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A review by jenbsbooks
Pivot Point by Kasie West
3.5
I liked this, but I'm a self-admitted sucker for "what if" alternate life-choice type stories. I'd had this on my list for a loooooong time, but while my library had the Kindle copy, no audio available there. It was on Audible, but I wasn't committed to PAYING for it, using up a precious credit. When I found a hardcopy at a thrift store, I picked it up (end goal, for my Little Free Library) and that brought it back to my attention. With an Amazon purchase, came a 3-month free AmazonMusic subscription, and recently, one free Audio borrow a month was included with that so ... I grabbed this as my February freebie (I don't even know that I'll listen to any music, just got the deal to get three audiobook borrows *Ü*).
For some reason I had it in my mind that this was about dancing ... maybe just the title? Silly me. No ballerina here. Paranormal, little group with abilities set apart from the "normal" world. Our MC can "see the future" sort of. Only for herself, and only when faced with a choice, and she can "search" to see what would happen as a result of that decision, either way. Interesting set up.
The use of "tense" here was interesting ... the first two chapters are past tense (first person, Addie's POV) as her "choice" is set up, to stay with Mom in the community, or go with Dad out to the normal world. Then, most of the book is her "search" of these two possible paths, and it switched to present tense for this. The two different paths weren't really defined by a header or anything, but they were still fairly easy to keep straight (whether she was still in the community with Duke/odd numbered chapters, or outside, with Trevor/even numbered chapters). In the TV series "Awake" had a basic premise similar, two "lives" ... one with his wife, one with his son, and he would wear a colored band to help him/and us, the viewer/ to keep them straight. The film also had a slightly different colored tint. I liked that). I wondered if it would revert to past tense when the search was over, but it stayed present tense to the end.
The storyline wasn't what I was expecting (ballerina *Ü*) but I liked it. It felt young, it IS YA ... it was a tad darker than I had anticipated (some murder, purposeful injury). No proFanity though, a couple slight sexual situations but nothing at all explicit.
I am interested in reading the sequel, seeing what happens next. Doesn't look like it was ever made into audio, so I'd have to read it on my own. This audio ... I wasn't sure about the drawl in the Dad/Normal/Trevor path, just always felt a little forced to me (I am not an expert in that accent).
For some reason I had it in my mind that this was about dancing ... maybe just the title? Silly me. No ballerina here. Paranormal, little group with abilities set apart from the "normal" world. Our MC can "see the future" sort of. Only for herself, and only when faced with a choice, and she can "search" to see what would happen as a result of that decision, either way. Interesting set up.
The use of "tense" here was interesting ... the first two chapters are past tense (first person, Addie's POV) as her "choice" is set up, to stay with Mom in the community, or go with Dad out to the normal world. Then, most of the book is her "search" of these two possible paths, and it switched to present tense for this. The two different paths weren't really defined by a header or anything, but they were still fairly easy to keep straight (whether she was still in the community with Duke/odd numbered chapters, or outside, with Trevor/even numbered chapters). In the TV series "Awake" had a basic premise similar, two "lives" ... one with his wife, one with his son, and he would wear a colored band to help him/and us, the viewer/ to keep them straight. The film also had a slightly different colored tint. I liked that). I wondered if it would revert to past tense when the search was over, but it stayed present tense to the end.
The storyline wasn't what I was expecting (ballerina *Ü*) but I liked it. It felt young, it IS YA ... it was a tad darker than I had anticipated (some murder, purposeful injury). No proFanity though, a couple slight sexual situations but nothing at all explicit.
I am interested in reading the sequel, seeing what happens next. Doesn't look like it was ever made into audio, so I'd have to read it on my own. This audio ... I wasn't sure about the drawl in the Dad/Normal/Trevor path, just always felt a little forced to me (I am not an expert in that accent).