karen720's review
4.0
This is the first book I have read by this author.
This book is a new adult coming of age, and self discovery. The main character Tara had a rough childhood after her father dies at a young age and her mother remarried. She was physically, and mentally abused by her stepfather.
The girl we start out with is not the girl we end up with - and I love that.
This book is a new adult coming of age, and self discovery. The main character Tara had a rough childhood after her father dies at a young age and her mother remarried. She was physically, and mentally abused by her stepfather.
The girl we start out with is not the girl we end up with - and I love that.
wondermajica's review
3.0
I have conflicted feelings about this book. From page one I was instantly sucked in and to me, it felt like there was this feeling like something absolutely horrendous was going to happen. Granted, bad things do indeed happen, but not of the sort it feels like the story is directing things toward. It goes back and forth between being very slow and spending way too much time on things that I found to be boring and moving almost too fast, not allowing for the bigger events and the consequences of them to fully develop. The way the lead character reacts to these events and the people she meets feels a bit unrealistic. Several tropes that have become common in YA find themselves at home in this New Adult story. However, I did find myself enjoying this book. When I picked it up, I did not want to put it back down. When I did put it down, though, I did not find myself missing it.
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