Helpful Score: 5
This was a pretty dark book. Lots of tragedy, heartache, and family dysfunction. I liked this story very much, though it was kind of depressing and the ending kind of left you stranded, wondering what else happened, wanting more from these two people, wondering what became of their torn lives.
Tess Callahan,(not a new writer, but this is her first novel) is very talented. She is very descriptive and I can tell, loves analogies. This is a wonderful, yet disturbing story about two step-cousins, April and Oliver and their lives together as children, growing up together as teenagers, and then separating as young adults only to be brought back together in their late 20's due to a family death. Their love for each other is not only confusing to themselves and each other, but leaves the reader wondering about the sexual tension that is felt between these two friends yet kind of family in a sense.
I had a difficult time putting this book down and couldn't wait until I could find time to finish reading it. It was like a train wreck and I couldn't stop reading it. I had to know what happened next. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys tragedies and stories with heartache and tears.
Tess Callahan,(not a new writer, but this is her first novel) is very talented. She is very descriptive and I can tell, loves analogies. This is a wonderful, yet disturbing story about two step-cousins, April and Oliver and their lives together as children, growing up together as teenagers, and then separating as young adults only to be brought back together in their late 20's due to a family death. Their love for each other is not only confusing to themselves and each other, but leaves the reader wondering about the sexual tension that is felt between these two friends yet kind of family in a sense.
I had a difficult time putting this book down and couldn't wait until I could find time to finish reading it. It was like a train wreck and I couldn't stop reading it. I had to know what happened next. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys tragedies and stories with heartache and tears.
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