Reviews

Smoke by Darcy Woods

hitbooksnotgirlz's review against another edition

5.0

A heartwarming story about the lengths one would go to to protect someone they love. But it was more than just heartwarming, it was pretty action packed and a total nail biter at times. I loved the romantic element, too. I rarely read anything that portrays cannabis as something positive and beneficial, as the medicine that it is, so that was quite excellent. What a great read!

kate_brauning's review

5.0

Full of heart and hope. Woods captures PTSD and the toll on a life and family in such a genuine way. Lovely prose and so many heartfelt, human moments brought it all home.

rachelkristine's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

booktasticallyamazing's review against another edition

4.0

It’s currently 2:20 am, my eyes are burning, lashes are straining against gravity and the bags under my eyes could hold a bucket of chocolate.

And I still don’t regret a single hour I willingly tore out of my life span for this book.

jbadessa's review

3.0

I was a little turned off by the teen wanting to grow cannabis to help this family out of financial problems. I felt like this idea might have come from watching either weed or break bad because it seems to have the same premise but for a younger crowd. Overall the book is decent and a quick and easy read—one of the first endings that I did not imminently know. Trigger warning of committing a crime & PTSD

Thank you to NetGalley & the publishers for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

books_r_fun's review against another edition

4.0

I received an arc from NetGalley. Read the entire book in one day. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but it was soo good. The author did such a good job really making you feel everything the main character Honor was going through. It really gripped me. I laughed and cried reading this book, it was really a journey. The only thing that threw me was the description of the book mentioned the weeds tv show, but this was nothing like that. This was really a coming of age story about self discovery and mental health. Amazing I hope people will read this!

leeann20's review

3.0

Thank you netgalley for providing an e-galley for review. While I did appreciate the author's note in the beginning of the book, detailing the personal connection to this story, I had some problems with "Smoke" by Darcy Woods. The depictions of the "stoners" in the book seem to be overwhelmingly shifty, red-eyed losers, even though her own father uses marijuana for treatment of PTSD. The depiction of pot users as burn-outs seem to be outdated and more people than you think use pot on a recreational basis and are extremely successful. Honor starts off extremely anxious and school focused or problem oriented, then loses sight of all of that when Cole comes into the picture. I just wasn't buying the major personality changes. Or the gang of weed suppliers that came out of nowhere.