Noah and Jude are twins. They do what most twins do: they argue and fight but in the end they make up. They also share something in common – they both love art. Both of them are very close until a tragedy pulls them apart. This is their stories and their voices.
The story was slow throughout the book and this made it less intriguing when I first started the book. The plot during the first half of the book was very simple and nothing was happening and I got confused when the point of view changed – it wasn’t very clear what was happening – and so to improve the author could have made the plot more clear when the point of view changed.
On the other hand I found that most of the ‘action’ occurred during the second half of the book and the pace of my reading was faster – more things were happening. I didn’t really understand the chemistry between the twins because they didn’t seem as they were close, even though they know a lot about each other – confused? Well I was throughout the book.
Generally twins are meant to be close and speak to each other but in this book the twins don’t seem to interact and this made me baffled, but it could be seen as a new twist on books on twins.
However there were aspects of the book that I did enjoy. For example the amount of love that was in the book. Love was a main theme and every character had someone they love, this is not what you see in YA books and makes the book different.
Alternatively I felt that the twins should not be twins because their stories are so different and the twin thing didn’t really work for me.
-
Buy this book at the Guardian Bookshop
Want to tell the world about a book you’ve read? Join the site and send us your review!
