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A review by stormydawnc
Split Second by Kasie West
4.0
Split Second picks up just days after where Pivot Point left off, and for that reason alone, I’d recommend re-reading just the last few chapters of Pivot Point to ease into this book. That’s what I did, and it helped me get my head back into this world of Norms and ParaNorms. I also needed a refresher on what exactly went down at the end of Pivot Point, and I was able to jump in straight away to Split Second.
While there are remnants of Pivot Point’s conflict, Split Second introduced some new problems for Addie & Laila that had nothing to do with the first book. Some of these I loved, some of them weren’t as important to me, but I felt that Kasie West had really nailed the sequel thing down. I get annoyed sometimes when series carry conflict over to the next book just to drag the story into multiple parts. I never felt that way with Split Second in the slightest.
Of course, now the question is did I love Split Second as much as I love Pivot Point? Not quite, but it was still REALLY good and a worthy sequel. The addition of Laila’s point of view took me a few chapters to get into, but by the end I appreciated it since it allowed us to see inside the Paranormal compound while Addie’s out in our mundane world, visiting her dad. And after a few chapter, I got into the rhythm of the book well enough to differentiate between the two voices. Laila’s story became just as important to me as Addie’s in the end, which is not what I expected to happen. I wasn’t gaga for her budding relationship with Connor, but I still thought it was fitting to her character and sweet enough.
What I really loved, though, was seeing Addie explore the Norm world for the second time–only this time, it was real. The way West wrote this was so intriguing because a few details stay the same, but of course Addie doesn’t have the same experience she would have–it’s a few weeks later after Pivot Point, she’s not going to a high school, and so she gets to see a different side of the world than she did in her search in Pivot Point.
I remember how long it took Addie to grow on me in Pivot Point, but reading Split Second, I can’t fathom why. She’s a girl after my own heart in so many ways. One of my favorite scenes in Split Second is when Addie crawls under a table at a bookstore to read a graphic novel. And she “meets” Trevor for the first time really in that bookstore, which was just too perfect. Addie has grown as a character and at this point, I think she might be my favorite main character from all of Kasie West’s books.
The way the relationship between Addie and Trevor blooms in Split Second made me both laugh and put my heart through the wringer. Since Addie’s memories aren’t restored at the start of the book, they start off on even ground. In many ways, their relationship mirrors what they would have had in Pivot Point, but with slight differences. For one, Addie meets Stephanie before she really meets Trevor in Split Second, so they become friends first. That really makes all the difference, and it was refreshing to see a different take on the “mean” girl of the first book.
The only reason I didn’t quite love this one as much as Pivot Point was more with the villains of this book. Some of the plans seem awfully convoluted, and I’m not sure I understood every aspect of it on this read. I’m sure I’ll re-read this book in the future, so I suspect, much like Pivot Point, for my opinion to shoot up even higher.
This review first appeared on Book.Blog.Bake.
While there are remnants of Pivot Point’s conflict, Split Second introduced some new problems for Addie & Laila that had nothing to do with the first book. Some of these I loved, some of them weren’t as important to me, but I felt that Kasie West had really nailed the sequel thing down. I get annoyed sometimes when series carry conflict over to the next book just to drag the story into multiple parts. I never felt that way with Split Second in the slightest.
Of course, now the question is did I love Split Second as much as I love Pivot Point? Not quite, but it was still REALLY good and a worthy sequel. The addition of Laila’s point of view took me a few chapters to get into, but by the end I appreciated it since it allowed us to see inside the Paranormal compound while Addie’s out in our mundane world, visiting her dad. And after a few chapter, I got into the rhythm of the book well enough to differentiate between the two voices. Laila’s story became just as important to me as Addie’s in the end, which is not what I expected to happen. I wasn’t gaga for her budding relationship with Connor, but I still thought it was fitting to her character and sweet enough.
What I really loved, though, was seeing Addie explore the Norm world for the second time–only this time, it was real. The way West wrote this was so intriguing because a few details stay the same, but of course Addie doesn’t have the same experience she would have–it’s a few weeks later after Pivot Point, she’s not going to a high school, and so she gets to see a different side of the world than she did in her search in Pivot Point.
I remember how long it took Addie to grow on me in Pivot Point, but reading Split Second, I can’t fathom why. She’s a girl after my own heart in so many ways. One of my favorite scenes in Split Second is when Addie crawls under a table at a bookstore to read a graphic novel. And she “meets” Trevor for the first time really in that bookstore, which was just too perfect. Addie has grown as a character and at this point, I think she might be my favorite main character from all of Kasie West’s books.
The way the relationship between Addie and Trevor blooms in Split Second made me both laugh and put my heart through the wringer. Since Addie’s memories aren’t restored at the start of the book, they start off on even ground. In many ways, their relationship mirrors what they would have had in Pivot Point, but with slight differences. For one, Addie meets Stephanie before she really meets Trevor in Split Second, so they become friends first. That really makes all the difference, and it was refreshing to see a different take on the “mean” girl of the first book.
The only reason I didn’t quite love this one as much as Pivot Point was more with the villains of this book. Some of the plans seem awfully convoluted, and I’m not sure I understood every aspect of it on this read. I’m sure I’ll re-read this book in the future, so I suspect, much like Pivot Point, for my opinion to shoot up even higher.
This review first appeared on Book.Blog.Bake.