Title: One Past Midnight
Author: Jessica Shirvington
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers/Bloomsbury
Publication Date: July 2014
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy, Contemporary
Series or Stand Alone: Stand Alone
Synopsis can be found here.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Review:
Sabine lives two very different lives. At midnight every night, Sabine switches lives going from one where she has a little sister and is an outcast, to another where she is popular, has many friends and has a steady boyfriend.
But one day, something changes. Sabine may have to choose which life she wants to lead for good.
Pleasantly surprised!
I wasn’t sure what to expect as this is my first Jessica Shirvington book. The premise is interesting, but it’s variations have been done before so I suppose I wasn’t expecting such a solid paced story and a real draw to the characters. There were plenty of plot twists that kept my attention and I have to admit, I read this one really fast because I just had to know what happened!
Sabine is a normal girl. She has two personalities, one where she’s an outcast with not many friends and another where she’s almost a mean girl. I like both Sabine’s. She’s not too far away from herself in either world that I didn’t believe it was the same person, and let’s face it – there is a little bit of outcast and mean girl in every one of us. Ethan, the nurse who she meets in hospital, is patient, kind and sweet. And while he may not have made me totally swoon, I was rooting for them to be together. And her boyfriend Dex in her other life was really well written. I don’t want to give anything away so I’ll just say that Dex really made that life interesting.
There’s plenty of drama and tension in both worlds so whenever Sabine switched, I was more than happy to go with her. The plot kept me rooted to my seat. There were a couple of characters I felt could have used a little more depth, but otherwise this is a fun page turner. I also really enjoyed the tests Ethan gave Sabine – translating languages especially. I thought that was totally plausible and clever! Of course he would need her to prove that she was telling the truth!
Overall, One Past Midnight is a well paced, twisty ride that I enjoyed reading and would recommend to my friends who like thrillers! You’ll need to know what happens too!
Rating 8 Cookie Worthy
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Kimberly majored in Songwriting and currently works full time in the music industry. When she's not listening to music, knitting or writing, you can find her outside reading her favorite genres: Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Mystery, and Romance.
I really like the cover of this one. Glad you liked it.
Tbe plot was so interesting that I was scared this wasn’t going to live up to expectations. I’m so glad you enjoyed this. I will read this for the plot twist and drama. I’m really exited to read now, thanks! ^^
If I had 2 live I would live one being careful & the other one taking risks. I would skydive, travel the world in one, and on the other I’d work. It’s kind of an advantage, but it would suck to die 2 times. That’s traumatizing.
I would be terrified of getting the lives confused and then people thinking I was crazy.
If I had two lives, I would live one and save the other one for later. After all something might happen to your first life.
wow… this sounds awesome 🙂 Thanks for the great review! If I had 2 lives, I think that I would live them in completely opposite ways… thanks for sharing!
With two lives, I would definitely travel with my second life – free and easy!
Tow lives would wear me out so really I don’t think I would want two lives. One is enough.
This one keeps grabbing my attention. i think it is a sign. thank you for the review!!
Jessica Shirvington is an incredible writer, so ever since I found out about One Past Midnight, I have been incredibly excited. It just sounds so good. I have only read one other review aside from yours, and it was a pretty great review, as well. So I think that I am in for a treat when I get my hands on this one!
I had not heard of this book yet, but it sounds really interesting. I am definitely putting it on my TBR list!