Would You by Marthe Jocelyn

I started reading a book called Would You by Marthe Jocelyn. I though it would be about someone who pushes someone into a pool killing them. So far, that's not exactly what happened. Why did I think that? The cover shows someone almost completely under water and it looks like they are falling in. The title would you just made me think "would you push someone into a pool to kill them?" That doesn't have anything to do with the book yet, but you never know.

So far, the book is pretty good. It started out with these to sisters who are really close. One is going away to college in the fall (Claire) and the other is going to be a junior. (I think) The story is being told from Natalie's (the younger one) point of view. I think she is the main character because her sister is in the hospital in a coma, but before that they are just enjoying their summer with their friends. Natalie is a lifeguard and almost every night her and her friends go pool hopping. (Jumping the fence of pools, going swimming when no one is around, and leaving on their bikes when they almost get caught.)

One night, Natalie gets home and her parents tell her that Claire has been in a car crash coming home from the party she was at. They go to the hospital and wait. Natalie is in a coma and has broken and fractured ribs and other things. They don't know if she is going to make it. Natalie and her parents take it pretty hard and they just kind of wait to see if she will wake up. They go in and talk to her and try to trigger some memories. That's where I left off.

At the beginning of the book, everything was kind of boring, but it was kind of shocking when Claire gets in a car crash. I thought that would happen at the end of the book. It makes me wonder what else is going to happen. Natalie and Claire had a very strong relationship, but I would have liked to see them be with each other more before Claire is in a coma. I really hope Claire lives because it seems like Natalie wouldn't have anything besides her friends if she didn't have Claire. Her family is already becoming somewhat dis-functional. Would You is pretty sad, right now, but I have a feeling that might get turned around soon. I'll keep you posted on any new happenings in the book.

I commented on Emma's Lit. Skills Blog.