Saturday, June 29, 2013

Crash by Lisa McMann


Crash (Visions, #1)Crash

If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first of four books from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy.

Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.

What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow.

The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees. The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.

In this riveting start to a gripping series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa McMann, Jules has to act—and act fast—to keep her vision from becoming reality.

(summary from goodreads.com
 

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Absolutely loved it, awesome book. It was lighter than McMann's normal fare, but still fast paced with a lot of serious undertones. If Romeo and Juliet took place in a pizza parlor, and had a better ending, Shakespeare would have written this book. And if Juliet saw visions … I loved how Jules didn't mope through the whole book, took charge of what was happening to her, and didn't let boy troubles turn her into a wuss. Honestly, I also loved the length. So many books are tomes when they don't need to be. This was a nice and quick 200 page read - I can't wait for the next one! I already love the twist that will hopefully make the 2nd book not fall into the Rut of the Second Book.


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: mild; Profanity: moderate; Sex: mild
 

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