The nuances of their relationship, the creepy undertones, were impossible to ignore.
As the story progressed and her past with Nico came to light, I as a reader understood that what Kyla was experiencing was some form of Stockholm syndrome, but her confusion and constant changes were done excellently. But even when he was smiling at her, there was a feeling of wrongness she couldn’t shake. For the most part, he was kind and supportive, and Kyla kept getting this urge to please him, to gain his approval. As her memories started returning in Fractured, her feelings toward him became even more complicated. His presence brought forth some very strong emotions, but she didn’t quite know what to make of him. Even when she didn’t know who or what she was, due to being slated, she knew he was no ordinary teacher. Most of the anxiety I experienced was caused by Nico, an important person from Kyla’s past. There were times when I was genuinely afraid for Kyla, even though the rational part of me insisted that nothing too terrible could happen to her.
It is a tense read, a thrill ride from start to finish. If anything, the stakes are higher, the plot more complicated and the characters better developed. In the US it is a Junior Library Guild selection.Fractured doesn’t suffer from the dreaded middle book syndrome, not in the least. It was the most voted for YA title in the 2012 international Edinburgh Book Festival Anobii First Book Award. In the UK Slated won the North East Teenage Book Award, the Leeds Book Award, the Angus book award, the Portsmouth Book Award, the Rotherham book award and the Rib Valley Book Award, and is shortlisted for many others.
Teri recently left her job with Buck's libraries in England to write full-time and complete her research MA on the depiction of terrorism in recent young adult dystopian literature.
It has given her an obsession with characters like Kyla in Slated, who don't belong or find themselves in unfamiliar places. Moving constantly as a child, teenager and also as an adult has kept Teri on the outside looking in much of her life. Teri Terry has lived in France, Canada, Australia and England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring four degrees, a selection of passports and a silly name along the way.
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