Name: Ricochet
ISBN: 9781635830408

Kathryn Berla

When seventeen-year-old Tatiana discovers that she is living four different but parallel lives in the multiverse, she and her other selves must band together to stop a megalomaniac scientist: their father.

Ricochet

Ruth Parker 

This book was a mixed bag for me. It's great and fast paced, full of surprises and a great premise I was really intrigued with, It was a nice quick read, entertaining and fast, I found myself hooked on the story and devouring it quickly, I enjoyed the non stop action. Even though there were some confusing elements to the plot, it was easy and light to read.
BUT I couldn't keep up with the four main characters - it was way too easy to confuse them and forget who was who. I got a little bit lost. The ending was a let down as well; it just seemed to sneak up on me when I was reading... it felt almost rushed. That does mean it'd be perfect for a sequel, but still, I think it deserved a much better and more fleshed out ending. 

Overall it was a bit of fun, but there were some problems that left a slightly bitter after taste.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Paige Green

Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher and netgalley. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: Ricochet

Author: Katheryn Berla

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 2/5

Publication Date: October 8, 2019

Publisher: North Star Editions

Pages: 328

Recommended Age: 16+ (some violence, science stuff)

Synopsis: When seventeen-year-old Tati sends a saliva sample to a DNA ancestry testing site her results come back inconclusive. What’s wrong with her DNA? And what does it have to do with her unexplained seizures and the beckoning tunnel she sees during them?

What Tati discovers is more than she could have ever imagined possible. Parallel universes exist and her abnormal DNA compels and condemns Tati and her other selves—shy Ana—privileged Tatyana—and on-the-run Tanya, to a lifetime of ricocheting between their parallel lives in the multiverse.

With knowledge of their existence a deadly threat in every universe, the only chance all four have to survive is to work together to take down the scientist responsible: their father.

Review: I really like the premise of this book and I thought the characters were well developed and the world building was well done as well.

However, this book is confusing and the ending doesn't make sense to me. It was also slow and overall I had to downgrade my rating because of the ending.

Verdict: It wasn't for me.

Jessica 

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At first glance, I half-expected Ricochet to be a lot like Orphan Black in terms of characters. Instead of clones, obviously, it would be based upon parallel universes. Kathryn Berla assured me almost instantly in the narration that this was a completely different, but no less compelling, tale. 

The best way to describe Ricochet is that it is fast paced, clever and wholly enthralling. Not only was this book a breeze to get into, and through, the intrigue was on the highest level of high. Berla ensures a steady flow of mystery, action and sprinkles of coming of age woes. 

Ricochet was a pleasant surprise that kept me on the edge of my seat, but it also had an edge to it that felt like the sharp sting of confusion. These confusing moments came by the hand of many twists in the plot as well as the multiple* POVs. While the characters could get a bit blurred together, Ricochet still kept it simple enough and once you got used to the various voices each possessed it became much more distinctive/easy to follow. 

(*There were four POVS, which isn't a lot in theory. But because Ricochet was so short it kind of had this almost overwhelming feeling at first.)

I think that my only complaint in Ricochet has less to do with the writing or tone and more of a personal preference thing, but there was this abruptness to the ending that made me go, "What?" And also long for so much more within this world. 

Ultimately, I really enjoyed this one. The writing was smooth, suspenseful and completely engaging. While it wasn't necessarily an all-time favourite, and I may no reread it again, Ricochet was still a blast from start to finish.

Ricochet

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