Synopsis (Goodreads): Kami Glass loves someone she's never met...a boy she's talked to in her head ever since she was born. she wasn't silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and thus is a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn't suffered too much from not fitting in. she has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown-in fact, she's determined to fund answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly imposing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
Review: Wow. That's it. That's all I can say. If you know me, it takes a lot for me to be speechless. It was that good. Sarah Rees Brennan, you have taken my heart and broken it into pieces!
Kami was one of my favorite characters from the start. She was intelligent, sweet, and welcoming. Kami was so strong, but her one weakness was her friends. I'm not saying she should've gotten rid of them. They were the ones that made her real and lifelike for me.
I also loved the way Angela and Kami clashed. They were completely different, but that was what made them such great friends. Angela wanted to stay back and watch everything happen, whereas Kami wanted to dive right into the middle of it right away. There were just so many great moments with them!
Now, to the Lynburn boys. They are quite an exciting pair, aren't they? In the beginning, Ash seemed very polite (for lack of a better word) to Kami and Angela. From the moment he came into the story, I knew there was going to be something happening with him. Let's face it, guys just aren't that polite on their own. We all wish they were, but they aren't. He seemed very protective of his family and wouldn't tell anyone much. Jared, though, was just a jerk for about the first half of the book. He seemed so nice to Kami before she met him, but when she did, he got pretty mean. That was something I didn't really understand. They were best friends, and then WHAM! They meet for real and they hate each other. I guess they just were kind of surprised that the other was a real, living person and not just a fragment of their imagination.
Overall, the plot was awesome (not going to spoil anything!), the characters just got better as the book went on, and it made me laugh my face off one page and cry until I was sick the next. Five out of five stars!
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown-in fact, she's determined to fund answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly imposing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
Review: Wow. That's it. That's all I can say. If you know me, it takes a lot for me to be speechless. It was that good. Sarah Rees Brennan, you have taken my heart and broken it into pieces!
Kami was one of my favorite characters from the start. She was intelligent, sweet, and welcoming. Kami was so strong, but her one weakness was her friends. I'm not saying she should've gotten rid of them. They were the ones that made her real and lifelike for me.
I also loved the way Angela and Kami clashed. They were completely different, but that was what made them such great friends. Angela wanted to stay back and watch everything happen, whereas Kami wanted to dive right into the middle of it right away. There were just so many great moments with them!
Now, to the Lynburn boys. They are quite an exciting pair, aren't they? In the beginning, Ash seemed very polite (for lack of a better word) to Kami and Angela. From the moment he came into the story, I knew there was going to be something happening with him. Let's face it, guys just aren't that polite on their own. We all wish they were, but they aren't. He seemed very protective of his family and wouldn't tell anyone much. Jared, though, was just a jerk for about the first half of the book. He seemed so nice to Kami before she met him, but when she did, he got pretty mean. That was something I didn't really understand. They were best friends, and then WHAM! They meet for real and they hate each other. I guess they just were kind of surprised that the other was a real, living person and not just a fragment of their imagination.
Overall, the plot was awesome (not going to spoil anything!), the characters just got better as the book went on, and it made me laugh my face off one page and cry until I was sick the next. Five out of five stars!
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