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A review by cafeyre
Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry
5.0
Veronica is an extraordinary girl, who has nothing to lose. She expresses herself in a way people don’t understand. That’s why she’s known as a weird and scary girl. However, no one knows the secret she’s hiding from everyone. She has a small tumor in her head. Beside it, she tries to live her life, the best she can.
This school year will be much worse for her than the last one, as all her friends already graduated. Moreover, the most popular boy in the school, move in downstairs in her house. They never talked but he and his friends made fun of her more than once.
She didn’t like him, but he was the only guy in her class who will be easy to work with, as he lives close to her and has a car. She wants to work on the project to prove that the ghosts exist as she believes that her house is haunted. Moreover, she’s the only person in her household that actually sees and hears the ghosts.
Sawyer’s life isn’t so easy as everyone thinks. After his parents got divorced, he needs to take care of his mom and little sister. He’s passionate about swimming but because of his bad English grades, he couldn’t join his friends in the swimming practices at school. He needs to work harder, this year but he doesn’t want his friends to do all his work on the group English project. That’s why he decides to agree to Veronica’s proposition of being project partners.
My thoughts:
Echoes Between Us was the first book I read this year and I couldn’t choose any better one as a starter. This book is literally perfect. There is nothing I can hate in this it because all the aspects of the story created a beautiful whole. Veronica is a fascinating character, which has so many sides that I couldn’t keep up with her. She is funny, smart, brave and the most important she cares about people she loves and won’t let anything hurt them. She doesn’t want to show any of her weaknesses and sadness. She wants everyone to think, she’s just fine even if she’s more and more scared every day.
On the other side, Sawyer as much as he’s brave, he’s also tired. He wants to have a normal life, where he can focus on school, swimming and having fun like every teenager. His mother as much as she’s helping, most of the time she wants him to take care of everything. She makes him feel guilty and obliged to be a man of the house.
It pushes him to an addiction that isn’t normal and as much as he loves it, he’s also scared that it will take his life. He knows he needs to stop, but it’s hard when so many things push him to it. Veronica brings something important to his life: happiness and adventure. They changed their minds about each other very quickly as they get to know each other better and spent more time together.
I love how the characters develop during in this book. They grow and changes through out the book and create a perfect ending they deserve. As I thought this book might be the same as all in this genre, but I was nicely surprised when it turned up to be so different, deep and emotional.
The story surprised me so many times, made me laugh and cry. It’s the first book I read from the NetGalley and decided right away that I need to buy this book as soon as possible and read it again. It’s definitely worth reading by anyone who likes books. The book brings up subjects like addictions, dangerous illnesses and how they influence the lives of young people and their families.
I love this story from the bottom of my heart, and I am sure you all will also love it. I would like to thank NetGalley and Macmillan-Tom Doherty Associates for providing me this amazing book. I fell in love with the story and its characters. I can’t wait to read more of Katie McGarry’s amazing books. I hope they will be as good as this one.
This school year will be much worse for her than the last one, as all her friends already graduated. Moreover, the most popular boy in the school, move in downstairs in her house. They never talked but he and his friends made fun of her more than once.
She didn’t like him, but he was the only guy in her class who will be easy to work with, as he lives close to her and has a car. She wants to work on the project to prove that the ghosts exist as she believes that her house is haunted. Moreover, she’s the only person in her household that actually sees and hears the ghosts.
Sawyer’s life isn’t so easy as everyone thinks. After his parents got divorced, he needs to take care of his mom and little sister. He’s passionate about swimming but because of his bad English grades, he couldn’t join his friends in the swimming practices at school. He needs to work harder, this year but he doesn’t want his friends to do all his work on the group English project. That’s why he decides to agree to Veronica’s proposition of being project partners.
My thoughts:
Echoes Between Us was the first book I read this year and I couldn’t choose any better one as a starter. This book is literally perfect. There is nothing I can hate in this it because all the aspects of the story created a beautiful whole. Veronica is a fascinating character, which has so many sides that I couldn’t keep up with her. She is funny, smart, brave and the most important she cares about people she loves and won’t let anything hurt them. She doesn’t want to show any of her weaknesses and sadness. She wants everyone to think, she’s just fine even if she’s more and more scared every day.
On the other side, Sawyer as much as he’s brave, he’s also tired. He wants to have a normal life, where he can focus on school, swimming and having fun like every teenager. His mother as much as she’s helping, most of the time she wants him to take care of everything. She makes him feel guilty and obliged to be a man of the house.
It pushes him to an addiction that isn’t normal and as much as he loves it, he’s also scared that it will take his life. He knows he needs to stop, but it’s hard when so many things push him to it. Veronica brings something important to his life: happiness and adventure. They changed their minds about each other very quickly as they get to know each other better and spent more time together.
I love how the characters develop during in this book. They grow and changes through out the book and create a perfect ending they deserve. As I thought this book might be the same as all in this genre, but I was nicely surprised when it turned up to be so different, deep and emotional.
The story surprised me so many times, made me laugh and cry. It’s the first book I read from the NetGalley and decided right away that I need to buy this book as soon as possible and read it again. It’s definitely worth reading by anyone who likes books. The book brings up subjects like addictions, dangerous illnesses and how they influence the lives of young people and their families.
I love this story from the bottom of my heart, and I am sure you all will also love it. I would like to thank NetGalley and Macmillan-Tom Doherty Associates for providing me this amazing book. I fell in love with the story and its characters. I can’t wait to read more of Katie McGarry’s amazing books. I hope they will be as good as this one.