The second I saw the comp of Frozen meets Mad Max, I knew I needed this book. But holy winter spirits I had no idea how badly I actually needed it. Winter talks to Sylvi. Whispers to her, keeps her safe. And on an island cursed to ensure Winter eternally, having her on your side [...]
"Labels come with assumptions. They assume the bad kids are always monsters, and the good ones never are." If one quote can summarize a book so poetically while also holding back so much, it's this one. Read it, and then read it again, and then assume that you're going to make assumptions while reading only [...]
"Girls go missing all the time." Life hasn't been good to Sadie. An addict mother. A stutter that makes school a nightmare. Stuck in a small town just trying to stay alive. The only thing she has to love, is her little sister, Mattie. When Mattie is found dead, Sadie's world ends. With no answers from [...]
"It's only so important that a seventeen-year-old in a private garden has been standing here since he got frostbite on his cheeks one night ten years ago, firing puck and puck with the weight of an entire community on his shoulders." Before I start, to say that there are trigger warnings for this book is [...]
Before I start with this review, I will warn readers that there is content about sexual abuse, rape, and domestic violence. It isn't overtly graphic, but the descriptions do not shy away from the terrible and traumatic reality these events cause. It is a highly emotional book. "But what was gone? Gone was not buried. [...]
** This review (and the book) will contain possible triggers regarding domestic abuse and violence ** "It's like his back is broken, Mama had said, and you don't stop loving a person when they're hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you. He needs me. Us." So we meet the Allbright family. Ernt [...]
This review is going to contain some spoilers, so if you haven't read this book and are interested in it, please be warned. This book is also heavy with trigger issues, specifically, sexual abuse and violence, along with domestic abuse. "Laughter for a boy, tears for a girl." That one sentence summarizes the horror of [...]
Before I start this review, I need to warn readers that this book and this review, deals with sensitive issues. Anyone who struggles reading about topics of sexual molestation, sexual abuse and rape should stop reading and be aware that this book deals with these topics. This review will contain spoilers, as I cannot delve [...]
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