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Marvelous (2014)

by Travis Thrasher(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1612916236 (ISBN13: 9781612916231)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

NavPress

review 1: Marvelous is a great book for teen readers. It has mystery, adventure, and a hint of young love all mixed into one book. Brandon Jeffrey is like any normal teenage boy. He has good friends, a job, and a car to drive. However, after one accident that damages his car, he has to work two jobs to pay it off as well as dealing with some family problems. While at one of his jobs, he meets a teenage girl who catches his eye. The girl’s name is Marvel and when he finds that she is looking for a job, he decides to help her by making a bargain with his boss: he will volunteer his time if his boss will hire Marvel. As Brandon tries to get a date with Marvel, horror strikes the town with the murder of one of Brandon’s classmates. While police follow their leads in the atte... morempt to figure out who is the murderer, Brandon gets suspicious that someone is watching him. Will Brandon and Marvel go out on a date? Who is the murderer? What secret is Marvel hiding? All these answers and more will be answered if you read this book.
review 2: First off, this is the first novel that I have read by Travis Thrasher, so I am not yet familiar with his style or series formatting. For me, I thought Marvelous by Travis Thrasher started off well enough. I was beginning to like the characters, to feel compassion for Brandon as he faced an abusive father, and I was intrigued by the mysteries that surrounded Brandon and his friends. However, as the book continued, I felt the story began to drag significantly as the summer began to come to a close and nothing had been resolved. Instead, the whole story seemed to center around Marvel and her quirky nature and Brandon's growing obsession with getting to know her better. In the end, everything else was just left to drag behind as unconnected strings, and I still had no idea what was going on with Seth, what person was murdering young teens, and what was going to happen with Brandon and his dad. The only thing that kept me from giving this book two stars was the fact that I found out it is just the first in the Books of Marvel, so I am hoping that the next book will offer more clarity. However, despite my issues with the overall plot of the book, I did enjoy getting to know Brandon, his friends, and Marvel. All of the characters were interesting and fairly realistic, besides Marvel of course. I am still not sure what I think of her, but she is definitely intriguing and appears to have a very close relationship with God, which I liked. I do look forward to seeing what will happen to her as she continues to press forward in following what she believes is God's plan for her life. Some of the visions and spiritual aspects of the book I did find to be a bit odd and certainly abnormal, but it did not detract too much from the book for me. It will be interesting to see how the author develops those in future books. Overall, Marvelous was not my favorite book, nor does it have a very satisfying ending, but it was definitely still an interesting read. I received this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. less

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