Chasing Brooklyn

New month, new book!

Chasing Brooklyn was at first a good book. In fact, it was beyond good. Really good. Yummy-

Just kidding. But for the first part, it was really good.

Brooklyn was being haunted by a dead boy named Gabe, who had originally killed her boyfriend Lucca in a car crash. Not long after, he died- an overdose, they say. And soon, he was haunting her in her dreams. I must say, these dreams were… vivid. It was kind of creepy, but you know what? I don’t care. Whatever. I love creepy stuff. Love it. And Brooklyn was seriously broken. Not necessarily empty, but broken. I could really feel her pain through the words expressed on the page. I would clap or whatnot, but I don’t do that kind of stuff. It’s just natural for me.

Nico was getting messages from his dead brother, Lucca, to help Brooklyn. Too bad he didn’t know how to. Now, I have to say, Nico was a bit overly-perfect. But I still liked him more than, say, Peeta Mellark. I don’t know why, but he’s just that much more attractive than a hunky blond guy. *cough* Not my point here. Nico was trying to find his way back into life again, while struggling to not feel terrible about not being the favorite child or anything. Lucca is basically haunting him in all ways possible, and I personally think that that makes him a great character. Though it is cliché. Whatever. :P

The writing style of Lisa Schroder was amazing. It was simple, yet it penetrated the pages. (No, seriously. I saw a hole burned through the pages. I think it may be pencil, actually. You know what? Forget I said anything.) I usually don’t enjoy books in verse, but this book had me HOOKED. Hooked, I tell you. I think it may have been the characters and the writing style just combined into one, creating an amazing four-hundred so pages.

**SPOILERS COMING UP**

Now, I have to say, there was one thing bad about Chasing Brooklyn- it was cliché at the end. Brooklyn and Nico just had to get together. They just HAD TO. I’m not complaining- they ARE a cute couple, but… why? Why must they end up together? I like comfort in friendship, not comfort in making out. :\ I have to admit, I groaned more than a few times, attracting the attention of my parents every once in a while.

WHY, WORLD? WHY?

**spoilers over**

I would still recommend this book, even though the last half of the book definitely killed the entire mood of the book and two stars.

So go on. Mosey on down to your library or your local bookstore and read.

My rating: 3 stars