By: Katie McGarry
Genre: Y/A Contemporary Romance
Year: 2020
Rate:
5 stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
“He’s
right beside me. Patient, kind, and doesn’t once try to do it for me. He
encourages, but he lets me fight on my own.”
A
little about the book:
“Veronica sees ghosts. More specifically,
her mother's ghost. The afterimages of blinding migraines caused by the brain
tumor that keeps her on the fringes and consumes her whole life haunt her, even
as she wonders if it's something more...
Golden boy Sawyer is handsome and popular,
a state champion swimmer, but his adrenaline addiction draws him to Veronica.
A girl with nothing to live for and a boy
with everything to lose--can they conquer their demons together?”
My
review:
I read this book a few weeks ago, now I’m
sitting in front of my computer, closing my eyes and I’m feeling exactly the
same I felt when I read the end. My heart is swollen with wonder.
I’m a huge fan of Katie McGarry’s work,
and in my opinion, this story is completely different from her others. Yes, of
course, we find the signature elements but, this book is more human, more
realistic and scarier because there is nothing scarier than life.
The plot is unique, adding a supernatural
element which gives some intrigue touch to the story.
Echoes between us tell the story of
Veronica and Sawyer, and their journey to live a life against the odds, to
support each other, and to break the vicious circle, to help each other to be free.
The narrative is outstanding, Veronica and
Sawyer’s voices are sincere and vulnerable, sometimes I just wanted to get
inside the book and hug them.
As
usual the author also includes sensitive topics, and in this particular case,
some issues that make the reader think a lot about life choices. Or at
least it did for me.
There’s friendship too, the one that was
born a first sigh, the occasional one, and the one that reborn after ashes.
Every character has its own personal touch
to the story, they’re well done portrayed. I would love to read more about
Scarlet and Jesse, but I understand this isn’t their story.
I love the romance. It isn’t
instantaneous. At first, they don’t even like each other, it’s built slowly, piece
by piece and when they realize the like each other, still they decide they need
each other more as a friend.
Finally, I have to say that with every
book not matter what Katie McGarry finds a special way to make us get inside
the story, to live and feel like every character, to makes us love and hate with
so much passion and always to want more.
This book is perfect for everybody
especially for those who need to learn how to trust.
100%
recommended.
Note:
I
received an ARC from Tor/forge through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest
review. And I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All
thoughts and opinions are my own.
Note:
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