![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s December in New York, and college freshman Marin is in her dorm room, contemplating a solitary monthlong stay after everyone else has left for winter break. I felt bad for them, and all the trauma they’ve been through, but I felt like the secondary characters weren’t fully fleshed out, and despite knowing about Mila’s past, I never fully understood her character, either. 14, 2017 If only lonely were a more accurate word. However, I never found myself fully invested in the characters. The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour,following two women on a star-crossed journey toward each other When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. The flashback scenes were well done, and I enjoyed the gothic-like setting and the blurring of genres/reality with the inclusion of ghosts. Lacour handles the themes of this book-loneliness, past trauma, wanting to belong-with care. Watch Over Me follows Mila, a young woman who aged out of the foster care system and finds herself taking a teaching job on a remote farm. Welcome to my last review of the year! As awful as this year has been, I managed to have a great reading year, and read a total of 51 books. ![]()
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