The Midnight Twins
by Jacquelyn Mitchard

    THE MIDNIGHT TWINS by Jacquelyn Mitchard
    Category:  Paranormal
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  7/3/08
    Publisher:  Razorbill
    Reviewed by:  Breanna F.
    Rating:  4 Stars


    Meredith and Mallory are identical twins born on either side of midnight, one at 11:59pm and the other at 12:01am.

    It's now thirteen years later and the girls are best friends, but they have completely different interests. Also, like many
    identical twins, they can often read each others minds and feel what the other is feeling. But their twin senses are a lot
    stronger than most twins. They also have the exact same dreams.

    Up until one New Year's Eve when a fire breaks out at the house where they are babysitting their cousins, and the
    twins almost die. Someone purposely started the fire, and the twins have a pretty good idea of who that someone is.

    After the fire, Mallory starts seeing strange images and scenes in her head involving David, the guy that they believe
    started the fire. These scenes are so strange, but Mallory believes that they are actually going to happen. But
    Meredith isn't seeing the same things or even having the same dreams anymore. Instead, she is seeing scenes
    involving David that are less creepy.

    Over the next few months, what Mallory keeps seeing starts getting more disturbing, like what seems to be David
    almost raping a girl. She even starts having blackouts after seeing the frightening images. She tells Meredith that they
    need to confront David, but her sister isn't too sure about the idea. Will confronting David help the disturbing scenes
    to finally stop, or will they continue on forever?

    This was a good book that I really enjoyed.  Mallory and Meredith were great characters and it was fun to read a
    story about identical twins.  The storyline was really great and the ending was a bit surprising to me.  Parts in the
    middle were a bit confusing, but it could have just been me.

    THE MIDNIGHT TWINS was overall a pretty good book and I hope that Ms. Mitchard writes a follow-up. I'd
    love to see what happens to Mallory and Meredith after the ending of this book. I'd recommend this one to anyone
    who likes reading either about twins or who loves the paranormal and mysteries.