The lives of four teens, Jena, Skye, Dakota, and Owen, are tangled together and they don’t realize just how connected they become. The best analogy I like to explain it is the ‘butterfly effect’. A butterfly flaps its wings in South America and it will affect the weather in New York City.  Jena goes on vacation with Skye, meets Dakota, and sees Owen, and it goes on from there.

The characters really evolve into their own skin in their own way. As each character is coming out of their own cocoon (no pun intended) and realizing who they truly want to be instead of being defined by some stereotypical title.

Tangled would make a great book club selection for high school students. Discussions about self esteem and treating each other with respect, as well as treating themselves with respect among other topics and show how each of us is connected together more than we realize. Tangled could be used as a read aloud book if you don’t mind all the swearing and other typical teen language.

Tangled is a great addition to any library collection and a must read. I don’t like to give too much of the plot away, but Mackler truly wrote a unique story of teens finding themselves.