Fractures

It’s been a while since I read (and loved) Echoes by Alice Reeds. So when I got the chance to review Fractures, the sequel to Echoes, I was excited! Thank you Netgalley and Entanged Teen for the Advanced Reader Copy. Echoes was a twisty story with two different timelines. It ended on a cliffhanger, but when I originally read it, I wasn’t sure whether it was meant to be continued or not. The sequel did not disappoint. You can see my review of Echoes here.

Because this review is for the second book in a duology, there may be spoilers.

Things To Like

Just like in Echoes, it’s twisty and there’s two timelines! In the original book, it took a while to figure out what was going on. Are these two different timelines? Is one of them real and one of them not? What’s going on? Eventually you figure it out, as do Miles and Fiona, our main characters.

You get to know Miles and Fiona more. Some people thought there was instalove in the first book, although I liked how their relationship went, but we get to learn more about their characters here. Once again, they’re facing danger, and we get to find out more about them, their families, and how did they end up in this mess?

New characters! Fiona and Miles make new friends in their struggle (which I’m purposely being vague about). Can they be trusted in a world where nobody can figure out what is real and what is imagined? I can’t reveal that.

A satisfying ending. While the end of Echoes made me think ??? is this deliberately a weird ending like the rest of the book? Fractures has a logical and satisfying conclusion. We finally find out what happens to them!

Other Notes

I enjoyed this book, but I didn’t find it as compelling as Echoes. Perhaps it’s just because I’ve been having difficulty reading as much as I had been. I don’t know why. I couldn’t put the first book down and read it in one day. It took three days to read Fractures.

Conclusion

Are you looking for a duology that is twisty, mysterious, and keeps you turning pages? I recommend this duology. If you haven’t read Echoes yet, you’d definitely want to start there. If you have read Echoes, then you’ll probably want to find out what happens to our two main characters. You won’t be disappointed.