Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.
Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.
A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure.
There it is in all it's beautiful cover glory.
I'll be honest- I wanted to read it partly because of the cover.
Then I read the blurb. I was sold.
But then I started reading it. I was scared in the beginning because it was looking like I wasn't going to like it. Mainly due to the unnecessary love triangle they put in there for dramatic effect or something. (Well, after reading the entire thing, I kind of get why it's in there, but it doesn't mean I have to like it!)
It turns out fairly good. Not like "OMG I LOVE IT!!!! EVERYONE READ THIS RIGHT NOW!!", but close-ish.
The take on parallel universes was fresh and new. It flowed well and made sense throughout the novel which is sometimes hard to accomplish with a topic like parallel universes.
The twists were kind of predictable but then again that was probably on purpose. They were really good twists. Really setting it up for the rest of the series. I'm looking forward to those.
Now the protagonist. I don't know if I like her or not. She had moments where I'm like, "Yeah you go, you badass lady!" and others I literally smacked myself in the face because of some dumb choice she made. So, she's a pretty believable teenage protagonist. Also don't like her name, but maybe that's just me.
Paul, the love interest man candy dude bro. Meh.
The ending is what saved it. I was about to just shrug away the book as something I just read, but the ending swooped in with all its twists and reveals and made me consider it as an almost favorite. It ends with the perfect set up for the next books and makes it seem really interesting. I know I'm going to be surprised in what happens at the end. I eagerly await the next one.
Read: January 19, 2015
My Rating: 4 stars / 5 stars
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