Loved this story. So beautifully written. It's great to see a disabled character who succeeds, doesn't wallow in self-pity, and finds her way as best she can. Corey developed great relationships at school and had some wonderful insights into how people reacted to her disability. Her romance with ...
A real "kinda kinda" book. Originally refers to "kinda subversive, kinda hegemonic", but here it's kinda fantastic in disability terms (disabled protagonist in YA romance), kinda woeful (repeated use of derogatory words for disabled people & dismissal of parathletes ). And the romance is terrible...
The Year We Hid Away was my first Sarina Bowen book and I thought it was amazing. The two MCs, Scarlet and Bridger, are forced into horrible circumstances by the actions of their parents. Yet they face them with strength and perseverance. I like how they're moving forward on painful paths and sti...
Another good read in this series.It’s been a while since I read the first two books in the Ivy Years series but the details came back pretty quick with the brief mentions of Hartley, Corey and Bridger throughout this new story. This book focuses on the love story between Rikker and Graham. Two of...
Another good read in the Ivy Years series!I wasn’t sure at first about how good a short story set in this series would be; especially because it centred around two main characters we had only briefly encountered in the previous books. Fortunately, my worries were misplaced. This was an excellent,...
“My mind is blown, okay? I need to think.” Lianne smiled like a cat. “You know where to find me.” We went back into Bella’s room, where she threw my notebook on the floor and lay down on the bed on her stomach. I’d come up here to work on our Urban ...
Unfortunately, two days of snow and sleet had followed. This morning it had actually been raining, which had depressed the hell out of everyone. If they wanted to ride in the rain, they could go back to Vermont. Trapped in the lodge, Bear watched Hank deal a hand of five-card draw. Not that Bear ...
“I moved the seventh gate,” Coach said. “The new combination is hairpins into flush. Can you see it from here?” “Sure,” Dane answered, pulling his goggles down. “I’ll have to trim my line to the left in order to make the eighth one.” “Exactly. Whenever you’re ready,” Coach said, planting his pole...
I’m sick of the eighties and nineties tunes. If Lianne were here, we’d have fun joking about the lack of selection. We’d marvel at the one-hit-wonders. We’d argue about the classics. Without her, it’s just a bunch of so-so tracks, and a long night to fill with them. ...