RATING: 3 STARS
This title was the most captivating to me. We learned what
was meant by it in the beginning, and it is a theme that reoccurred at the end
of the story. It was an interesting connection to the characters, and how they
saw each other. But unfortunately it was the only part of the story that I
truly connected with. I found there was depth of character missing between the
POVs, making it hard to determine who was speaking, without the indication at
the beginning of the chapter. The author also jumped around between past and
present, and at times those events just didn’t seem to match up for me.
Both the main characters; Brina and Eagan, lead lives that
are essentially left to their own devices, as both of their parents travel
worldwide for work, and amazingly
enough, don’t turn into the irresponsible adults one would expect, but they do
of course have the tendency of not trusting anyone, or themselves, to know what
it is they want for a fair portion of their young lives. An unfortunate event
leads Eagan to change his path, he was determined to live his live with Brina. Brina
however, she just sees herself as weak and damaged, which came across in her
character- the delicate, precious flower.
The plot line of this story has so much potential. It’s a
rehashing of friends become lovers, with these two meeting for the first time
when Brina is 9 and Eagan is 14, and all the events that take place over the
next 9 years. The writing style did not
do it much justice, however. The odd choices in vocabulary, and a constant use
of those same odd words, as well as the lack of character depth between the
POVs made it hard to read and left a lot to be desired for me.
Keri
(Copy provided in exchange for an honest review.)
Keri
(Copy provided in exchange for an honest review.)
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