This is not me saying being inspired by another book or author is wrong, but I feel “Significance” skated a fine line. The story would have been great without them, but there were too many similarities for me to ignore. I found myself a little irked by the likeness and references to “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer.

While I do love the story, the execution and detail is what brought my rating of this story down. Crane has a great way of putting emotion on paper and making the reader feel what they are feeling.

Maggie and Caleb are the couple everyone wants to be and the feelings they emit were well displayed in writing. Crane did a great job developing characters people would love and a story unique in itself. Of course, with every good story is a twist! The characters are lovable and you definitely find yourself wanting great things to happen, even in the midst of chaos. “Significance” is the story of Maggie, who finds herself in an epic love story with Caleb, a boy she just met. It’s a good story and most people will enjoy it immensely. While I loved the story, I did find small issues with the book that brought the rating down a little, but I definitely want to be clear. “Significance” by Shelly Crane is definitely a story people love… I mean look at the number of books she has sold (NY Best Seller!). **A copy of this book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchance for an honest review.**īefore I go into detail, I want to say I do like the story line in this book. Can Caleb save her or will they be forced to live without each other after just finding one another? Now, not only has her dad come out of his depression to be a father again, and a pain as well, but Caleb’s enemies know he’s imprinted and are after Maggie to stop them both from gaining their abilities and take her from him. She herself is experiencing supernatural changes unlike anything she’s ever felt before and she needs the touch of his skin to survive. She learns that not only is she his soul mate, and can feel his heartbeat in her chest, but there is a whole other world of people with gifts and abilities that she never knew existed. They imprint with each other and she sees their future life together flash before her eyes. But things change when they touch, sparks ignite. She saves his life and instantly knows there’s something about him that’s intriguing but she is supposed to be on her way to a date with his cousin. Lately she thinks life is all about hanging on by a thread and is gripping tight with everything she has.

Her mom left, her dad is depressed, she’s graduating, barely, and her boyfriend of almost three years dumped her for a college football scholarship.

Maggie is a seventeen year old girl who’s had a bad year. Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing

Significance by shelly crane