Emily's Reviews > Wrecked

I really really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, it didn't even come close to my expectations. Miranda is a senior in high school and lives on Whym Island. One night after a beach party, a boating accident takes the lives of several of her friends. Add that to her parents deaths when she was younger and you've got a pretty depressed main character. I also knew nothing about her except that she was an up and coming star soccer player.

Since Miranda's boat caused the accident and she was at the helm when it occurred, everyone she knows abandons her and blames her for the deaths. This was my main gripe about the novel. The outright hatred that Miranda receives by her friends and the islanders isn't believable.

The alternating point of view between Miranda and love interest Christian was intriguing, but even more so than Miranda, I had no idea who Christian was. The only thing he talked or thought about was Miranda or the Sea Witch. There was nothing about his own life. This makes the main characters' instant love (they only see each other for about a week) even less realistic.

Overall, just a boring book. Nothing new and completely predictable. Go read Sea Change or Teenage Mermaid instead.