Publisher: Anderson Press Saorise is a typical teenager who has just finished her Irish Leaving Cert and has all the emotions of any teen who has just finished school and is embarking on the next part of her life journey. Her Dad has already got it all planned for her: Oxford and then great things. For Saorise though it is not quite plain sailing. She wants to party, kiss girls and watch horror movies but her summer is interrupted by the entrance of Ruby: rom com fan, optimist and all round nice girl. She challenges her to a summer romance but can everything be a rom com montage without anything serious coming between them? I’ll be honest, I wish this book had been around when I was Saorise age as I would have lapped it up (even more than I did in my late 30’s!) This book has all the wonderful bits of a classic romance (and all the troubled waters that come with it) as well as goofy, quirky and likeable characters that you can’t help but fall in love with. The waters do get choppy: the book covers teen romance and break ups, dementia and the idea of what it is to be family. However, when the book ended I felt a great sense of being at peace with everything and that I was satisfied with the ending (which doesn’t happen often). I heartily recommend this book to readers aged 14+ who enjoy a good romance as well as characters that are packed full of sass and conviction. I particularly loved the relationship between Saorise and her father as it painted such a true picture of what some daughter/ father relationships can be like but also how, sometimes, we don’t always appreciate what our parents sacrifice for us until we have the maturity to understand it when we are older. As a footnote I will be picking up a copy of Smyth’s next book as soon as I am allowed back into a bookshop… if it is anything like this one then I will be hooked yet again! Support your local indie bookshop and order your copy here uk.bookshop.org/shop/HuntingRaven If you would like to know more about Ciara click here ciarasmyth.com/
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