Fracture by Megan Miranda

Fracture

by Megan Miranda 

Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.

(summary from goodreads.com)

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This is one of those heart wrenching, the-main-character-is-an-emotional-wreck kind of books - not what I would call an easy read but still a book I enjoyed. It reminded me a LOT of Miracle - very similar plot lines. I coincidentally read them almost back to back and it was fascinating to compare the two books, to see how the different girls reacted to their individual traumas, how their parents helped or hurt the process, who they were able to confide in. This book throws in a little paranormal curveball, which is always fun. It also reminded me of Stork and The Body Finder. I loved Decker (every teenage girl needs a Decker). I loved how well written the emotion was in this book - it was seeping off the page. I was happy with how Delaney finally dealt with her new abilities. I will read the next in the series, but if Delaney doesn't spill all to Decker soon I just might have to smack her.

And it references and quotes LES MISERABLES! Which just makes it even that much better.

Mom note: As a mother of readers, I also want to make a note to myself (and others if they care) why I would or would not have my children read this book, because honestly, sometimes I forget. This is a YA book, so everything is within YA strictures. Violence: yes - mild. Profanity: yes. Sex: no, but teenagers making out.