Title ~ Into You
Author ~ Riley J. Ford
Publisher ~ Riley J. Ford
Published ~ 2 July 2012
Genre ~ YA/Paranormal/Romance
Pages ~ 253
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My Rating ~ 4 bites and a nibble out of 5
Winter
Reynolds has spent all summer screwing up the courage to leave her phone number
with the cute guy at the mall. Now, they are at the movies and he comes in for
a kiss and it’s everything she dreamed about until…he says she needs a breath
mint. Only his lips are on hers and they haven’t moved. What? Winter’s life is
about to be turned upside down by a super power that sounds at first like it
might be pretty cool, but turns out to so not be.
When
I read the blurb for this I thought it sounded pretty interesting even though
I’m not a huge fan of YA. Teenagers do such dumb stuff and can be so self
absorbed a lot of time, so I tend to avoid YA. Not always, but usually. I’m so
glad I picked this one up. The writing is wonderful and Winter is a pretty interesting
kid. Her best friend Miranda, on the other hand, is a piece of spoiled work,
but deep down she’s got a good heart. There’s the typical teen angst in this
story with crushes, romance, high school shenanigans and bullies, but Winter
also has to deal with a murdered girl who was becoming her friend.
Miranda
convinces Winter she needs to use her super power of hearing people’s thoughts
when her lips touch theirs to find out who killed Annika. A budding romance
with Jason makes it difficult for Winter to go around kissing people trying to
find out who on the track team murdered poor Annika especially since she told
Jason she wants to take it slow. In other words, she doesn’t want to kiss him
and get his life story downloaded the second her lips touch his. She wants to
get to know him the right way.
Some
of the Homecoming Dance scene was a bit off and took too long to get through,
but for the most part this story kept me enthralled. It was paranormal and
romance mixed with a mystery and it was a good one. The kissing super power
though, I’m not sure I’d want that one though it would come in handy for
filtering out creeps.
Carol I usually steer clear of YA contemps but the paranormal twist and goofy superpower and obvious humor have me curious and that cover..LOL
ReplyDeleteI usually steer clear of contemporaries these days, but since this had paranormal added, I couldn't resist. It's a good one! :)
DeleteThank you so much for featuring me on your fabulous blog! And I absolutely loved the review--thanks!
ReplyDeleteAnd KimBAcaffeinate--I'm glad you liked the cover. I thought it might stand out. I think it's doing the job! LOL! :)
Riley J. Ford
You're welcome! Thanks for entertaining me! :)
Deletethe cover is different, made me giggle heh.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I like YA but tend to read it in between Adult fiction, cause I think the behavior of the characters in most books make me want to pull my hair out.
Then again, there are adult books that question my sanity as well.
I know. Reminds me of when we make goldfish faces. lol
DeleteIf I read YA, it usually has to have a sci-fi (dystopian) or paranormal element in it. I have a hard time reading straight up Contemporary anymore, YA, NA or Adult.
Thanks for taking part in the tour. I'm so glad you enjoyed Into You!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the invite, Teddy! :)
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