Blended

Blended

Book Title:
Blended
Author:
Sharon M. Draper
Pages:
288

Izzy is the daughter of divorced parents and spends alternating weeks with each parent. Both parents are in new relationships, but they do not get along with each other. Her mom is white and her dad is black so Izzy is a blend of the two of them. The story is told as Izzy alternates her weeks between mom and dad, prepares for a piano recital and hangs out with her friends. 

This book took me forever to read because it was boring and disjointed. I finally just forced myself to finish it. After Draper's previous book (Out of My Mind), I expected a lot. The majority of this book was BORING! It was just Izzy going from one parent to the other with nothing much happening. Pretty much like real life which everyone experiences but no one wants to read about. Then Draper tried to throw in a racial storyline that didn't work. The ending with the police stop and shooting came out of nowhere and didn't make any sense in the story. Definitely not a book I would recommend or ever read again.