by Risa Green (Goodreads Author)
When 13-year-old Gretchen Harris's mother is murdered at Gretchen's 8th Grade graduation party, everyone in the town of Delphi, California, suspects a power struggle within the Oculus Society: Delphi's version of the Junior League. Gretchen's best friend, Jessica Shaw, might even hold the key to finding the culprit withThe Plotinus Ability: the Oculus Society's jealously guarded secret power to trade souls, which hinges on a kiss. Gretchen's hope at finding the murderer ends in tragedy when Ariel Miller—the class outcast—stalks Gretchen and Jessica and surreptitiously films them exchanging a kiss to test if the Plotinus Ability is real, not knowing their motives. The ensuing YouTube video ("Popular Girls = Secret Lovers") goes viral, Gretchen's and Jessica's lives are further shattered, and they vanish from Delphi.
Flash forward two years later: Ariel is suddenly the most popular junior in town, but wracked with guilt over what she did to Gretchen and Jessica. When both girls reappear after their mysterious absence, Ariel finds herself pawn, suspect, and key player in their scheme to bring the murderer to justice. - Goodreads.com
Flash forward two years later: Ariel is suddenly the most popular junior in town, but wracked with guilt over what she did to Gretchen and Jessica. When both girls reappear after their mysterious absence, Ariel finds herself pawn, suspect, and key player in their scheme to bring the murderer to justice. - Goodreads.com
Honestly, I think Projection was great. It was well written, and interesting, and engaging, but it was missing something. I'm not really sure what that is, but it's the thing that makes the reader force all of their friends to read it, because they need someone to share all of the feels with. Maybe that's the problem; I didn't get any feels. I didn't really care about the characters. Yeah, they all have their little sob story, but they don't have very strong personalities, there isn't really anything to relate to. It's like, "Oh your mom was just murdered? That sucks. You'll get over it. Here's some flowers. Bye." In another case, I might have been sobbing my eyes out and screaming at the universe for being so cruel.
I think the story was very intriguing, and the chapters set in ancient Rome were placed perfectly. I'm really bad at solving mysteries so those really helped out. The one really weird thing about Projection was that about a third into the book, the main story just jumps ahead 2 years, which is kind of confusing at first, but it works. I think that this is the main reason why you don't really get to know the characters. That and the fact that they aren't even in their own bodies for a lot of the time, so they're pretending to be each other.
In all, I wouldn't go so far as to tell someone the absolutely have to read it, but if they asked me if they should read it, I would say yes.
Review by Mia a YBR Teen Book Group Member
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