Eleanor

I got this novel through the LibraryThing Early Reviewer's program. Eleanor is the story of a girl who keeps finding herself ripped from her own world with seemingly no explanation. Her family has long ago been torn apart and she struggles to figure out what is happening to her. Personally, I felt like the story jumped around too much between what was happening in several different places. It eventually all came together, but it was exhausting to me to try to follow each storyline before they were connected. I actually ended up being more interested in what was happening in Eleanor's actual life, and didn't like it when she was transported elsewhere. As the story picked up and the reader learned more, these other worlds became more interesting, but for a great deal of the book they felt more like distractions. The ending also bugged me a lot, although I will avoid spoilers. I just wish the mechanics behind what happened were better explained. Anyway, it was a fun read, but I had my issues with it.