Entangled by Cat Clarke

Normally for books I stay in the same sections, where the werewolfs and vampires roam. But when I last went to my local bookshop, I saw a pretty cover with a Red haired girl on the front; I thought it was beautiful. I read the blurb on the back and and a few pages; I knew I needed this book.

This was a difficult read for me to get through. The story is a sort of diary by a girl called Grace Carlyle. At first the story was little confusing; she swaps between what is happening to her at the time and what did happen to lead to where she is. She's in a white room with nothing but a bed, table and stacks of pens and paper. She arrives there by the care of Ethan, a boy that Grace has never met, after Grace tries to kill herself. 

She guides the reader through the few months of her life, showing all of her mistakes and her conflict with her best friend, mother and boyfriend. Clarke makes the character very unlikeable but, because this novel is designed to show the girls flaws and be realistic, I rather enjoyed the negativities of Grace. 

I would like to warn the readers of this book that there is some pretty graphic stuff in here relating to sex, alcohol and self harming. Although I would stress that parents should consider not giving this book to under 14 year olds, I do believe that this book features things that many teenagers will go through. Teenagers who self harm should also read this book as it makes you feel not alone and that someone out there understands what you are going through. Grace describes these "episodes" in enough detail for you to really feel sorry for her.

The conclusion of the book on the other hand is rather confusing and I needed to read it several times before I completely grasped what I think may of happened. I believe it was written very well, but, it was so open to interpretation. Also was Grace even kidnapped in the first place? While reading I believed it was very strange that Ethan, a man who brings Grace her meals while shes in the white room, doesn't try to attack her or give any details in why she was kidnapped. Then the conclusion made it seem like she wasn't kidnapped but that was all in her head. OR maybe he was a psychiatrist later on after Grace had become better after trying to kill herself. 

Even though it was a hard struggle to read this (through frustration of Graces choices and of me tearing up so much I couldn't see the page) I read it in one sitting, something I haven't managed to do in a while. I would recommend this to anyone who likes real life writing rather then paranormal. I enjoyed Clarkes writing style, the pacing was excellent and this was an amazing debut novel. I do sincerely hope that she writes some more novels.