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    Through to You

    By Emily Hainsworth

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    Hailed by New York Times bestselling author Brenna Yovanoff as “smart, singular, and utterly compelling,” Through to You is a romantic sci-fi thriller full of unexpected twists about love and second chances.

    Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. He’d give anything for just one more glimpse of her. But when Cam visits the site of Viv’s deadly car accident, he sees an apparition: her name is Nina, and she’s from a parallel world. When Cam follows her there and makes an unbelievable discovery, it’s as if all his wildest dreams have come true. But things are very different in this other world. . . . Nina is hiding a secret, and the window between the worlds is shrinking every day. As Cam comes to terms with the truth, he’s forced to make a choice that will change his life forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 2, 2012
    ISBN9780062094216
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    Emily Hainsworth

    Emily Hainsworth was raised in upstate New York and currently resides in Denver with her husband and daughter.

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    • 4/5
      REVIEW: 4-STARS **** This Debut Author has come blazing through the starting gate- with a Intriguing, Captivating, Beautiful, Smart, and Thought Provoking story* After reading this book I knew I had to write a review the same night- Everything about this book screams for me to give it 5 stars- I love it, but something is holding me back that I'm not sure I understand fully yet. Something that has to be small is missing in this story- which happens often, but the difference is I'm sure this Author can deliver what's needed..... All around this is an amazing story and Highly Recommended- Amazing plot, Perfect Pacing, Beautifully Written, Fantastic Characters, Stunning Ending, and total Movie Material.... About a quarter of the way in I thought that maybe this book isn't for me and I started to lose some interest but not for long... I'm so happy I didn't dwell on it and pushed right through- Though I thought this book was missing a little something at the same time the Author also delivered more than some by not over describing and filling this awesome story with non-sense. The Characters were full of life for me- likable- and they developed well throughout the story. I loved the twists in this plot- not that I saw them all coming- I did figure out the first major twist... Viv was a little to accepting of the other world for me and it's seems like a little more exploring would have brought this story around more. The Ending was stunning with the right amount of suspense. The Author leaves room for the reader's mind to wonder, which I enjoyed. I would love to read more from this Author and will keep my fingers crossed that a sequel will come. I'm so happy I had a chance to read this book- It's a great addition to the shelves and I HIGHLY recommend it... ;) Reesa***
    • 4/5
      Originally posted on A Reader of Fictions.

      Through to You is one of those books that reminds me, in case I could forget, why I love to read YA fiction. It's a genre-blending, throught-provoking, creepy, beautiful, unique book. Prepare to be surprised, confused and refreshed by a read that doesn't fall into the usual YA plot lines.

      At first, Through to You comes off a straight contemporary. We join Cam mired in his grief, two months after the death of his girlfriend Viv in a car accident. He was with her, but she died and he lived. He spends his time at the memorial at the site of the accident and wallowing, doing his best to avoid any connections with anyone, be it his psychiatrist, his family or his friend Mike. He feels responsible for Viv's death, and has little interest in his own life. His only real goal at this point his keeping his depression hidden enough that he won't be put on pills that might make him forget her.

      Viv and Cam used to be the power couple, the star quarterback and the gorgeous cheerleader. Two years before, though, he hurt his leg in an accident and couldn't recover well enough for football. She quit cheerleading to spend more time with him. Their friends, caught up in the social activities, almost all abandoned them. They built their lives around one another. Now, with Viv gone, Cam's grief is tangible. I could feel his ache for her.

      One of the most impressive things about Through to You is the authenticity of Camden's voice. He felt one hundred percent like a male to me. Writing a book from the perspective of a character with a different gender than one's own is tricky, but Hainsworth has pulled it off beautifully. The first person narration fit the story perfectly, and I really just loved Hainsworth's writing style.

      The novel takes a science fiction/fantasy turn when he sees what he thinks is a ghost. Nina turns out to be a girl from an alternate universe, one where Viv still lives. What an impressive concept! If you were mired in grief, separated forever from the person you love, what would you do to get them back again? Would you leave your universe for another? The why of the situation never gets explained, but this wasn't the kind of book where that bothered me at all. The curiosity of why its happening is part of the fun.

      From a philosophical perspective, I could not get enough of the alternate universe stuff. The people are the same physically, and many of their circumstances are identical. However, are they truly the same? How much can two counterparts differ? The characterization is almost entirely stunning. I say almost because I'm not entirely sure about Viv. It might have been helpful to get to see something of Viv and Cam's relationship before her death. Without it, I had no sense of who she'd really been as a person, so I had no real idea how to feel about her counterpart.

      Emily Hainsworth packs a lot of emotion into this relatively brief novel. If you enjoyed C. K. Kelly Martin's My Beating Teenage Heart or Amy Garvey's Cold Kiss, get your hands on this book stat. Through to You alternately wowed me with its gorgeous prose and frightened me with its eeriness.
    • 4/5
      I'd been waiting for this book's release for a long time so when I got an ARC from the publisher, I couldn't help but tear into it right away. Everything about it, from the gorgeous cover to the intriguing synopsis, screams READ ME. Not to mention that it has two of my favorite elements: a singular male POV and a science fiction twist.The problem I usually run in to when I've anticipated a book is that it fails to meet my expectations. Through to You is one of those rare exceptions. I really liked it. Cam is a great character. Sympathetic and strong with just enough broken parts to make him believable and relatable. A former popular athlete who suffered a career-ending injury, his world has since revolved around his girlfriend Viv. When she dies in a car accident that Cam believes was his fault, he becomes angry, depressed, and lonely. He visits the site of the accident every day and this is where he meets Nina, a girl from a parallel universe, a universe where Viv is still alive. In this universe Cam was the star quarterback, overcoming his injury, and beloved by all, including Nina. What I found interesting about this is that Cam got to glimpse another version of himself. A life he could have had if he'd made different choices and I liked that he was often jealous of his other self. It's relatable. Who wouldn't be envious of a you that got all the things you thought were out of your reach. Through to You is intriguing, thought-provoking, and reads like a contemporary novel that just so happens to include a parallel world, which works for me. The only reason this is not a 5 star review is because I often found the plot to be a tad predictable and because I felt the romance was a little lacking. Not that a book has to have heavy romance for me to enjoy it. It's just that the back of the book promoted it as a romantic sci-fi thriller. I thought I was going to get some gut wrenching romance. You know star-crossed lovers, two different worlds. I don't know, I just didn't feel it and I'd wanted something extraordinary. Something that would break my heart.
    • 3/5
      Camden Pike is distraught after losing his girlfriend, Viv, in a deadly car accident. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about her, or what he could have done differently that night to prevent the accident. Every day he visits her shrine, wishing he could be with her again. When Cam meets Nina, a mysterious girl hanging around the shrine, he soon learns that Nina is from another dimension and in that dimension, Viv is alive. Desperate to see her again, Cam steps into that dimension with Nina, but the Viv he sees there is much different from the Viv he knew and loved.I really liked the premise of this book and the way Ms. Hainsworth handled it. It is very well-written and thought out. The characters are all well-rounded, and I really felt Cam’s pain. I think my biggest problem with it is that I already knew what was going to happen from the synopsis, so there really wasn’t anything new to discover with Cam. Because of this, the book seemed to drag a bit because I felt like I was waiting for Cam to catch up to me. Once he did catch up, I didn’t feel like anything unexpected happened. It was pretty obvious which choice Cam was going to make.With that being said, I felt Ms. Hainsworth handled the subjects she tackled realistically. Cam was relatable and his pain oozed off the pages. He was believably distraught. Likewise, I really liked the character of Nina, but I couldn’t stand Viv. I understood she was supposed to be different than the Viv he knew and loved in his world, but I wish I would have gotten to see more of the “real” Viv. I think it would have made me better understand the conflict he felt.Well-written and with an original concept, Through to You is definitely worth reading, I just felt that the synopsis spoiled a little too much of the book for me to thoroughly enjoy it.
    • 5/5
      Do you remember the last book that you wished and hoped for? That you wanted, just wanted to be fantastic . . . and then when you finally read it actually was? It was maybe even better than you were expecting?That's what Emily Hainsworth's Through to You was for me. I'd been dying to read this one and then it lived up to all of the (created by me) hype.Camden "Can" Pike feels as if the only good thing in his life is gone now that his girlfriend Viv has died. Out of football after an injury, his parents divorced and his father gone, Viv was the one there to see him through his pain - to show him he didn't need football or the popularity it brought. They had each other.But now she's gone.Visiting the site of their car accident - deadly for her, not for him - one night, Cam sees a girl. Only she's not really there. The girl, an apparition, a ghost, isn't Viv, either.She's Nina. Not a ghost, as she tells Cam, but from another world. A parallel world where Viv is alive.How crazy it all sounds doesn't matter to Cam, all that matters is that there's somewhere where Viv is alive.But as he goes to Nina's world, he finds that more than Viv's mortality is different there. The Cam and Viv there have made different choices, gone down different paths. The Viv he encounters doesn't seem to be the same girl he remembers from his world.With Nina keeping secrets from Cam and the opening between their worlds likely temporary, will Cam find the what he's looking for? Will he find the Viv he lost months ago? Will he see the truth in things - in both worlds - even if it hurts?Through to You makes excellent use of the parallel worlds. They're not exact replicas of each other nor are they so vastly different that you're left wondering what they have in common. They're two worlds, with the same town, same people who have gone down different paths in life. It's a great way to present things to the main characters - the different outcomes slightly different choices could or would have created.Hainsworth has created exceptionally strong characters. From the main characters of Cam, Nina and Viv to the more secondary characters of Mike and Owen. They're well developed characters who all bring something great to the book and leave you feeling for them.I love that this isn't a book that makes the end obvious. If you're like me, you'll be hoping certain things will - or won't - happen and some of them will - and won't - but Hainsworth does an excellent job of the story going up and down with Cam. It wouldn't make sense for him to have everything figured out right away - he's still grieving and then amazed at finding Viv. It's a lot for him to take in and then deal with. The progression going up and down with his emotions, etc flows well. Even if it leaves the readers hoping he'll see what they can, but he can't.The ending wasn't quite what I was expecting but I think it fits perfectly for the story, I wouldn't change a thing.In fact, the only thing I really would change about Through to You is the amount of smoking. I understand the initial smoking in the car, but Cam's mother is always smoking, and several other characters/mentions. It just seemed unnecessary.This is one book where the plot is fantastic - parallel worlds, grieving, finding your lost love in said parallel world, possibly having to choose a world - and the characters are equally strong if not stronger. Whether you're a character girl (or guy) or a plot girl (or guy), Through to You has it.Rating: 9/10digital review copy received from Harper through Edelweiss
    • 4/5
      Stories much like this one always make me wonder the big question,"What If?" What if on a whole other plane, their is another me doing the exact opposite choice that I just made? What if you can go there and see how different things really are? In this heart-racing story, the reader finds just that.The best part of the book is of course the plot. Immediately the reader is faced with some hard plot twist and adjustment made by the character. Cam is going through some tough times in his life and really just need a break and people to get off his back. I can Thoroughbred feel the weight of pressure he carried around. He carried guilt, shame, and anger all at once taking everything to blame on him. I can understand that. He didn't fight what isn't true, instead he steadily took it all in. Cam looking for that way out, the plot opens up to a chance of a lifetime. A chance to do it all over again.Now, the love interest is defiantly weird in a way. The reader first see's Cam first love who he is still in love with. He is fighting for a love that he once knew. The question is, is that love still there? In a different world there are different people right? Even if they do look the same, there are still different. Cam goes through again more adjustments and well, the plot really takes off as in which the world he is traveling to for solace, isn't quite what he thought.Through To You is a sentimental story that is bittersweet. We all long to have what we once had but at what price? How far are we willing to go for something that is the same look but different on the inside? Though To You is compelling and refreshing. It tugs at your heart setting the reader in a world that is emerging with magic. A Whimsical story that anyone can enjoy, Through To You is great!
    • 3/5
      This is a difficult review for me to write because I didn't enjoy the first 40% at all, but I liked the next 40%, and loved the ending. Now that I've read the entire novel, I understand why the first part was so angsty and depressing, but at the time, I did not like that. To me, this book is a perfect example of what happens when someone makes someone else their entire world. It's dangerous and unhealthy. Either way, the character growth in this novel was astounding, and the ending blew me away. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is looking for something different. Cam and Viv had an extremely codependent relationship, and I got really sick and tired of hearing about Viv, let me tell you. However, once Cam began to grow as a character, I really liked him and was rooting for him. The secondary characters, other than Nina, weren't that developed. I wish that I had been able to get to know them a little bit better. The plot was unique and engaging. Even when Cam was whining, I still kept reading because I just knew something was going to happen. Of course, a lot of that was given away in the synopsis, but Hainsworth has a wonderful writing style that keeps you reading. I'm also very grateful that the author didn't try to explain the parallel dimension thing in great detail because that probably would have given me a headache. As stated previously, Cam's character development was excellent. He is a first person narrator, and I felt that he did a good job for the most part... once he got past his angsting. The ending tied things up nicely, but kind of let the reader create his or her own ending as well. I know how things ended up in my version of the world. Even with the open ending, I don't feel that a sequel is needed to wrap things up. Overall, I'd recommend this book to anyone who is looking for something different to read. This book has a more contemporary feel than most of the alternate dimension/sci-fi type books, so even fans of contemporary should enjoy it. Give it a try, you won't be sorry!
    • 3/5
      Through to You is, perhaps, a little too predictable. But that doesn’t stop it from being a solid read! Emily Hainsworth’s voice is compulsively readable; Through to You can easily be called a one-sitting read. In fact, that’s what I did one Sunday afternoon. Through to You is pure fun, despite being about grief. The comedy of errors in which Cam is stuck is overdramatic and totally enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: A guy loses his girlfriend in a wreck, but when he has the chance to get her back, she’s different. Opening Sentence: It’s the same dream that I’ve been having for the past two months–Viv walking away from glass and fire, her laughter echoing through the night. The Review: Have you ever wanted to change the past? To maybe have one more chance to make things right? For Camden Pike, that’s all he wanted when his girlfriend died in a car crash that he survived. In a town where you used to be the star football player and you had the perfect cheerleader girlfriend, you can’t go wrong. But then if you get hurt and can’t play anymore, that perfect life is gone. You quit the football team and your girlfriend quits cheerleading, so as long as you have her, everything’s fine. But then she dies. And your life goes to crap. Then what? That is the short version of Camden Pike’s life. And he figures that if he has his girlfriend, Viv, back, then everything would get better. In the beginning of the book, you might find yourself wanting to just give up because it is very depressing to read. It starts off on the two-month anniversary of Viv’s death, and I personally think that this is a very good place to start the book off, but at the same time it’s very depressing and pretty slow. Which I understand because sometimes it takes a while to get to the point of the story, but it is very slow and I did want to give up on it. But the moment you want to give up on it, the story shifts and Camden meets a girl at Viv’s memorial that is illuminated by a glowing green light. Her name is Nina and she is from an alternate universe where Viv is still alive…but Camden is dead. That is where things start to get interesting. Cam is the main character that is very depressed. He isolated himself from everyone that cared about him and he made it to where no one wanted to be around him. But then he figures out that Viv is alive in the other world and he turns himself around and makes things in his life easier. Nina is a girl that claims to be Camden’s best friend. She knows everything about him, even how he takes his tea. But why didn’t she tell Cam about Viv still being alive? Viv’s reason: Nina is obsessed with Cam. The truth: well, I can’t tell you that. Nina is sweet and kind but she warns Cam that being with Viv could be very dangerous, that he lived without her and he can do it again. She has secrets though that she hasn’t told him, but he learns to trust her and that she saved his life, in more than one way. For a debut writer, Hainsworth is surprisingly good. The plot is unpredictable. And even though the beginning of the book is slow, it’s worth the wait to read on and find out the truth about what really happened. So if you are a reader who loves a good sci-fi mystery and a love story entwined together, then I give this book a thumbs up! However, if you are impatient and can’t wait and just want to give up on a good book, then go right ahead, but you will always wonder what is the real story behind the night that Cam died in the alternate universe. Notable Scene: It’s the same dream I’ve been having for the past two months–Viv walking away from glass and fire, her laughter echoing through the night. She’s coming toward me, her lips stretched into a seductive smile. Her hips sway and I want to touch her so much it hurts. I want to bury my fingers in her black hair. She’s a dark, stunning contrast to the bright flames rising behind her. I anticipate breathing in her scent–it’s like spring–and running my hands over her skin, never letting go. But then she stops and looks away from me. The fire dances on her cheek. I want to scream, but I am mute. I reach for her, but I can’t move. She turns back toward the flames. I’ve lost her again.FTC Advisory: Balzer + Bray/Harper Collins provided me with a copy of Through to You. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 3/5
      Camden is reeling from grief after his girlfriend, Viv, died in a car accident. A former football star, he left the team after seriously injuring his leg. Viv and Cam were convinced all they needed was each other. When Cam sees a mysterious girl with a green hue near Viv's altar, it is a life changer. There is a portal between realities where things are kind of the same but different. Cam is reunited with Viv on the other side, where he died and she survived a hit and fun. But Viv is different - possessive, reckless. At first Cam is just SO glad to be reunited, but clearly there is more than meets the eye. Cam has to grapple with what he really wants in his life and how to heal. A quick read with some gratuitous strong language. I did like the relationship that Cam developed with Nina, and I cheered for him to wake up and figure out a way to move on with his life.
    • 4/5
      I'm sure I've said this more than once, but I am fascinated by parallel universes. Just the idea that there is another one of us in another world, who may look and sound the same, but leads a completely different life. It's just such a cool idea and I'd like to think it is real. In Hainsworth's debut, Cam actually gets to glimpse another version of his life. Things are so similar in some ways, but drastically different in others. In Cam's world his girlfriend, Viv, has died. He hasn't been dealing with it so well. One night he meets Nina, who knows him, just a different version of him. When Cam shows up in her world, she kind of freaks out on him and tells him it's too dangerous for him to be there. Cam can't stay away, though, because in this world Viv is alive. I didn't care for the Viv from Nina's world. She was super intense and just gave me a bad vibe the whole time I was reading. It was obvious she had some secrets, but it seems everyone from that world was keeping secrets. Of course, Cam was just so happy to have Viv again, he wasn't paying enough attention to realize something was off. I liked Nina's character a lot, even though I wasn't sure what her motives were at first. Once I started figuring out what was really going on, I think it only made me like her better. Cam was such a sad sack at first, because he refused to let himself move past his girlfriend's death. As the story progressed and he got "Viv" back, he slowly started to pull out of his funk and began bettering himself. I loved his friend Mike, because that kid put up with a lot from Cam, but he also wasn't afraid to give it to him straight. Overall, there were definitely a lot of things in this book that were predictable, but that didn't hinder my enjoyment while reading. Seeing things coming isn't always a bad thing and this story is proof that the journey to that end is what it's really all about. I'd definitely recommend this one anyone looking for an interesting contemp with a twist. Also, how gorgeous is that cover? I know we aren't supposed to judge books by their covers, but who wouldn't want that on their shelves :0)