Hey bookworms, Welcome back to MYABL! Today, I am happy to reveal the cover of a upcoming YA read, Spark by author Holly Schindler! Check it out! All of the juicy details about this novel, as well as the author, are posted below. Keep reading for more. SPARK comes out next year (May 2016)! Make sure you add it to your Goodreads if you'd like to read it. Links for Goodreads and pre-orders are at the end of this post. I'm excited because it has the most amazing elements of Romeo and Juliet wound into it's blurb. Description: Holly Schindler’s Spark: When the right hearts come to the Avery Theater—at the right time—the magic will return. The Avery will come back from the dead. Or so Quin’s great-grandmother predicted many years ago on Verona, Missouri’s most tragic night, when Nick and Emma, two star-crossed teenage lovers, died on the stage. It was the night that the Avery’s marquee lights went out forever. It sounds like urban legend, but one that high school senior Quin is ...
ebook, 276 pages
Published February 21st 2013
Received via NetGalley for review
ISBN 13: 9781301754199
SYNOPSIS:
Ashley Lockett has always followed the rules. She's always done the right thing and played it safe until her ideal life is shattered when her dad dies suddenly.
Fueled by anger and grief, she vows to do everything opposite of how she lived before. Then she meets Jordan. He has big dreams, he's had a crush on Ashley for years, and he's a great kisser. But he's also safe.
Enter Colt. He is not safe, and he's more than willing to help Ashley fulfill her vow.
Fueled by anger and grief, she vows to do everything opposite of how she lived before. Then she meets Jordan. He has big dreams, he's had a crush on Ashley for years, and he's a great kisser. But he's also safe.
Enter Colt. He is not safe, and he's more than willing to help Ashley fulfill her vow.
REVIEW:
The Truth About Letting Go was an engaging and easy read. Ashley, filled with discourse over the death of her father, decides to throw away all that she is for a newer, badder version of herself. She finds out that doing so isn't as easy as wishing it.
The Truth About Letting Go was an engaging and easy read. Ashley, filled with discourse over the death of her father, decides to throw away all that she is for a newer, badder version of herself. She finds out that doing so isn't as easy as wishing it.
I liked this book. It reached on meaningful topics including grief, confusion, anger, self- awareness, and even the ultimate question: Is there a God? Should I believe?
Ashley, at her core is a very likeable character. With her father's death however came a slew of irrational, foolish choices. One thing that I did not like was her attitude of "Even though I don't like doing this, I'll do it anyway because that is what the "new me" should be doing". She angered me at time, in the way that well written characters often do.
Ashley, at her core is a very likeable character. With her father's death however came a slew of irrational, foolish choices. One thing that I did not like was her attitude of "Even though I don't like doing this, I'll do it anyway because that is what the "new me" should be doing". She angered me at time, in the way that well written characters often do.
Ashley meets Jordan and right away he makes me smile. He makes me think "He is the one who would be there for her. He could actually be GOOD for her." Of course, in come Colt, ultimate bad boy. He does things that could be considered sacrilegious. He breaks the rules. And he honestly doesn't care.
I disliked him at first sight (well, read) as I feel many readers would as well. Ashley, however, likes him, and the fact that he looks similar to her father did plays a huge role in that. Colt's character and Ashley's reaction to him is a major part of why I am not giving this book a 5 star review. Read the book (in specific, the car scene at the school and subsequently, how Ashley reacts to Colt a while later) and the reason for my reaction will become very evident.
However, Jordan and even Ashley's spiritual journey are major reasons that I enjoyed the novel and would recommend it to readers.
4 stars.
However, Jordan and even Ashley's spiritual journey are major reasons that I enjoyed the novel and would recommend it to readers.
4 stars.
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