Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Triangles by Kimberly Ann Miller ~ Review

Source:  Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Book Description:

A cruise ship. A beautiful island. Two sexy guys. What could possibly go wrong?

In the Bermuda Triangle—a lot.

Hoping to leave behind the reminders of her crappy life--her father's death years ago, her mother's medical problems, and the loser who’s practically stalking her--seventeen-year-old Autumn Taylor hops on a ship with her sister for a little distraction. When she wakes up in the Bermuda Triangle, she fears she's gone nuts for more than one reason: that loser’s suddenly claiming they're a happy couple... a hot guy is wrapping his arms around her and saying "Happy Anniversary"... and suddenly, she’s full of bruises, losing her hair, and getting IV medication. Autumn visits the ship's doctor, hoping for a pill or a shot to make the craziness go away. Instead, she's warned that these "alternate realities" could become permanent.

She just has to ask herself one question—how the hell is she going to get out of this mess?




My Thoughts:



3 stars - Enough alternative realities to make Autumn change!

Gonna be honest, here.  I don't like Autumn Raine.  She's not very nice.  She has issues.  She's mean to Joey.  She's got guilt.  But I think she needed to be this way for this book to work.  Someone without issues probably wouldn't need to go through what she did in the triangle.  So after I got over the fact that I didn't like her at all, I enjoyed the book.

What I really enjoyed the most about this book is the alternate realities.  It would be pretty freaky to wake up every morning to a different reality.  Make me afraid to go to sleep at night.  At first, Autumn's reaction is funny to me.  She's totally like WTH? Then it starts to get interesting.  The circumstances of each reality make it clear what she needs to figure out.  She learns slowly and by the end she's made a few changes in her attitude.  I definitely liked her better by the end. 

The one character I liked the best was Joey.  He awkward but cute.  He's persistent and jealous.  He's sweet and totally what Autumn needs.  The way Autumn treats him at first is most of the reason she upset me.  I was most interested in how the alternate realities would affect Joey.  Though the circumstances changed, Joey didn't.  I liked that about him. 

There was more to this story than figuring out which boy Autumn should be with.  She needed some closer with her Dad and hope for her mom.  She needed to work on her relationship with her sister and make decisions about her future.  She found all her answers in the triangle.  It was an interesting way to grow up.  Kinda like experiencing how life would be if you have made a different choice at different points in your life.  I liked that.

There really isn't much of an explanation as to why this is happening in the book.  The world is simply built on the rumor and stories that persist about the Bermuda Triangle.  I don't know how I feel about that.  Part of me would have liked some lore and part of me is okay with it the way it is.  By doing it this way, the author focused the story on the growing up of Autumn.  I guess that makes sense.

This is coming of age kinda YA story done in a unique way.  If that's your thing, then give this one a try.

About the author:

Kimberly Ann Miller received Bachelor's degrees from Georgian Court University and Rutgers University and a Master's degree from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She is an avid reader and particularly enjoys true crime and young adult novels. She grew up in New Jersey and currently resides in Monmouth County with her husband and three cats. When she’s not writing, she loves to travel to sunny islands where she snorkels by day and stargazes by night. She always takes her Nook with her.





4 comments:

  1. I liked this one too. I couldn't stand Autumn at first either. She did eventually grow on my though. I wanted to know why the alternate realities thing happened too, but it didn't bother me much that it wasn't explained. Great review!!

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  2. Eh, this one def was one where I wish it was more developed. Autumn bugged me too, lol. Also, I did like Joey, except for in one alt reality when he did something so selfish I was totally turned off about it. Anyways, great review!

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  3. Sorry you didn't like the mc. I like stories with alternate realities, so that aspect does appeal to me. Great review!

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  4. This one does sound interesting. Not sure it's for me though.

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