While snooping in her FBI-agent father’s files for clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to something-but to what? And when someone close to Janelle is killed, she can no longer deny what’s right in front of her: Everything that’s happened-the accident, the murder, the countdown clock, Ben’s sudden appearance in her life-points to the end of life as she knows it.

And even though it isn’t possible, Janelle knows-with every fiber of her being-that Ben has somehow brought her back to life.īut her reincarnation, and Ben’s possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles that Janelle must solve. Except the next thing she knows, she’s opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. Having said all that I would still love to see a continuation or another attempt at the story, because I do think the premise is a very interesting one, and deserves more attention.Goodreads Summary-Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed-as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. But it felt more like a rough draft then a final revision of a story. Like I said, I felt this was a great start, very interesting premise, and I didn't hate it. There was an attempt at character growth but it came in jolts which didn't fit the slow pace of the the rest of the book. Macky's personality was timid and frail at one point and then BAM! heroic and a confident jock the next, then back to being an uncertain outcast teenager again. I didn't know if I should like her or be wary that she was just using him.

It was also very confusing what sort of relationship Macky and Tate really had throughout the book, which was frustrating. She either has a really good theory of what's going on in the town and is angry over it or totally oblivious when proof is presented to her, it felt silly. Alot of the reactions were under or over exaggerated, especially for Tate. Alot of the language felt odd for teenagers to use. But that too much of the book was 'filler' that could have been used to give the characters more than their two dimensional feel. Overall I felt the background story, the characters, had a really good basis. I felt this story had a solid premise but as others have commented about, it dragged and was slow in several parts.

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff