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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones
5.0
I think this book might have the most beautiful cover of all the Jenny B. Jones books I could find on Amazon. I was therefore quite sad that it wasn't available in paperback on the Dutch site. Luckily it was available on the German site and since there were a few more books only available there eventually the shipping costs became worth it. I was originally gonna start another book this morning, but this book screamed quite loudly.
When I finished it I had the tears rolling down my cheeks. I was prepared for that, since it happened to the previous two books I read by Jones too, but it's still amazing that Jones manages to write touching book after touching book. I'm now only more excited to read the rest of the Katie Parker series. As if that was even possible. In this book faith, which was way more important in the other books, takes a backseat, but it seems that it wasn't what made the positive difference with other contemporary YA's, like I thought.
Jones simply knows how to write characters, how to let them suffer and grow, how to let them mess up and learn, how to let them fall and stand up again. Both main characters in this book didn't have an easy life. She was mistreated by her own mother, he grew up acting as a parent for his younger siblings because no one else did. They both had visible and invisible scars to tell their story and they both needed each other to discover who they could really be.
And how beautiful they were as people! I loved how they both had an edge, how their interactions weren't always perfect or romantic, how they both dared to tell the other what they really thought and really felt. As our heroine had to learn, someone who fits you perfectly on paper, might not be the someone you really need to be yourself, to discover your hidden talents. Maybe so called perfect people are not perfect for you.
When I finished it I had the tears rolling down my cheeks. I was prepared for that, since it happened to the previous two books I read by Jones too, but it's still amazing that Jones manages to write touching book after touching book. I'm now only more excited to read the rest of the Katie Parker series. As if that was even possible. In this book faith, which was way more important in the other books, takes a backseat, but it seems that it wasn't what made the positive difference with other contemporary YA's, like I thought.
Jones simply knows how to write characters, how to let them suffer and grow, how to let them mess up and learn, how to let them fall and stand up again. Both main characters in this book didn't have an easy life. She was mistreated by her own mother, he grew up acting as a parent for his younger siblings because no one else did. They both had visible and invisible scars to tell their story and they both needed each other to discover who they could really be.
And how beautiful they were as people! I loved how they both had an edge, how their interactions weren't always perfect or romantic, how they both dared to tell the other what they really thought and really felt. As our heroine had to learn, someone who fits you perfectly on paper, might not be the someone you really need to be yourself, to discover your hidden talents. Maybe so called perfect people are not perfect for you.