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stephaniecommerer's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
bumblebeekip23's review
5.0
This book had me from the moment I started it and I seriously could not put it down! Jolene's story made me feel so many emotions as hurdles just kept getting thrown her way! I just wanted to jump in the book and try to save her and give her a hug! This girl truly had nobody, when she ends up pregnant and thrown out of her home with her aunt, and she needs to start completely over. With no family she starts a new life in a new town and meets some very kind and some very horrible people that affect her life. You will not want to put this book down and you will race through it to find out what will happen to this poor young girl! An absolutely wonderful debut novel that will tear at the heartstrings.
juliettesebock's review
5.0
*I received a copy of Meagan Lucas’ Songbirds and Stray Dogs for review purposes. As always, this review reflects only my honest thoughts on the book.*
I was pretty confident I’d enjoy Meagan Lucas’ debut novel, but by no means did I suspect the intense emotions that came with it.
Songbirds and Stray Dogs follows Jolene, a 21-year-old newly pregnant woman whose life has come crashing down around it, and with it, any semblance of an innocent childhood she had left. Her mother, an addict, left her with her Aunt Rachel as a young girl and forced her to grow up quickly as she strove to impress her aunt and avoid following in her mother’s footsteps. And yet . . . .
*full review on Pencils & Pages*
https://juliettesebock.com/songbirds-and-stray-dogs-by-meagan-lucas/
I was pretty confident I’d enjoy Meagan Lucas’ debut novel, but by no means did I suspect the intense emotions that came with it.
Songbirds and Stray Dogs follows Jolene, a 21-year-old newly pregnant woman whose life has come crashing down around it, and with it, any semblance of an innocent childhood she had left. Her mother, an addict, left her with her Aunt Rachel as a young girl and forced her to grow up quickly as she strove to impress her aunt and avoid following in her mother’s footsteps. And yet . . . .
*full review on Pencils & Pages*
https://juliettesebock.com/songbirds-and-stray-dogs-by-meagan-lucas/
jrpoole's review
5.0
I'm not ashamed to say I got weepy twice reading this novel. It's great gritty Southern lit.
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