Deadly Pink by Vivian Vande Velde

Grace feels like she has always grown up in her older sister's, Emily's, shadow. Emily works at Rasmussem, where she helps create virtual reality games that are so realistic, you can smell the flowers in the game. All of a sudden Emily traps herself in the game, Grace is the only one left to get her out. What could have possibly happened to force Emily to hide there? There's only so long that Emily can stay safe in this virtual game, that much exposure to Rasmussem's technology can kill Emily. Grace must step into the game to get her sister out but is there any chance that Emily will listen?

I loved that the story immediately stepped into the main conflict, which was that Emily has hidden herself in a little girl's virtual reality game. The story line was very original. Some parts of the story were useless and didn't add to the story but they didn't take away from it either. One of those parts was when Grace only got half of her wish because she only paid half the price of it. The tone of the story was uninteresting but the story was good enough that the tone could be easily forgotten. Even though the end wasn't necessarily "happy" but it was very well-thought out.

I really liked how much Grace and Emily grew by the end of the story. At first both of the sisters seemed really boring but then Grace was supposed to be average and Emily was supposed to be mysterious. I liked the other characters too but they weren't really that important in the story. There was one character that Grace meet when she was in the game. Even though Grace couldn't understand him, it felt that he would be significant to the story but it turned out that he was useless.