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tartbarbie's review
4.0
I received Icarus from the author in return for an honest review. Tess has just moved to town due to her father decided it was time to move. She’s been the new kid so many times growing up the daughter of a military man. Hopefully it will be her last move since it’s her senior year she just needs to fly under the radar and she will be able to get away. Drew is also the son of a military man and knows what it’s like being forced to move often. When they are teamed up together two unlikely people fine more than just friendship.
Tess’s life is anything but easy after what happened to her father she has to treat him with kid gloves for fear he will react badly. When her best friend’s heads off to basic training for the Air Force Tess is left behind but the more time she spends with Drew the more she finds herself falling for him. They just so happen to have been at another base as children and were even friends but things have changed neither knows if the other remembers. When things turn bad for Tess will Drew be able to help her? Will she let him in enough to give him the chance?
I like both Tess and Drew they each had rough childhoods but have learned to deal with the cards they were dealt. Together they find what they both needed even If Tess isn’t ready to accept the fact. I really liked Drew he didn’t judge Tess and was willing to support her even if it meant keeping their relationship a secret from her Dad. I also liked that we are given an insight into their childhoods as well as both points of view.
This one was a tough for me the wife of a military man my heart went out to both of them. Tess’s story broke my heart her relationship with her father felt so real and I could see it happening. The author has touched on a sensitive subject in Icarus but I felt she did a great job an emotional story. I enjoyed the concept and loved the characters they touched my heart. I had a hard time putting Icarus it just sucked me and didn’t let go till the last page. While the novel does touch on sensitive subjects I think it’s a book mature teens as well as adults will enjoy. The author’s writing style is well done it flows smoothly from start to finish telling a beautiful story. I really enjoyed the novel and look forward to seeing what she comes up with next.
Tess’s life is anything but easy after what happened to her father she has to treat him with kid gloves for fear he will react badly. When her best friend’s heads off to basic training for the Air Force Tess is left behind but the more time she spends with Drew the more she finds herself falling for him. They just so happen to have been at another base as children and were even friends but things have changed neither knows if the other remembers. When things turn bad for Tess will Drew be able to help her? Will she let him in enough to give him the chance?
I like both Tess and Drew they each had rough childhoods but have learned to deal with the cards they were dealt. Together they find what they both needed even If Tess isn’t ready to accept the fact. I really liked Drew he didn’t judge Tess and was willing to support her even if it meant keeping their relationship a secret from her Dad. I also liked that we are given an insight into their childhoods as well as both points of view.
This one was a tough for me the wife of a military man my heart went out to both of them. Tess’s story broke my heart her relationship with her father felt so real and I could see it happening. The author has touched on a sensitive subject in Icarus but I felt she did a great job an emotional story. I enjoyed the concept and loved the characters they touched my heart. I had a hard time putting Icarus it just sucked me and didn’t let go till the last page. While the novel does touch on sensitive subjects I think it’s a book mature teens as well as adults will enjoy. The author’s writing style is well done it flows smoothly from start to finish telling a beautiful story. I really enjoyed the novel and look forward to seeing what she comes up with next.
eyelikewhales's review
4.0
This book really surprised me! I thought it was going to be a cute fluffy contemporary but it was a lot darker than I thought.
I liked the short chapters and the flash backs to when Tess and Drew were kids.
I'm definitely going to check out more of Danika Stone's books.
I liked the short chapters and the flash backs to when Tess and Drew were kids.
I'm definitely going to check out more of Danika Stone's books.
bookbriefs's review against another edition
3.0
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Icarus was a darker book that I have read in a while. Which is good because I like to mix it up and raw books dealing with some of the tougher issues always bring out strong emotions in me. I just like to put that out there so that people can be aware of it up front. Because I know, sometimes I need to be ready for a very emotional book, especially one that deals with abuse. Danika Stone uses very descriptive, sometimes bordering on flowery language.
The way that Icarus starts is interesting. The book starts you off with Tess in real time starting at a new school for her first day. And then it goes into a time lapse through her first few months at the school. It was a really effective technique that Danika Stone used because it allowed the reader to get to know Tess quickly. We picked up on facts about her, her life and her background because each of the "time lapses" stops and focuses on a different aspect of Tess or her life. Once she meets Drew and is partnered up with him in her science class, the book goes back to real time storytelling. The rest of the book is told alternating between real time and flashbacks of when Drew and Tess are children. It was interesting because you can put together kind of quickly that they knew each other as kids and they just each went by different names, but what I didn't get was why neither of them remembered the other. I know Tess has blue hair now but Drew couldn't have changed too much. And even if he did, Drew didn't really remember anything about that time, and I have no idea why. It wasn't really ever explained.
I loved the incorporation of the Greek myths into the story through Tess' English class journal. Seeing her thoughts in her journal entries was really emotional for me. Because it was pretty much the only outlet for her emotions and feelings that she used. She is such a closed off and guarded person. You could really tell that through her relationships with Kyle, her best friend, and Drew. Some of the things with Tess' father were hard to read. You wanted to reach out and help her so badly, but it was all part of the raw-ness and power in Icarus. This is a powerful story. I appreciated that about Danika's writing. She conveyed the power through her words. Icarus definitely affected me as a reader and I can see a lot of people really connecting with this story. It is not your run of the mill young adult story and that is so great about it. I wasn't crazy about the ending and I still have no idea why Drew didn't remember parts of his past, but overall the book as a whole resonated with me.
This review was originally posted on Book Briefs
Icarus was a darker book that I have read in a while. Which is good because I like to mix it up and raw books dealing with some of the tougher issues always bring out strong emotions in me. I just like to put that out there so that people can be aware of it up front. Because I know, sometimes I need to be ready for a very emotional book, especially one that deals with abuse. Danika Stone uses very descriptive, sometimes bordering on flowery language.
The way that Icarus starts is interesting. The book starts you off with Tess in real time starting at a new school for her first day. And then it goes into a time lapse through her first few months at the school. It was a really effective technique that Danika Stone used because it allowed the reader to get to know Tess quickly. We picked up on facts about her, her life and her background because each of the "time lapses" stops and focuses on a different aspect of Tess or her life. Once she meets Drew and is partnered up with him in her science class, the book goes back to real time storytelling. The rest of the book is told alternating between real time and flashbacks of when Drew and Tess are children. It was interesting because you can put together kind of quickly that they knew each other as kids and they just each went by different names, but what I didn't get was why neither of them remembered the other. I know Tess has blue hair now but Drew couldn't have changed too much. And even if he did, Drew didn't really remember anything about that time, and I have no idea why. It wasn't really ever explained.
I loved the incorporation of the Greek myths into the story through Tess' English class journal. Seeing her thoughts in her journal entries was really emotional for me. Because it was pretty much the only outlet for her emotions and feelings that she used. She is such a closed off and guarded person. You could really tell that through her relationships with Kyle, her best friend, and Drew. Some of the things with Tess' father were hard to read. You wanted to reach out and help her so badly, but it was all part of the raw-ness and power in Icarus. This is a powerful story. I appreciated that about Danika's writing. She conveyed the power through her words. Icarus definitely affected me as a reader and I can see a lot of people really connecting with this story. It is not your run of the mill young adult story and that is so great about it. I wasn't crazy about the ending and I still have no idea why Drew didn't remember parts of his past, but overall the book as a whole resonated with me.
This review was originally posted on Book Briefs
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