Publication:
January
7, 2014
Publisher:
Sourcebooks
Fire
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I know who you are.
When Riley first gets the postcard tucked
into her bag, she thinks it’s a joke. Then she finds a birth certificate for
a girl named Jane Elizabeth O’Leary hidden inside her baby book.
Riley’s parents have always been pretty
overprotective. What if it wasn’t for her safety….but fear of her find out
their secret? What have they been hiding? The more Riley digs for answers,
the more questions she has.
The only way to know the truth? Find out
what happened to Jane O’Leary.
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Riley is pretty much your typical teenager. Her parents
are extremely overprotective. They say it is for her own good, especially since
Riley can suffer from panic attacks and has to take medication for it. But
given that Riley is a teen she feels like she is being punished more than protected.
As soon as Riley discovers a birth certificate belonging to a
Jane O’Leary, she is filled with all sorts of curiosity and questions. So
naturally she begins digging for information. Her best friend Shelby was a little
too pushy in trying to get her to look into who Jane is, but I guess that sort of got
the ball rolling.
The suspense builds in the story as someone starts sending
Riley postcards saying they know who she is. It made me wonder if someone was
watching her or just trying to toy with her.
It could be just because I am a
sucker for a mystery, but the mystery of the story was the part that kept my
interest the most and kept me flipping pages. The twists and turns had me on
the edge of my seat. And I had a hard time trying to guess who was being honest
and what the truth actually was.
RATING: 3 OUT OF 5.
**I received this book on behalf of the Publisher as part of this
blog tour in exchange for nothing but my honest opinion. Thank you**
Interview with Hannah
Jayne:
1. What
inspired you to write this novel?
a. I really love the idea of who we
are vs. who we think we are vs. who other people think we are, especially when
it comes to the teen years. That’s when it seems like everyone is trying on new
personae’s and trying to figure out what works. I really wanted to capture
that.
2. Do
you have a favorite quote or line from the book?
a. “Then I won’t ask you to suck my
Blow Pop.”
3. What
do you believe is one of the most important aspects of writing?
a. Actually writing. So many people
want to be authors and they take craft courses and attend lectures and design
covers and research copyright law which is all great, but they don’t actually
sit their butts in their chairs and write.
4. Did
you always know you wanted to become a writer?
a. I was in the second grade when I
decided I was going to become an author. Granted, I assumed I would be able to
do that by the fifth grade but…
5. Favorite
book and why?
a. I have dozens but the one I
always return to—and could probably recite as well as read—is Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein. I love everything about it—the basic story, the underlying story,
the message, and most notably the fact that she wrote it when she was seventeen
and blew Percy Shelly and William Wordsworth out of the water with it.
6. What
song are you currently listening to in your mp3/cd player?
a. Actually, I’m listening to my
self-created See Jane Run playlist!
7. If
you were stranded on a desert island for a month, what 3-4 things would be
essential to you?
a. My laptop, high-speed internet
(for, uh, business purposes), and a fat stack of books!
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Great review. I need to check my library for it. Thanks for sharing the interview too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenea. I hope you like it if you get the chance to read it.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan of Hannah's other series. Looks like I have a new book to read!
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