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Full Review on my blog!

It took me a little while to get into this, but once the plot started picking up, I was engaged. Otherbound is a mixture of contemporary and fantasy, with amazing world building.

This book has two very diverse protagonists who have to deal with a lot of hardships in their lives. They are connected in some inconceivable way, which is very disruptive for their lives. They want nothing more but to be rid of this link. But when they try to do it, something goes wrong.

This book is engaging and fresh and I really liked it! I highly recommend it!

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If you take an excellent premise, add well-developed characters, and throw in a few surprises, you'll get an unusual book that is memorable and thought-provoking when written by a talented author. That's what happened with Otherbound. I stayed up late reading it and thought about it each day between readings. Highly recommended. ( )

Oh fuck yes. I was about to give up on YA entirely and then I read this (and Shadowshaper) and I'm all in again. Very smart and very surprising. ( )

I enjoyed my experience reading this book, especially how diverse the characters were. I wanted to come back to it throughout, but the ending didn't pay off for me. I didn't buy the supposed romance between Cilla and Amara; it seemed to exist solely to make the plot move the way it did in the end rather than on its own merits. The problematic aspects of the power dynamic between them weren't explored enough either. The way the magic worked confused me. The ending didn't wrap things up to my satisfaction. I did especially like Nolan's relationship with his sister. ( )