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Into The Deep (2000)

by Lauryn April(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 1

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Romance

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Into the Deep

review 1: I think this was a lovely book! I felt it was written for a slightly younger audience than I'm used to when I read YA, but that didn't stop me from reading. It was an interesting storyline, an original spin on the paranormal, and well-written (despite a few grammar issues > the usual suspect then/than). The only reason I'm knocking off one star is that some of the characters weren't very engaging (Ivy's two best friends are falling by the wayside so early on in the story that I didn't really get to know them and subsequently couldn't really connect any emotions to the fact that Ivy left their friendship behind) and somewhere in the middle of the book, I thought the pacing was just off. We are basically being told there is a bomber trying to target the school, and yet there... more are whole pages filled with Ivy just bumming around playing cards with Brant, eating sandwiches and going shopping with her mom. I realize she has to eat at some point :) but to me, having to read about it disrupted the flow of the exciting storyline and made me skip a few pages here and there.Overall, a solid debut from a writer I'd recommend to younger readers. I'll be keeping an eye on her future publications.
review 2: 3.5 stars. 3 star for the first half. 4 star for the second half.Well, I downloaded this as a freebie back in 2012 and it had been sitting on my kindle for ages so as part of Goodreads' "We (heart) YA"'s ABC challenge I decided to read this.For the first 20-25% I was a little bored with it, finding it hard to get into and Ivy's friends were hard to like. However when Brant really came a part of her life, after the school classes and he more or less saved her, I started to really get into it. Romance reader and all... :)I really liked the progression of their relationship going from wary classmates to boyfriend/girlfriend. It was a complicated journey thanks to Ivy wanting someone else who wanted her friend but they got there in the end.As for the plot to blow up the school...I was stumped as to who was behind it. I think I ran through every member of the plot apart from the ones we were centring on. Still had no idea.I feel I ought to mention Charlie too. She was pretty cool and seems like she'd be a great friend to have.I know there's a second book in the series but after reading the synopsis of it I'm not sure I want to read it, mainly because it sounds like Brant and Ivy aren't together anymore :( less

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