Thursday, October 20, 2011

Unraveling Isobel

Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook
 
Rating: 4.5
Hardcover, 256 pages
Expected publication: January 3rd 2012 by Simon Pulse
 
What a fantastic story. Unraveling Isobel was so much different than I had expected. Sure, the blurb was interesting enough, but the story and dialect was so much more.

Isobel is moving with her mother, her new step-father and step-brother to Naime, an island off the coast. She has very few nice things to say since her mother dragged her away to some desolate island her senior year with a hot step-brother and a new step-father her mother has only known for 3 months. Yeah, I'd be pissed off too. You would think the "crazy" would run in her mother's side of the family.

Isobel isn't exactly feeling like gummybears and rainbows around her new step-father. The more he pushes "family" the more she despises him and the fact that her mother is totally oblivious to the fake charm he puts off.

The Wickham family has an "estate" on the island and this place seems huge. But there are stories on this island about a curse and murders. Seems that there is more to Morrigan (the estate) than Isobel realized.

Weird things begin to happen and there is a murder mystery Isobel must figure out. Her step-father, Dick (Richard), is making her life miserable and the only person who believes her is Nate, her step-brother.

There is so much more to this story. You have your classic bitch from school who is out to ruin you, the sexy guy (Nate, woo hoo), a murder mystery, SWOON worthy moments and so much more.

From the beginning I knew I would like this book. There's something to say about a writer who can make you laugh within the first few pages. Isobel is an awesome character. I admire a character who has the kahuna's to face scary situations. Nate, the sexy step-brother, was intriguing. I loved the chemistry between Nate and Isobel.

This is one book that don't think I would have normally picked up to read and I am so glad I did.

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