Goodreads Blurb
Everything repeats.You. Your best friend. Every person you know.Many worlds. Many lives--infinite possibilities.Welcome to the multiverse.Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather's stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives. Sasha never believed such worlds were real--until now, when she finds herself thrust into one against her will.To prevent imminent war, Sasha must slip into the life of an alternate version of herself, a princess who has vanished on the eve of her arranged marriage. If Sasha succeeds in fooling everyone, she will be returned home; if she fails, she'll be trapped in another girl's life forever. As time runs out, Sasha finds herself torn between two worlds, two lives, and two young men vying for her love--one who knows her secret, and one who thinks she's someone she's not.
Tandem was....weird. Or, well, I had a lot of mixed feelings about it at least. There were so so so many terrible things about it, but somehow the overall read...well, it was decent.
Ever since I'd heard of the book, I'd been absolutely dying for it. I'm such a sucker for parallel worlds. SO when I actually read it...well, it was disappointing to say the least. There were so many plot holes and a ton of contradicting or ridiculous things. But the second half was actually pretty good, despite all it's problems, and I couldn't help but get pulled into the thickening plot!
The first thing that irritated me was...well, the writing. After a while I got used to it, but it still irritated me in the beginning. We were info dumped in the beginning and after that, we just get a whole bunch of needless information and it started to grate on my nerves before I got used to it.
The second? Insta love. Our main character says that her crush on Grant (the love interest's double.) faded away, but suddenly he talks to her once and she's all fluttery and crushing again and I found that sort of ridiculous. And was it not suspicious to her that he asked her out within ten minutes of talking to her?
And then on their first date, Sasha claims to be in love with him, falling hard, and suddenly having deep talks. On their first date--only the second time they've talked. Yeah, wasn't the biggest fan.
The story was actually pretty typical and cliche and I can't say I was the biggest fan of it. Still on the romance, I found it really annoying how despite everything, Sasha just fell in love with Thomas almost instantly. Sure, she seemed angry, but there was still a "pull" that I really wanted to cut. That, along with the fact that I'm pretty sure there's a love triangle in this...well. Wait. More than one? Julianna. Callum. Grant (the real one.). Thomas. Sasha...what.
And Sasha herself was just...ugh. She was supposed to be stubborn, strong, but instead she just came off as annoying and naive. When she should've been relatable and understanding, she was oblivious and ignorant. I wanted to choke her. That is all.
But despite all those complaints, there's just something about Tandem that I loved. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the setting, the worldbuilding (which, while a bit shabby, still pretty perfect.), but there's a certain quality about the story that makes me love it more than I usually would. I suppose that after the first half, all these things got better or I got used to them, but either way, Tandem was still a pretty decent read.
Which is so weird.
But yeah.
Ever since I'd heard of the book, I'd been absolutely dying for it. I'm such a sucker for parallel worlds. SO when I actually read it...well, it was disappointing to say the least. There were so many plot holes and a ton of contradicting or ridiculous things. But the second half was actually pretty good, despite all it's problems, and I couldn't help but get pulled into the thickening plot!
The first thing that irritated me was...well, the writing. After a while I got used to it, but it still irritated me in the beginning. We were info dumped in the beginning and after that, we just get a whole bunch of needless information and it started to grate on my nerves before I got used to it.
The second? Insta love. Our main character says that her crush on Grant (the love interest's double.) faded away, but suddenly he talks to her once and she's all fluttery and crushing again and I found that sort of ridiculous. And was it not suspicious to her that he asked her out within ten minutes of talking to her?
And then on their first date, Sasha claims to be in love with him, falling hard, and suddenly having deep talks. On their first date--only the second time they've talked. Yeah, wasn't the biggest fan.
The story was actually pretty typical and cliche and I can't say I was the biggest fan of it. Still on the romance, I found it really annoying how despite everything, Sasha just fell in love with Thomas almost instantly. Sure, she seemed angry, but there was still a "pull" that I really wanted to cut. That, along with the fact that I'm pretty sure there's a love triangle in this...well. Wait. More than one? Julianna. Callum. Grant (the real one.). Thomas. Sasha...what.
And Sasha herself was just...ugh. She was supposed to be stubborn, strong, but instead she just came off as annoying and naive. When she should've been relatable and understanding, she was oblivious and ignorant. I wanted to choke her. That is all.
But despite all those complaints, there's just something about Tandem that I loved. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the setting, the worldbuilding (which, while a bit shabby, still pretty perfect.), but there's a certain quality about the story that makes me love it more than I usually would. I suppose that after the first half, all these things got better or I got used to them, but either way, Tandem was still a pretty decent read.
Which is so weird.
But yeah.
Pages: 428
Genre: Sci-fi/Romance
Series: Many Worlds Trilogy #1
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Release Date: Oct 8, 2013
Rating: 3 Stars
Rating: 3 Stars
I hate it when the writing is all worn in a book. I haven't read this yet because I'm not a huge fan of parellel worlds and there were mixed reviews on Goodreads. Great cover though.
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