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Sarah Tomp

Autor(a) de My Best Everything

2 Works 89 Membros 11 Reviews

Obras de Sarah Tomp

My Best Everything (2015) 57 cópias
The Easy Part of Impossible (2020) 32 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female

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Quirky fun quick read. This is definitely a book I would recommend to reluctant readers as it quickly draws you in and holds your interest throughout. A fun read for a Saturday afternoon in the park.
 
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KateKat11 | outras 10 resenhas | Sep 24, 2021 |
Lulu Mendez has grown up in the small town of Dale, Virginia, focused as long as she can remember on getting out, going to college, pursing a future in medical research. She's just finished her senior year of high school, and her dream is within her grasp.

Then her father tells her that he's lost her college fund and she won't be leaving for the University of San Diego after all. Or anywhere, for a while. Or ever, since she has no confidence in his promise to win back her college fund in some big deal, real soon now.

As Lulu's dreams are exploding, her friend Roni, who has only dreamed of marrying her boyfriend Bucky and having babies, is invited to audition for a local, but increasingly popular and successful, band called Lullaby Breaker.

Suddenly Roni has a future that could take her away from Dale, while Lulu is looking at a future of continuing to work in Sal's Salvage, the local junkyard. But Lulu is not going to accept such a constricted future. In a matter of days, good girl Lulu has a plan.

It's a plan steeped in the traditions of the Virginia hills, but it's also illegal, and dangerous. It couldn't be a bigger break from her past, but she's desperate, and convinced it's the only key to her future.

Bucky and Roni are willing to help, but none of them knows what they're doing, and they need the help of someone who does. Lulu recruits Mason--a few years older, from a moonshining family, and with his own secrets, troubles, and dreams.

Lulu tells the story of her summer in a letter to Mason, some months after the end of that fateful summer. Is it an apology? An explanation? A love letter? We're on tenterhooks the whole time, not knowing the end until the end. What we do see are the growing tensions--between Lulu and Mason, with their growing attraction and determination to resist it; between Roni and Bucky, as they fight to maintain a relationship fraying under the pressure of Roni's new future; between Lulu and Roni, with their reversed positions, now that Roni has a future and Lulu is in danger of losing hers forever. And of course, the tensions between Lulu and her parents, whose love gave her dreams and whose weaknesses seem to be snatching those dreams away.

This is a really excellent young adult novel, and as such not limited to a young adult audience. Recommended.

I received a free electronic galley from the publisher via NetGalley
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LisCarey | outras 10 resenhas | Sep 19, 2018 |
interesting read....I'm unsure how I feel about the moonshine aspect of the book and its appropriateness for teen readers. It was an odd sort of romance book; I'm not sure how well it works. It wasn't badly written, but I didn't feel it was terrible.

I received this ebook ARC from Netgallery.com in exchange for an honest review.
 
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laura.w.douglas | outras 10 resenhas | Mar 9, 2017 |
This book was okay. I liked the character development in all the characters; they learned to realize that some things aren't what they seem, and they accepted the harsh realities of life. And the romance between Lulu and Mason was sweet.

However, I couldn't enjoy this book as much as I wanted to. Maybe it's because I usually prefer fantasy and romance, but there were times when I found myself reluctant to continue reading because it was boring me. I can still say that it is a good story, but it probably didn't appeal to my inner fantasy lover.

I know others have and will enjoy this novel more than I did. I recommend it to those who like contemporary and YA books.
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KendraJ. | outras 10 resenhas | Dec 29, 2016 |

Estatísticas

Obras
2
Membros
89
Popularidade
#207,492
Avaliação
3.8
Resenhas
11
ISBNs
11

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