Published by Orchard Books
I received this courtesy of the publisher
Above all else, though I try not to think about it, I know which life I prefer. And every night when I Cinderella myself from one life to the next a very small, but definite, piece of me dies. The hardest part is that nothing about my situation has ever changed. There is no loophole.
Until now, that is...
For as long as she can remember, Sabine has lived two lives. Every 24 hours she Shifts to her ′other′ life - a life where she is exactly the same, but absolutely everything else is different: different family, different friends, different social expectations. In one life she has a sister, in the other she does not. In one life she′s a straight-A student with the perfect boyfriend, in the other she′s considered a reckless delinquent. Nothing about her situation has ever changed, until the day when she discovers a glitch: the arm she breaks in one life is perfectly fine in the other.
With this new knowledge, Sabine begins a series of increasingly risky experiments which bring her dangerously close to the life she′s always wanted... But just what - and who - is she really risking?
What would you do if every day at midnight you switched
lives to become a different person? This is what Sabine goes through every day,
in one life she is a perfect daughter and student with a perfect boyfriend, and
in the other she is a girl who does what she likes without worrying about the
consequences. Sabine lives with the strange ability always dreading the shift
until one day she breaks her arm and it does not carry through into the other
life. This kicks off a series of reckless experiments but when things go to far
Sabine ends up in a mental hospital and meets Ethan.
With a thought provoking plotline Jessica Shrivington really
know how to write a powerful book that packs a good gut-punch. I was so enamoured in this book that I flew
through it in a day. With such compelling dynamic characters I found it
impossible to not fall deeply in love with it. Ethan was my favourite character
with his slightly dark aura but constant respect for Sabine he really made the
book for me. I just got all mushy over him. He constantly gave Sabine the
support and advice she really needed, they just made such a beautiful couple
and their romance was heart wrenching. It made me cry.
Sabine was also a really relatable character I completely
felt for having to deal with such a difficult situation and resorting to such drastic
measures that she felt was way to fix things. I was left slightly confused
though as to why Sabine was the only one who shifted, it was never explained why
she shifted or if she was the only one. This was something I could deal with
but I think it would have added the to the story if it was explained a little
bit more. I really just chalked it up to Sabine having no idea why she shifted
so it wasn’t mentioned.
To sum things up this book was just amazing, it pushed all
the right buttons for me, touching my heart and making me think about decisions
I would make if I was in Sabine’s situation. I would definitely recommend this
to any and would like a compelling story that they won’t want to put down.
