An emotion filled teen drama kissed with a paranormal twist.
Louise Doors is a sixteen year old girl leading a seemingly ordinary life. Her parents are divorcing after decades of marriage and her own love life isn’t faring much better. Louise overhears a devastating conversation between her best friend and a long-time crush that sends her reeling. Under the influence of teen hormones and alcohol, Louise collapses on her way home. A kind boy comes to her rescue and saves her life. When she awakens the next morning, Louise isn’t at the hospital recovering from a concussion, but instead realizes that almost a week has passed her by without a memory to recall. Her friends are now her enemies and the compassionate boy has suddenly become something more than a stranger. Things become more complicated as Louise tries to sort out her lost memories only to find that her days are moving backward.
My Backward Life is an emotion filled teen drama kissed with a paranormal twist. The blossoming affection between Louise and the mysterious Dylan are exceptionally well written, perfectly capturing those fiery emotions of a new romance. Their relationship goes from 0 to 60 right away, then shuffles back to barely acquaintances, then to strangers in an emotional roller-coaster of a story. To add weight and realism, Claire Merle weaves in some serious issues that add an air of gravity. With the possibility of a parallel universe combined with the drama between friends and family, My Backward Life is a perfectly and wholly complete novel that fans of David Levithan will certainly enjoy.
