Reviews - Sticks and Stone

303 reviews for:

Sticks and Stone

Grace McGinty

3.81 AVERAGE

nina_readsbooks's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

reading_downunder's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

audiobook_chaos's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

After losing her parents Nova isn’t doing to well then her lawyer arrives with a social worker in tow . She finds out she has a half brother and his mother passed away and she is his only relative , she only hesitates for a second before she committed to bringing him up . Then she meets his mothers foster brothers who also want to bring him up but when she wins sole custody they ask her to move with them and bring him up together and out of love for one little boy Nova finds love with his three uncles.

hmb86's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marilanoire's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

It’s not my preferred environment but I liked the story and the characters. I already read some of this authors books and I liked them all, so it was more or less what I expected and it didn’t disappoint.

traceyanderson's review against another edition

5.0

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ivyromancerecs's review against another edition

2.0

2.5/5 Great Spice, Okay Characters

***Spoilers Below***

The story has a lot of potential but the characters lacked depth. It felt like the author was constantly telling the reader what the main characters were like instead of showing us. There’s a lot of talk about Devan and River’s past, but no plot connecting them to it besides being protective of Huey. Nova’s character also fell flat. You could replace her as the love interest with anyone, and they would have the same level of chemistry.

One of the biggest issues for me were the loose ends of the story. We never really learned about how/why Alana and Nova’s dad got together. Huey’s heart condition is also kind of dropped as an interest. It seemed to be a big drive for Nova’s character to adopt him and then it’s never brought up. Huey, in general, doesn’t really have much point in the story besides kicking off how everyone meets. He feels more like a background prop than a character or plot development.

Andrea as the villain also seems to come out of no where. We see one interaction with her towards the beginning of the book and then nothing until the end. It didn’t feel believable that this random reporter, who just seemed like a jealous ex, was actually a psychopathic stalker willing to kill people.

There’s a lot of great spice in this book and definitely some cute relationship moments. Rigby, especially, is a sweetheart and had me smiling through a lot of the story. But the character development needed to be flushed out more. I’ve loved the author’s previous work, so I know this is an outlier for her. I’m excited to see what she writes next.