Author: Jill Hathaway
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Purchased: Amazon
Hardcover: 261 pages
Summary:
The story of Vee Bell continues int his thrilling follow-up to Jill Hathaway's SLIDE.
Vee's gift (or curse) of "sliding"- slipping into the mind of another person and experiencing life briefly, through his or her eyes- has been somewhat under control since she unwilling witnessed the horrific deaths of her classmates six months ago.
But just as things are getting back to normal- and her relationship with her best friend- Rollins- is heating up--Vee has a bizarre experience: She loses consciousness and finds herself in a deserted area, at the edge of a cliff, staring down at a lifeless body of the boy who had taken advantage of her last year.
As Vee finds herself in stranger and stranger situations with no memory of getting there, she begins to suspect that someone else she knows has the ability to slide.
And this "slide" is using Vee to exact revenge.
Review:
Imposter is the sequel to Jill Hathaway's Slide. Before I get into this story, here is what Slide, Jill Hathway's debut novel is about from it's summary (from Amazon):
Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister's friend Sophie didn't kill herself. She was murdered.
Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn't actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else's mind and experiences the world through that person's eyes. She's slid into her sister as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She learned the worst about a supposed "friend" when she slid into her during a school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing over Sophie's slashed body.
Vee desperately wishes she could share her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so crazy that she can't bring herself to tell her best friend, Rollins, let alone the police. Even if she could confide in Rollins, he has been acting distant lately, especially now that she's been spending more time with Zane.
Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the killer before he or she strikes again.
Now, Vee's relationship with Rollins is moving forward. Samantha, Vee's ex-best friend is ignoring her, but to add more to her plate, a woman who they haven't heard from in twenty years, who resembles their dead mother so closely, is back.
Whew!
A lot of things goes on within this book, and a few questions I have been wanted to know have been answered.
The whole time I was reading this book, my heart was pounding!
It was that suspenseful.
I love the relationship between Vee and Rollins-- so adorable, especially when Vee starts to get jealous when she thinks Rollins is spending more time with this girl named Anna who is prettier than Vee, and believing that he's starting to like Anna which in result would ruin their relationship. Though most of the time, I was a bit frustrated with Vee because of her constant whining and moody swings.
I must say as soon as Lydia (Mattie and Vee's aunt) came into the scene, I had just as bad vibes as Vee did.
Whenever Vee ends up in these weird places-for she realize that someone else has the ability to Slide- I kept going back to Lydia. She was suspicious enough- that I just wanted to scream in frustration. I kept thinking that Lydia was the whole reason everything that has happened.
Boy, was I wrong.
So, like a mentioned before: there is a situation that someone else has the ability to Slide- and they're taking control of Vee. And it all revolves around Scott "Scotch", the popular football player who had somewhat taken advantage of Vee during Homecoming (in the Slide book), and that's one of the reasons why Samantha is angry at Vee. Vee confronts Samantha and they are back to best friends again. Oh, and they- along with letting in on the plan with Vee's little sister- in a way to get Scotch back. And of course, it goes wrong.
I was glad that Jill Hathway wrote this book because I believe that this book is better than the previous one. Imposter has a better plotline and more suspense.
Though, this story isn't a love triangle (it may seem like it, but it is), but it's mostly a contemporary novel with a slight paranormal, mystery/thriller twist thrown into it and it does pretty well.
Conclusion:
Imposter was a very good book for a sequel. Some sequels arent as that good as it's debut, but I will have to say that this book is the one (unless you're not a fan of sequels...)
It was better than I thought I expected it to be. I read it pretty quickly and it held my attention as soon as I opened it.
It is known that there will be no more Slide books, confirmed here:
Jill Hathway's Blog Tour
Sad that it is, I would love to read more about Sliding and the other people who can perform this ability.
So, overall, Imposter (Slide #2) was a very good read. I would really recommend this book ONLY if you have read the first book because with this book, you would have been confused if you had picked it up without understanding what was going on.
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