Shannon and I were so fortunate to both receive an ARC of the Twin by Natasha Preston as she is one of our favorite authors! Thank you Random House Children's!
Disclaimer: We both received free ARC's from Random House Children (via NetGalley) in exchange for honest reviews.
Edition: ARC via Kindle
Genre: Teen/Young Adult
Synopsis:
After their parents divorced, 10-year-old twins Ivy and Iris were split up—Ivy lived with Dad, Iris with Mom. Now, after a tragic accident takes their mom's life, the twins are reunited and Iris moves in with Ivy and their dad. Devastated over Mom's death, Iris spends the first few weeks in almost total silence—the only person she will speak to is Ivy. Iris feels her life is over and she doesn't know what to do. Ivy promises her twin that she can share her life now. After all, they're sisters. Twins. It's a promise that Iris takes seriously. And before long, Ivy's friends, her life at school, and her boyfriend, Tyler, fall under Iris's spell. Slowly, Ivy realizes she's being pushed out of her own life. But she's just being paranoid, right? And Mom's accident was . . . just an accident. Right? It's not like she—or Dad—or Tyler—are in any danger. . .
Sarah's Review:
Natasha Preston is one of my favorite authors, so I was really anticipating this book. I was not disappointed.
I identified with Ivy a lot because we have very similar personalities. Because I identified with her so strongly everything that happened to her felt like a personal attack on myself as well. I loved the suspense of the story, and that suspense was added to by showing Ivy's rationalization. I thought I had the ending figured out, but I didn't. There is no way I would ever have predicted that, and it makes me want to scream in astonishment and then beg for a sequel.
The only thing that really bothered me was that there was a very negative connotation about food. There were multiple instances where even Ivy (who is the healthy one) talked about respecting people that can cut foods out of their diets. That is not a healthy view to have towards food. As being someone that had an eating disorder this was a huge red flag for me and could be detrimental to other readers.
Shannon's review:
I have anticipated this book for a while, ever since I saw Natasha Preston was putting out a new book it has been on my Amazon list. That being said when I was able to receive an ARC version I was pumped.
I definitely got wrapped up in the suspense of this story. Every chapter a new layer was added, making it more complex and just when I thought I was getting clarity, I was proved wrong. This aspect made the book a super quick read, which I enjoyed. I will admit I was not as in LOVE with this book as I am some others from this author. I think this was because of how much I hated Iris. I know I was meant to dislike her but I feel like in other books written by Preston, even the antagonist is somewhat likable. That being said I felt for Ivy, because all she wanted to do from the start was help her sister and instead her life is turned upside down. The ending of this book left me wanting for more....for closure.
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