Fracture, Delaney Maxwell an average teen girl along with her best friend Decker are braving to cross a frozen lake while on a daily walk out during winter. Everything is going well when the ice cracks and Delaney shockingly spills through the fractures of this ripple in the lake. Delaney accounts to us in deep moments of deep desperation the thoughts of fearing death.

Faint crackles turned to snaps and crunches, and then silence. I didn't move. Maybe it would hold if I stayed still. I saw Decker's legs sprinting back toward me. And then the ice gave away. "Decker!"I screamed. I felt the water, thick and heavy, right before I went under ---and then I panicked and panicked and panicked. I didn't have the presence of mind to think, Please God, don't let me die. I wasn't brave enough to think, I hope Decker stayed back.My only thought, playing on a repetitive loop, was No, no,no,no,no.

She wants to live for something! In these dark moments a voice calls to her in a whisper to "Rage against the dying of the light". Here's where Fracture may very well capture anyone's attention. Delaney seizes to be a regular girl but a girl who has escaped death. Her new life begins again when Decker resucitates her with CPR. Everyone soon in her town from hearing on her miracle is now awed or cautious around her. Her own family proves to slowly break at the seams when Delaney's mother seems to think her dear baby Delaney isn't right. Delaney sadly has to face problems from everywhere herself. Also occupying her mind is her best friend of many years, Decker who has been completely loyal and a rock to stand by. Even so, she can't understand his episodes of occasional jealousy towards her relationships with other guys. Leading to tough disputes between themselves. So when Troy a man who is like how Delaney is now, she can't help but believe she finally doesn't have to be alone anymore.

Fracture has a very mellow writing style to follow that is entertaining to just take in. In terms of characters Delaney will sure turn out to be a likeable character. She's not a your regular convention of a character. She projects everything through her thoughts and actions that play well. Decker while not the main character can be felt at times through scattered mentions in the novel. Such as when Delaney wants him to read to her in the hospital after her accident.

"Actually, I already did," I picked up Catch-22 and clutched it to my chest." "I need to read this. But can't. Headaches." I held it out to him and smiled. Decker shook his head and leaned backward. " I don't read assigned books. Goes against everything I believe in." I smiled wider. " I'll be your best friend."I can't believe I begged my parents to let me come here for this." he said. But he took the book all the same. He sat facing my bed, feet propped upon the edge, knees bent. And he began to read. " It was love at first sight...."
He looked at me over the pages, " I feel ridiculous."
"Shhh, Shhh, Shhh, you're perfect."

It's not just Delaney and Decker though, other characters are all very three-dimensional.
It's obvious Fracture aims at having a story of life vs. death and love vs. friendship punctured with the paranormal. For the most part it succeeds quite nicely with its use of pleasant if not complex relationships and mystery of the elusive paranormal.
Overall: Touching read
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Mystery/Suspense, Romance

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Mar 06, 2012 Liza Wiemer added it

Shelves: arc, author-interviewed-on-my-blog

With a plot woven in death and life, characters that are strong and memorable, and a setting that is easy to imagine, there is nothing broken about the story Megan Miranda wove together to create her hard-to-put-down debut YA novel, Fracture. The book begins with Delaney waking up after six days in a coma, which was caused by her falling through ice and being submerged in frigid water for eleven minutes. She has brain damage, but somehow her brain rewired itself. And even though she shouldn't be...more

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Dec 20, 2011 Lecea rated it 4 of 5 stars

I cannot believe Fracture is Miranda's first novel. Even though I read an ARC (with minimal typographical errors), the writing is so good, the facts about the brain and its mysteries well-researched.

Playing a game with her friends near Maine's lake, Delaney Maxwell slips and breaks through thin ice. She is technically brain dead, even as her best friend Decker pulls her from the water. According to the brain scans, she should have neither short-term nor long-term memory, yet she appears fine. T...more I cannot believe Fracture is Miranda's first novel. Even though I read an ARC (with minimal typographical errors), the writing is so good, the facts about the brain and its mysteries well-researched.

Playing a game with her friends near Maine's lake, Delaney Maxwell slips and breaks through thin ice. She is technically brain dead, even as her best friend Decker pulls her from the water. According to the brain scans, she should have neither short-term nor long-term memory, yet she appears fine. Then, she meets a prospective nurse aide named Troy, and she is instantly drawn to him, perhaps because he, too, had been comatose (after a car accident). Both have the ability to feel pulls from the people who are about to die, and both see this ability as their punishment/gift for surviving their near-death situations. However, the two have different perspectives on how to use their foresight. While Delaney wants to try to save people (and she does, once), Troy wants to relieve them of their despair by letting them die sooner. In fact, when he sees all the wires around Delaney in the hospital, he wants to relieve her by removing them, thus letting her die.

I feel that the romance and relationship drama are rather unnecessary; the author should adhere to one storyline. Delaney continues to think about Carson, who gives her first real kiss; Troy, who is truly more damaged than his brain suggests; and Decker, whom she has known almost her whole life. Honestly, the decision is so obvious to her all along, since she knows Carson does not care much about her, and Troy is disturbing and possessive (she hides behind a funeral home because of him). Even after reading the book’s rather vague conclusion, all I am wondering is how she will use/ignore the knowledge she gleans from these “pulls” of the dying.

In general, the premise of the novel fascinates me, which is why I finished the book in one night. Though as a reader I am still unable to discern why the pulls happen with formerly comatose patients, I can see that author appears to be letting the readers decide whether or not this is supernatural.

Thanks to Jen (YA Romantics) for the book!(less)

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Jan 07, 2012 Lacey rated it 5 of 5 stars

First Thoughts:

Wow, this book was intense; I loved almost everything about it; it was one hell of a ride…I loved it! The cover alone was what caused me to dive into this world and boy once I started I just couldn’t stop. I buckled in and finished it in one sitting.

This book definitely had a lot of great qualities to it, there hasn’t been a book like this for me in a while; the writing was so smooth and fun to read that I didn’t find myself struggling to read through the sentences. The grammar de...more First Thoughts:

Wow, this book was intense; I loved almost everything about it; it was one hell of a ride…I loved it! The cover alone was what caused me to dive into this world and boy once I started I just couldn’t stop. I buckled in and finished it in one sitting.

This book definitely had a lot of great qualities to it, there hasn’t been a book like this for me in a while; the writing was so smooth and fun to read that I didn’t find myself struggling to read through the sentences. The grammar definitely was top tee; whoever was the editor sure did their job. As for the plot it was perfect, there was plenty of conflict and sub-plots to keep the reader both interested and wanting to keep turning the pages. The ending of this book had almost all questions and wonderments resolved, the only thing I wished I could have learned more about was the relationship between Delaney and her mother, there was some major conflict going on between them and though the author somewhat hinted at some resolve, I wanted a more solid resolution. But other than that one little thing, I thought the ending ended on the right note and left me breathless. As for the characters themselves, I found them very real and had no trouble whatsoever connecting with them. Each one had their own problems which added to the ultimate issue and created such a unique and fun story. Delaney was perfectly created, all the thoughts and actions she made fit so true to her character that I never once thought her to be “out” of character. She transformed so beautifully throughout this story, she went from one end of the spectrum to the other. I loved her transformation; it was gradual and very believable. As for the other characters, some made transformations and some didn’t, I thought the fact that Troy didn’t was amazing, it really showed to us the reader that people can’t always transform. One of the greatest assets in this book had to be the description; it was so fabulous and fun to read. The feelings in the characters were so beautifully described and orchestrated. The amount of description was perfect, and when there were the slower parts in the books, the description helped describe the scene and made that scene that much more important and beautiful. The writing style was great as mentioned above; it flowed so smooth and was as crisp as a breezy and sunny afternoon. The dialogue was good, I didn’t feel it out of character or fake in any way. This really was a fast and fun read, if this is how the author always writes, I want to read more!

Goodreads Summary:

Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine

-despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

Last Thoughts:

I would recommend this book to any paranormal romance readers. Though there wasn’t a ton of romance in here, there was a sub-conflict in which romance was center stage. I would also recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading about realistic situations, though the paranormal part of this is in no way realistic, the whole ordeal that Delaney goes through is, the family conflict itself is beautiful and very much realistic. I wouldn’t recommend this if you’re not a fan of conflicting romance and paranormal. Though this is not hardcore paranormal the ability that the main character possesses is very much supernatural. This book was new and fresh, I found myself on a different plot line; none of those mundane and run over ideas or plots. This was definitely fresh and new, I loved every minute of this read. I can’t wait to see what else this author is sure to offer us in the future.
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Dec 17, 2011 Nafiza rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: net-galley, 2011, debut-authors-12

I know for certain that there will be lots of mixed reviews about Megan Miranda’s debut novel but for me, it was a strong five star novel and I don’t hand out five stars lightly. The book isn’t perfect but its strengths are such that they overshadow the lesser elements and make the reader, well, me, forget the imperfections exist.

The premise of the novel is intriguing and I felt that the execution stayed true to it. One of the strengths of the novels is its characterizations, the way in which t...more I know for certain that there will be lots of mixed reviews about Megan Miranda’s debut novel but for me, it was a strong five star novel and I don’t hand out five stars lightly. The book isn’t perfect but its strengths are such that they overshadow the lesser elements and make the reader, well, me, forget the imperfections exist.

The premise of the novel is intriguing and I felt that the execution stayed true to it. One of the strengths of the novels is its characterizations, the way in which the characters are developed and grow throughout the book. Delaney is one of the strongest protagonists out there. She manages to absorb you into her world, into the events occurring in her life without seeming like a caricature of a person, or acting as though the emotions she is evincing are artificial. The emotions she expresses, her despair, her confusion, these are all so realistically rendered that I found myself feeling her emotions – and this doesn’t happen to me often. (Aside: I have become proficient at holding myself apart while reading a novel, firmly in the place of a reader as this is very helpful when doing a close “reading” of any novel so any book that can grab me so completely automatically confirms its awesomeness.)

The romance in this is complex. While other people will say there is a love triangle, I hesitate to label it as such because it manifests in a way that is not at all similar to other love triangles. There is a complexity in the relationships – actually, no, I don’t think it’s a love triangle at all. There are emotions yes, but as I said, they are complex and I appreciate how Miranda gave the age old trope a very different twist. I also like the way she played out another often used trope: the best friend dilemma. Decker may be the “other” guy, you know, the Jacob person, who usually loses out on the girl due to the appearance of sparkly creatures, and it would have been ridiculously easy to go that route but Miranda doesn’t and I am very thankful for that. Decker and Delaney’s relationship is layered, there are years, hours and lifetimes, of history between them. Neither of them are perfect and Delaney’s reaction (and hostility) towards him are warranted. Delaney doesn’t behave like a pendulum swinging back and forth between two boys and I am very thankful for that.

But you know, the main reason I gave this book five stars was because of the writing. I am not going to lie. It is the writing that gets me every single time. And the writing in Fracture is beautiful. I’ll leave you with an excerpt that will hopefully convince you to give this book (and Megan Miranda) a chance:

“I leaned against my door, struggling to catch my breath, and though that maybe hell wasn’t a place at all, but a thing. A contagious thing. A thing that could creep up the steps, seep through the crack under my door, grow horns and sprout fire – smelling faintly like sulfur. A thing that could sink its tendrils inside and take root, colouring everything gray and distorting a smile into a sneer. And while I got dressed for the play, I swatted at my back and kept running my hands over my stomach because I could feel it, I swear, I could feel it reaching for me, trying to grab hold.”

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