This is the second book in Cathy Cassidy's The Chocolate Box Girls Series.
Skye and Summer are identical twins.
They do everything together, but lately Skye's been feeling like second-best - it's the story of her life. And when her friend Alfie confesses he's fallen not for her but for Summer it hurts.
Skye wants to be her own person, but, with an effortlessly cool twin, will she get her own chance to shine.
I got this book for my birthday and I absolutely love it! The story is full of mystery and history. There is a mist from the past that hangs in Skye's mind. She is constantly haunted by the past.... and that's the reason why I love this book. Skye feels that living in the past, in her dreams, is better than living in the present. She hates being in her sister's constant shadow. She's always picking up things that her sister doesn't want any more from scarves to clothes to friends. No wonder living in the past seems so much interesting.
She starts getting "haunted" by the mystical past when she finds a trunk full of vintage clothes belonging to a distant relative from the 40's (I think) , Clara Travers, who supposedly killed herself. Then the odd dreams begins where she takes place as Clara and living her life. The dreams are filled with gypsies in the woods, dancing and laughing, a place where there is no time. In her dreams she meets a boy, Finch, but she can't decide if he was real or imaginary. She starts falling for a boy that doesn't exists.
Throughout the story Skye is lost between her dream world and the real world. Her twin sister, Summer, starts worrying that Skye is slipping away, which is true. Suddenly Skye starts putting her own inputs on things and disagreeing with Summer. She's becoming her own person. I really liked seeing that. Also liked the fact that Cathy balanced the time Skye spends in her worlds.
All in all 4/5
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