Unravelling
24 meets the X Files in the biggest teen blockbuster of the summer…STOP THE COUNTDOWN. SAVE THE WORLD…Leaving the beach, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit head on by a pickup truck.And killed.Then Ben Michaels, resident stoner, is leaning over her. And even though it isn’t possible, she...
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24 meets the X Files in the biggest teen blockbuster of the summer…STOP THE COUNTDOWN. SAVE THE WORLD…Leaving the beach, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit head on by a pickup truck.And killed.Then Ben Michaels, resident stoner, is leaning over her. And even though it isn’t possible, she knows Ben somehow brought her back to life…Meanwhile, Janelle’s father, a special agent for the FBI, starts working on a case that seems strangely connected to Ben. Digging in his files, Janelle finds a mysterious device – one that seems to be counting down to something that will happen in 23 days and 10 hours time.That something? It might just be the end of the world. And if Janelle wants to stop it, she’s going to need to uncover Ben’s secrets – and keep from falling in love with him in the process…
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780007460229 (0007460228)
Publish date: June 7th 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: Unraveling (#1)
Having searched long and hard in the library for this book, I was beyond excited to finally read it. At first I thought this was just a kind of ‘whodunnit’ book (which in all fairness, aren’t my kind of books) but thank god it wasn’t! The opening chapters sucked me in to Janelle’s world (although no...
Copied from http://www.urbandictionary.com/:See Mary-Sue. A female fanfiction character who is so perfect as to be annoying. The male equivalent is the Marty-Stu. Often abbreviated to "Sue". A Mary Sue character is usually written by a beginning author. Often, the Mary Sue is a self-insert with a fe...
The concept behind this book is impressive and has all sorts of potential to be amazing, unfortunately I feel it didn't reach that potential...at all. I also feel like the characters could use some more development. The relationship between Janelle and Ben confuses me. I can understand Bens affectio...
Huh. To paraphrase my darling husband, "Well, that happened." I'm going to give this 3 stars, because it did make me nervous, I did have to put it down for a while for fear of the demise of a favorite character, it was action-y and entertaining, but it felt thin on substance (maybe? I'm having a h...