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Tuesday 4 November 2014

YA Review + Giveaway: A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) by Claudia Gray (!!!!)

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1)
Title: A Thousand Pieces of You
Author: Claudia Gray
Series: Firebird
Book #: 1
Pages: 368
Reading Level: YA
Book Rating: Photobucket
Goodreads Rating: 4.11
Published: Nov. 4th, 2014

Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure.

Taschima's POV:

Sometimes, all you can do is cry happy tears. I mean, look at that cover, it is incredible. All I wanted was for the story between the pages to be just as good, to live up not only to the awesome cover design but to the hype. And man, did it deliver.

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I think A Thousand Pieces of You is definitely my favorite Claudia Gray book. It kind of reminds me of [book:All Our Yesterdays|13514612] and [book:Dissonance|17334538]. It is an intricate story that keeps you on your toes. Since the beginning of the story me and my friend Lexie were trying to guess the ending, the bad guy, and the romantic interest (I know, we are bad). While some things we got figured out pretty quickly others came as a surprise. Good Claudia Gray, you kept me guessing!
"I don't know if I'm the kind of person who can kill a man in cold blood. But I'm going to find out."
The beginning of the novel is fast, interesting, and it gets your blood pumping. First thing to come up: Murder. Revenge. Meg is out for blood. Paul's blood to be exact. She believes he killed her father and then ran off with her parent's prized experiment; a machine that can travel through dimensions. So Meg, with a little help from her friend Theo, is out to get Paul and make him pay.
"The universe is in fact a multiverse. Countless dimensions exist, all layered within one another.Each dimension represents one set of possibilities. Essentially, everything that can happen does happen... Every possibility, every time fate flips a coin, splits the dimensions yet again, creating yet more layer of reality. It goes on and on forever, to infinity."
Meg is the odd one out in her family, but that doesn't mean she is alone. Her entire family is creative of a sort, they just use different hemispheres of their brains to get the job done. Her parents and big sister are into science while Meg is into art. This makes her likable, being the odd man out. She is also ballsy. From pretty early on you get the picture she knows next about nothing regarding what exactly the device her parent's made to cross dimensions does but she still risks it in order to find her father's supposed murderer. All in all I really liked her. She is shown to be conflicted throughout the read and to really take to heart every single version of herself she falls into.

I can't talk much about specific things like the romance because it would just give too much away. All I can really say is that the romance aspect is a BIG part of A Thousand Pieces of You, and that is just dandy. It is a really juicy, edge of your seat kind of romance. There is one dimension that is set in Russia that is BOUND to hook readers. If you were a little "eh" when starting the read when you get to the Russian side of the story you will be hooked forevermore. It was my favorite part and completely brought the book to a whole new level.
[Spoiler] "I fell in love with one Paul. I fell in love with his unchanging soul. Does that mean I fell in love with every Paul, everywhere?" [/Spoiler]
A Thousand Pieces of You is a must read this year. The pretty cover does meet the expectations. If you liked the Evernight series by Claudia, then you will love this one. I liked Evernight, but I LOVED A Thousand Pieces of You and I can't wait for the sequel!


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49 comments:

  1. That's easy :-D I would love to live in a dimension where I could just read any book I want and listen to music :-). No chores, no school, and no homework

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  2. Oh man, this cover is so beautiful!

    I would like to visit a dimension before our time, like when electricity hadn't been invented yet to see how people lived :)

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  3. I would love to live in a dimension where there is no money system and everyone would be equal!

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  4. A world where I could read all day. I like that one.

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  5. I'm so bad at picking choices. I have no idea who I would choose!

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  6. I would love to go into another dimension, be younger, and re-meet my husband. He is so wonderful, I'd love to re-live falling in love with him all over again :)

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  7. Comment two: I'm completely not sure who I'd cast. I tried to look at other review on goodreads or go off the cover...I just don't have a good basis for character descriptions....

    maybe the actors that play Elena and Stephan in Vampire Diaries....or maybe Spencer and Toby in Pretty little liars. lol I really don't know :)

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  8. I would love to live the Grisha universe by Leigh Bardugo. I would love to have Grisha powers...and Mal and the Darkling and Nikolai.

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  9. I would love to live in a world of magic and beauty landscapes. I would love to be part of Russian royalty. I would be Prince of the Russian of the land.

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  10. a world where all I get to do is read read and read and read :D

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  11. How about a Russian royalty world where I could read and read and read? Shrimp world would be too smelly.

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  12. I'd love to live in a dimension that allows me to sit by a beach, whiskey in hand, with a good book, and norman reedus strolling up the beach haha!

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  13. You read my mind!! I want a world where either A). I have all the time in the world to read. Maybe I could even pause time... or B). An unlimited supply of money to buy books :)

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  14. How about the Russian one where I can just read and read! It would be really neat to get to go to Russia :)

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  15. I'm right with you sister! Haha I'd definitely pick a world where all I get to do all day is read! Thank you be so amazinggg! I'd be in book heaven. Thank you for this amazing giveaway! :)

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  16. I totally agree! One where I could read all day would be dream come true. That and someone to make all my meals and clean my house wouldn't be too bad either :)

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  17. I would want to live in a world where I could have superpowers and do amazing things. That reading all day world sounds awesome too. Thanks for the awesome giveaway. :)

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  18. Can I pick a world where I got to read and read all day because I was Russian Royalty?

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  19. I'd love to live in a dimension where it showed you the answers to life's biggest questions.

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  20. I agree! I’d totally love to live in a world where I could just read, read, and read :D Thanks for the great giveaway!

    Rabiah (name on Rafflecopter)

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  21. It's so beautiful! I'd love to see if the writing is as pretty as the cover!

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  22. I am SO loving these awesome comments!! You guys are the best. Readers Unite!

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  23. I would love to live in a dimension where I could experience history firsthand, maybe because I haven't studied a lot about any kind of history. It would be fun! I would get to see everything come together and understand why things are they way they are now. (:

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  24. I would want to be Russian royalty who reads all day!

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  25. I want to live in the Fever series world. But only if Barrons is glued to my side. For reasons.

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  26. such a beautiful cover! definitely on my "To Read" list. I would just love to live in a dimension where i can read all day, yup definitely that dimension

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  27. That's an easy one... A world free of homework where I could read and review books all day. Duh.

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  28. The cover of this book pretty much had me hooked before I even read the synopsis. So beautiful!

    Hmm... to pick one dimension in particular? Where's the fun in that?

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  29. I want to visit some of the worlds from The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. The possibilities are endless!

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  30. This book sounds insanely good.

    I would want to live in a dimension where our monetary system was worthless and we would all have to rely on each other. We'd grow and raise our own food, make our own clothes, and I would be a doctor in my village healing people without the need for medication. A girl can dream. =)

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  31. A dimension where I can read, read, and read definitely sounds fun! But so does being a Russian royalty! :)
    Thanks for the giveaway~ I've heard so much about this book!

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  32. I would choose to live in a dimension in which people shared resources rather than hoarding them, and in which the earth was healthy due to global respect for the environment.

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  33. I would like to visit a dimension where all I did all day is read and read. How cool! Thanks for having the giveaway.

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  34. A world where I could read all day and have fast wifi and amazing food

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  35. who wouldnt want to read all day! I think we all chose this

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  36. I totally want to be a member of Russian royalty, absolutely. Let's do this in one where the Soviet Union never existed and I get to be full-blown Romanov.

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  37. A world where I just pay $ and immediately burn calories.

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  38. A dimension where everyone has magical powers like Harry potter!! That would be fantastic

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  39. I love the whole idea of jumping through other dimensions and having an alternate reality!

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  40. Yes, I'd have to agree with the world where all I had to do was read, read, read!

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  41. The cover literally brought tears to my eyes!

    I would like to visit a dimension where the world is at peace, there are no such things as wars and crimes happening and where no natural disasters occur. It would be interesting because I think that the people in this dimension would also be a whole lot different in behaviour too.

    As for the cast, I think I would cast Keegan Allen as Paul and Lucy Hale for Marguerite (even though that's not how they'repaired in PLL, its just they seem really well suited for the roles!)

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  42. I would like to live in a dimension where you can all day just read.

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  43. This sounds like a really great read. I found this blog and the entry from the Goodreads comments about it as I marked it "To Read." I'm totally in the mood/headspace for a YA science fiction romance and this book sounds like it fits. Thanks for running a giveaway.

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  44. What about reading all day while lounging in your Russian boudoir and eating shrimp?

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  45. Wow - this book sounds awesome! I'm hesitant to read it though before the other books in the series are out.

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  46. I'm dying to read this one!!! A few years ago I read the Evernight series by the same author and love-loved them!!

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  47. I want to read this book so bad... the synopsis sounds very interesting and dat cover😍

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  48. I can't wait to read this book!! It sounds so good :)

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