Tuesday, February 19, 2019

REVIEW: Traveler by L.E. DeLano

Traveler (Traveler, #1)



A teen writer discovers that every mirror is a portal into an alternate version of her life in this romantic YA fantasy by author L.E. DeLano.

Jessa has spent her life dreaming of other worlds and writing down stories more interesting than her own, until the day her favorite character, Finn, suddenly shows up and invites her out for coffee. After the requisite nervous breakdown, Jessa learns that she and Finn are Travelers, born with the ability to slide through reflections and dreams into alternate realities. But it’s not all teacakes, pirates and fantasy lifestyles…Jessa is dying over and over again, in every reality, and Finn is determined that this time, he’s going to stop it… this Jessa is going to live.



MY THOUGHTS
I was so excited to read this book! A book with a protagonist that is a writer, her character comes to life, and IT IS ABOUT PARALLEL UNIVERSES!! HECK YES! Fun fact: Parallel worlds are one of my favorite things to read about. I find the idea of parallel worlds just so intriguing! Some parts of this book disappointed me, but by the end I was deeply immersed!

I had difficulty getting into this book at first. In the beginning, this book is very cheesy. Jessa is a normal girl who enjoys writing stories based on her dreams. One day, she literally runs into the man of her dreams and the character she writes the most about, Finn. He tells her that they are Travelers, able to travel through dimensions, and she is in danger. Part of my problem was that Finn played the cliche role of mysterious but attractive stranger in the beginning and, in the beginning, the book was feeling like your average YA book. It didn't help that we also had a huge info-dump at the very beginning of the book. But as Finn became more of a person and less of a cliche and as Jenna actually traveled to other worlds instead of being told about them, I found the book much more entertaining!

I really liked how DeLano incorporated the parallel universes. I found it interesting that Jenna traveled to the other worlds via mirrors and would then trade places with her mirror self. It was also slightly amusing how, when she returned to her own world, she generally find that her mirror self changed things (changed clothes, cut her hair, etc). We also got to see a wide variety of different worlds, some very different, some very similar to Jenna's world. Though, there were some worlds that were favorites of hers. I also thought it interesting how Jenna dreamed about the other worlds. There are still some questions I have about the worlds, because I always want to know more about parallel worlds, but I get the feeling DeLano will go more into detail as the series continues.

As far as romance, I wasn't exactly on board with it, but I didn't dislike it. Part of it could've have been that I didn't have the best first impressions of Finn, so it was hard to ship them. It wasn't bad though and I did like their relationship. It did kind of bother me that Jenna ignored Ben, her best friend, in favor of Finn. And I know it's hard to explain something as strange as parallel worlds to friends, but I wish she told him about the worlds. I do have a slight feeling that there might be a love triangle in the next books.

IN CONCLUSION
I am close to giving this book 4 stars, but because of my early misgivings, I dropped half a star. By the end of this book I was really enjoying it and based on the way the book ended I am really excited to read the next book! All in all, I do recommend this book and if anymore has trouble getting into this book, keep going! This book was a wonderful read full of parallel worlds!

I hereby give this book
3.5 Stars
Meaning: I liked it, but it wasn't quite amazing.

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