A Thousand Pieces of You and Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Double Review
Rating: 5 stars
Goodreads Synopsis:
A Thousand Pieces of You
Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.
Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
Ever since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions.
Marguerite has no choice but to search for each splinter of Paul’s soul. The hunt sends her racing through a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each world brings Marguerite one step closer to rescuing Paul. But with each trial she faces, she begins to question the destiny she thought they shared.
As I haven't reviewed either of the two books of the Firebird series, I decided to combine this into a dual review. Granted, I also read the first book in the summer, so let's see how good my memory is!
A Thousand Pieces of You tells the story of Marguerite Caine, the artistic daughter of two genius physicists, who uses her parents' invention, the Firebird, to travel to alternate dimensions in order to avenge her father, who was apparently killed by his student, Paul Markov. The Caines' other student, Theo Beck, accompanies her on this journey, and realizes that the mystery behind her father's killer is more complicated than she thought.
