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Winter Town
by Stephen Emond
Oh man, did I enjoy this book. Winter Town is a young adult novel written and illustrated by Stephen Emond. The story follows two childhood best friends, Lucy and Evan. Lucy and her mom moved away years ago, and every December she comes back "home" to visit with her dad, but really just to see Evan. Together, these two go on wild adventures via their comic book style alter egos. Lucy has always been the cute girl next door, but this year she comes back looking "goth", black hair and nose ring included. This is a direct quote off the back of the book, "Old Lucy still exists, and he's determined to find her.... even if it means pissing her off". Also, the front of the book says, "One boy. One girl. One not-so-epic love story". As someone who has a love of best-friends-turned-more, I was sold. Obviously. Plus, if he's going to piss her off, that means it won't be super cheesy, right?
The Positives:
When I flipped through the book at the bookstore I was so excited to see that it was illustrated. There are comics at the end of every chapter, and the start of every chapter features a two-page illustration featuring that chapter's setting. One random page will have some drawings on it, relative to the story, that looks like the author/illustrator just started doodling on the page as he was writing. I like that, I like that a lot. I have to say, the illustrations were some of the best parts for me.
I am the first to admit that I like paranormal romance books, and even some fantasy books, where the events and the characters are really, really unrealistic and things happen that don't necessarily make sense. I can accept that, to a certain degree, because it's not regular fiction book featuring two regular fictional characters. If you give me a one-shot contemporary fiction and the characters, setting, or situations aren't realistic...
You can access the rest of my review at my blog Drunk On Pop - http://drunkonpop.com/2013/01/12/review-winter-town-by-stephen-emond/
The Positives:
When I flipped through the book at the bookstore I was so excited to see that it was illustrated. There are comics at the end of every chapter, and the start of every chapter features a two-page illustration featuring that chapter's setting. One random page will have some drawings on it, relative to the story, that looks like the author/illustrator just started doodling on the page as he was writing. I like that, I like that a lot. I have to say, the illustrations were some of the best parts for me.
I am the first to admit that I like paranormal romance books, and even some fantasy books, where the events and the characters are really, really unrealistic and things happen that don't necessarily make sense. I can accept that, to a certain degree, because it's not regular fiction book featuring two regular fictional characters. If you give me a one-shot contemporary fiction and the characters, setting, or situations aren't realistic...
You can access the rest of my review at my blog Drunk On Pop - http://drunkonpop.com/2013/01/12/review-winter-town-by-stephen-emond/