Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

Janelle's life is fairly normal: she has a crush on a boy, an ex-friend for an enemy, a best friend, and an average job as a lifeguard. It is normal, in fact, until she gets hit by a car and dies; and gets brought back to life by--a stoner at her school? Add to that a bunch of mysterious deaths and a countdown to who-knows-what and you end up with a life that is certainly not normal. But why, and how, was she brought back to life and what is this mysterious countdown to?
I thought Unraveling was a good read. It has an engaging plot and interesting characters and relationships. At first I was worried that it was going to be another lame teen romance with little involvement in the plot but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was not. It's also nice to have a previously-unknown character become a big part of the plot. I was disappointed, however, at the lack of information given about Janelle's best friend Alex. He is present during the entire story yet we never really learn anything about him other than his intimidating mother and his role in Janelle's life. The information given about him is equivalent to that of a much less important character. I was really hoping there would be some insight into his character but it never happened. I believe that Elizabeth Norris plans to make the book into a trilogy but I'm worried that they are going to be written just to make more money and to drag out the story for as long as possible because there really didn't seem to be much more to write about at the end of the book. Hopefully Norris will surprise me and pull off some really excellent sequels. In summary I'd say that Unravelling is enjoyable and worth a read if you like that kind of story.