Review: Unravelling Isobel

Title: Unraveling Isobel
Author: Eileen Cook
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Pages: 304
Source: Hardcover

My Rating:

Isobel’s life is falling apart. Her mom just married some guy she met on the internet only three months before, and is moving them to his sprawling, gothic mansion off the coast of nowhere. Goodbye, best friend. Goodbye, social life. Hello, icky new stepfather, crunchy granola town, and unbelievably good-looking, officially off-limits stepbrother. But on her first night in her new home, Isobel starts to fear that it isn’t only her life that’s unraveling—her sanity might be giving way too. Because either Isobel is losing her mind, just like her artist father did before her, or she’s seeing ghosts. Either way, Isobel’s fast on her way to being the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons.

Unraveling Isobel was funny, sad, romantic, frustrating (Isobel's mom- OMFG! Hate her! So dense!) and it also had a bit of a creep factor... But none the less, it was a super fast and clever read!  From the beginning I KNEW I was going to dislike the mother.... Ugh. I don't know if it was her character or just for attitude that killed it for me, but I hated her! Her decisions and reasoning made no sense at all.... Moving on. Nick-- I LOVED HIM! Yes, I know what you're thinking; there's always a love interest in YA books, but in all honesty, even though Nick was beyond amazing (yep, he's pretty awesome) and the love interest element is there, it felt secondary to Isobel’s own self-discovery... I don't know if that makes sense.

And OMG you guys, the ENDING-- SO GOOD! Such a clever twist! I finally understood why it was classified as a paranormal read. Seriously, you guys... I did not see it coming. It took me by complete and utter shock! I literally had to re-read the part like 3x's.... Ok, I'm done. Wait! I lied... Did I mention Isobel cusses? Yep! You heard right! I love it when author's aren't (<-- is that a real word? #spanishteacherproblems) afraid to develop their characters with REAL LIFE characteristics! I once read a book were the main character said, "bull-poopie"

-_- Really?...