Title: The Originals
Published: 05/07/2013
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A riveting new story from Cat Patrick, author of Forgotten and Revived.
17-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best grew up as identical triplets... until they discovered a shocking family secret. They're actually closer than sisters, they're clones. Hiding from a government agency that would expose them, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, attending social engagements, and a group mindset has always been a de facto part of life...
Then Lizzie meets Sean Kelly, a guy who seems to see into her very soul. As their relationship develops, Lizzie realizes that she's not a carbon copy of her sisters; she's an individual with unique dreams and desires, and digging deeper into her background, Lizzie begins to dismantle the delicate balance of an unusual family that only science could have created.
Review:
Cat Patrick is an
author who’s got writing talent I’m envious of. Not because of her descriptive
sense, or creative one, her stories are truly originals (hur hur), but because
she puts so much emotion into her writing. It makes you feel and think, and
take everything you’ve ever been sure of and flip it upside down until your
heart aches. Her stories should be put in their own category, they have the
emotion and heart break and love like the best romances do. They have the best
best friends that make you so jealous because you just wish you had someone who
knew you so well. They have the action and I’ll even say a bit sci-fi I mean
clones? How awesome is that!? But at the same time you seriously feel it so
much it just feels so real. Illegal clones living as one person? It sounds a
bit far off but when you’re reading it, it’s the most normal thing in the world
because that’s what the characters know and make you feel. You really do feel
so connected to them it hurts flipping each page in fear of what’s going to
happen to their lives. Because in Patrick’s novels, the characters are always
pushed out of their comfort zone and put to thought about what life really is and
what their role is in it. And you read everything that this brilliant mind
created and you’re like “wow, that all just happened, and I’m sitting in my pjs
reading and eating ice cream from the container.” And then for the next few
days you’re sitting there pondering the meaning of life. It’s just these books
are some of the most amazing ones I’ve read. As for The Originals it’s everything an amazing novel should be and so
much more, and here’s what happens.
The story is told from
Lizzie’s point of view, she lives with her sorta mom, and sorta sisters. Her
sorta mom was the egg donor for Lizzie and her sorta sisters, and they’re not
really sisters they’re just clones. At first their lives were just simple like
any three triplets would live, up until they were nine and something changed.
Then they began living as one person, Elizabeth Best, each of them takes part
of the day to live, while the others are at home. As crazy as this might sound,
only living a third of a life, it’s become their normal. But things are getting
weird, even for them, so the three girls decide to regain control of their
lives and find out exactly what’s begin hidden from them.
Now, I feel as if there
could only be one way to make this book better, and that would to have the
chapters switch points of views. I mean Lizzie was an amazing narrator, but I
feel like if the readers had more insight on Betsy and Ella’s lives it would
make it all the more emotional. Aside from that everything is so freaking
awesome it just hurts to think about. I love all the characters as you can
tell, the writing is amazing as ever, it’s got everything to interest you and
so much more.
I really don’t have any
more to say about this book, it was a rollercoaster of amazingness and everyone
should read it. The Originals scores
a 4 for me.
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