Split Second by Kasie West

Split Second (Pivot Point, #2)

by Kasie West

Kasie West delivers nail-biting suspense and heart-pounding romance in the thrilling sequel to Pivot Point. Addie has always been able to see the future when faced with a choice, but that doesn't make her present any easier. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. So when Addie's dad invites her to spend her winter break with him in the Norm world, she jumps at the chance. There she meets the handsome and achingly familiar Trevor. He's a virtual stranger to her, so why does her heart do a funny flip every time she sees him? But after witnessing secrets that were supposed to stay hidden, Trevor quickly seems more suspicious of Addie than interested in her. She wants to change that. Laila, her best friend, has a secret of her own: she can restore Addie's memories ...once she learns how. But there are powerful people who don't want this to happen. Desperate, Laila tries to manipulate Connor, a brooding bad boy from school-but he seems to be the only boy in the Compound immune to her charms. And the only one who can help her.

Reviewed by Angie on

3 of 5 stars

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Split Second starts a couple weeks after the end of Pivot Point, and Addie is struggling with a new ability. Suddenly she can slow down time, but she can’t control it. Yet. Then it’s time for a break from school which she decides to spend with her father out in the Norm world. Meanwhile, we get the added POV of Laila as she works toward learn to restore memories, so she can help Addie get hers back. But the Compound is watching Addie and her father seems to be lying to her, and she’s oddly drawn to a Norm named Trevor (duh!).

Split Second was another fun, quick read. The focus is a bit more on the romance this time, because Addie gets the feeling that she wants her memories back because of someone rather than something that happened. It’s pretty awkward being in love with someone who doesn’t really know you, because you have months of memories of them and they’ve just met you. It was cute watching them get to know each other again.

However, the plot seemed to have been forgotten once the happily ever after for Trevor and Addie was obtained. The CC is keeping an eye on Addie because of her new ability, and Addie is trying to get a handle on this new ability. Is it just the natural advancement of her time manipulation, or is it something else like the CC suspects? Well, I don’t know. This is never answered. There’s a bunch of excitement near the end where the teens use their various abilities to fight the system, and then nothing. I would have liked to have known about the original of Addie’s new ability, since it was made into a big deal for the whole book.

In the end, Split Second was enjoyable. I don’t know if I really cared about Laila’s chapters though. I was already invested in Addie’s life, and didn’t get that same connection with Laila. It was nice to see what was happening on the compound why Addie was away, but I don’t think it was fully necessary because they did spend a fairly good chunk of the book together or texting or talking on the phone.

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