Excerpt: It’s empty, save for one boy, sitting right in the middle. It might not seem strange except for the fact that every other bench in this place, in truth every other place where a person could justifiably put their ass, is filled. Yet there is no one sitting on that bench, except him. When I look more closely, there’s no one even hanging around in the immediate vicinity. It’s like there’s an invisible force field surrounding this space and he’s the only one inside it. Curiosity claims me, and I momentarily forget my purpose. I can’t help but look at the boy. He’s perched on top of the backrest, his worn-out brown work boots planted firmly on the seat. He’s leaning over with his elbows resting on his knees in a pair of faded jeans. I can’t see his face very well. His light brown hair hangs tousled over his forehead, and his eyes are cast downward at his hands. He’s not eating; he’s not reading; he’s not looking at anyone. Until he is. And then he’s looking at me. Crap. (P. 21)
BOOK SUMMARY:
I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.
Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.
Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.
Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.
This book was remarkable, one about second chances, feelings of lost and loneliness. Two people reaching out for each other, and the story of what happens. I find the writing so in depth, but not like in intelligence, but so in depth with meaning. I love how Nastya and Josh finds each other, and how they immediately accept each other's presence with no questions asked. Their ways of helping each other, being there for each other, and comforting each other is thoughtful yet meaningless to others if you don't understand. They stay in the boundaries their high school peers put them in, but underneath they ignore them and do as they wish. The supporting characters in the book is their, not for the sake of being there and to give it more action. But each one of them has a step or a way that helps uncovers the two character's secrets and to help them live through whatever pain they had. The way this story is laid out with these characters allows me to cry and feel the pain for each of them. This story also breaks through stereotypes, and show us how everyone is still human with their own struggles. Their problems may have have seem a bit false however, but all in all I think that this story is one worth reading.
Fanmade trailer, but it's good!
Happy Reading! -Kay
P.S I'm sorry for such a weird and short review... but I just can't find the right words ...
Rating:
9/10
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