Title: WishAuthor: Alexandra Bullen
Release Date: 1st April 2010
My Rating: 3/5
For Olivia Larsen, nothing can change the fact that her twin sister, Violet, is gone... until a mysterious, beautiful gown arrives on her doorstep. The dress doesn't just look magical,it is magical. It has the power to grant her one wish, and the only thing Olivia wants is her sister back.
With Violet again by her side, both girls get a second chance at life. And as the sisters soon discover, they have two more dresses-and two more wishes left. But magic can't solve everything, and Olivia is forced to confront her ghosts to learn how to laugh, love, and live again.
At first I thought this would be a silly kind of fairytale book with magical dresses and wishes, but it actually turned out to be quite the opposite, as it has a good message and story line that I feel teenage girls can relate to. Olivia has to deal with moving to a new town, making new friends, and normal teenage girl problems with guys and a new school. She has to do all this while trying to move on with her life after the death of her twin sister, her best and closest friend. She is dealing with the effect Violet's death has had on her relationship with her parents as well as their relationship and the family dynamics.
Despite the sad synopsis of a tragic young death, the author has managed to probe the situation in a lighter way but still get a message of independence, pain, heartache, loss, love and family through to the reader without making the book depressing. This is an easy read, but not flippant and makes you as the reader question 'If you could wish for anything, what would you truly want?'
Hey Jess, have you got a reader's copy of this you could lend me at all? I wouldn't mind reading it. Can't wait to read Before I Fall either, your review is so good! :)
ReplyDeleteI bought The Hate List by Jennifer Brown and Guilt Trip by Anne Cassidy on Sunday. I know you said you were planning to buy The Hate List, but you are welcome to borrow mine if you'd rather do that. I will be reading it in the next couple of weeks.
Linda xoxo