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Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti
3.0
Lani knows that fate is the real deal. She and best friend Erin are spending their junior year of high school learning about all different tools of fate from astrology to numerology. All of these things that other people dismiss or call silly bring order to Lani's world and help explain who she is and why.
Erin couldn't be more different from Lani, but she feels the same way. Bound together after a dramatic childhood event, Lani can't imagine her life without Erin. And Erin feels the same way. What could possibly come between them?
Lani is sure the answer is nothing.
Until Erin starts dating Jason.
The more Lani and Jason start talking, the more they connect. But how can Lani be connecting with her best friend's boyfriend? How can something feel so fated when it is so the wrong thing in Something Like Fate (2010) by Susane Colasanti?
I'm a big fan of Colasanti's books. Although her novels always focus on soulmates, Colasanti always brings something new and original to the table. Unfortunately in the case of Something Like Fate that original spin is something that already came up in The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott.
Both books have their strengths--what Something Like Fate does well is examine changing friendships and high school dynamics. The story is a satisfying, if sometimes familiar, romance with the added touch of a narrator who is as passionate about astrology as she is about the environment.
The main problem with Something Like Fate is actually that Colasanti wrote her peripheral characters too well. Instead of rooting for Lani and Jason, I found myself wishing Connor played a more prominent role.
Possible Pairings: A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley, The Boy Book by E. Lockhart, Drawing the Ocean by Carolyn MacCullough, Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan, The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
Erin couldn't be more different from Lani, but she feels the same way. Bound together after a dramatic childhood event, Lani can't imagine her life without Erin. And Erin feels the same way. What could possibly come between them?
Lani is sure the answer is nothing.
Until Erin starts dating Jason.
The more Lani and Jason start talking, the more they connect. But how can Lani be connecting with her best friend's boyfriend? How can something feel so fated when it is so the wrong thing in Something Like Fate (2010) by Susane Colasanti?
I'm a big fan of Colasanti's books. Although her novels always focus on soulmates, Colasanti always brings something new and original to the table. Unfortunately in the case of Something Like Fate that original spin is something that already came up in The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott.
Both books have their strengths--what Something Like Fate does well is examine changing friendships and high school dynamics. The story is a satisfying, if sometimes familiar, romance with the added touch of a narrator who is as passionate about astrology as she is about the environment.
The main problem with Something Like Fate is actually that Colasanti wrote her peripheral characters too well. Instead of rooting for Lani and Jason, I found myself wishing Connor played a more prominent role.
Possible Pairings: A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley, The Boy Book by E. Lockhart, Drawing the Ocean by Carolyn MacCullough, Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan, The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott