AnnAlysis: Tangled

Spring has sprung and in just 4 short months, 4 teenage lives will change.
Jena is the bubbly Jewish girl with lots of curves. She loves quotes and will learn a lot on a spring break trip to Paradise. Skye is an actress, curly dark hair, body of a goddess and a lot more problems than is willing to tell everyone. That is until she learns a little about her father and everything starts to make sense.
Now to the boys. Dakota is having some major teen drama. He may look like a heart throb, but a broken heart and a death have put him in a dark place where he isn’t really thinking with his head or heart if you know what I mean. His complete opposite brother Owen is backwards to say the least. He hides behind his blog, Loser on a Laptop, because he doesn’t feel comfortable expressing himself in the flesh.
The lives of these four are about to change. From lust to love to death and suicide, I am glad to not be a teenager in this book.
I have been adoring the cover of this since I first saw it and at the book sale over the weekend, I saw it on the shelf, brand-new and beautiful. Even though I bought 15 books, I had to grab this one as well.
Mackler brings us a quick read, I read it in less than 24 hours. She did a great job of making me remember what it felt like to be a teen, in the midst of high school relationships and learning about myself.
She starts with Jena and each quarter of the book is told from a different character. I love how the writing changed to match the personality and life of each character. But I feel like I was just getting to know the character when the narrator changed.
One thing I didn’t like about this book was although the loose ends were wrapped up, I didn’t feel like I had closure. I guess I was just wanting a little more.
I give Tangled 3 stars.













Great review Kari! I’ve had this one on my TBR for a while now and haven’t had the chance to read it yet but thanks for the rec and the heads up through the review!
Whoa! Based on the cover, I was expecting a much lighter and brighter read… your review alone makes me glad to be out of my teenage years, too. Sounds like something I would enjoy reading when I want something a little grittier than my normal fare!