Megan Miranda debut novel Fracture is an engrossing tale of one girl’s back from death experience and the aftermath. She fell into the frozen lake and remained underwater for eleven minutes, shutting down her body, heart and brain. As she worked through her recovery, Delaney tries to get back to her normal routine, but deep down she knows that things are not the same. She feels different, almost like she is being pulled apart by some unknown force. To make things worse for Delaney, she finds herself surround with death.
Miranda does a great job of portraying the emotions that her family and friends go through while Delaney is in a coma and recovering. I liked that Miranda really focused on the emotional strain that everyone went through, and how no one was really able to go back to their old life. The added bit of a mystery as to why Delaney is acting the way she does was so much fun. You have your own suspicions as to why she is roaming around town and then Miranda gives you little pieces of information to push you along, making for a rather compulsive read towards the end. If you are a fan of Gayle Forman or Lauren Oliver, you are sure to enjoy Fracture. (This book was also loved by the staff here at Mostly Books.)
