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A review by chloe_liese
Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
5.0
Thank you to Putnam and Sarah Hogle for the advance review copy. All opinions are my own!
Every page was pure magic. Sarah Hogle once again wove an original story that drew me in and didn't let me go until "THE END".
As with You Deserve Each Other, Sarah's voice leaps off the page and her storytelling hits the ground running, hooking you right way. Her writing is so deliciously sharp, voicey, and inventive, and her characters are a joy to read. Her obvious talent aside, it’s the incredible tenderness infused in TWICE SHY that has absolutely stolen my heart.
Maybell and Wesley are your classic sunshine and grump, thrown together by unusual circumstances (*angels sing* we have forced proximity, folks!!) and while Maybell and Wesley’s journey could not be more different from Nicholas and Noami’s in her debut, Sarah’s pitch-perfect humor, her nuanced portrayals of human vulnerability, and her deft work of unfurling layers of characterization are brilliant as ever.
Maybell and Wesley haven't had the easiest time of finding their place in the wider world, but Sarah's gift—both to her characters and to her readers—is the world she makes possible: a world that Maybell and Wesley discover as they discover each other, through imagination, vulnerability, and ultimately, trust.
CW: acute social anxiety, mentions of parental abandonment and neglect.
Every page was pure magic. Sarah Hogle once again wove an original story that drew me in and didn't let me go until "THE END".
As with You Deserve Each Other, Sarah's voice leaps off the page and her storytelling hits the ground running, hooking you right way. Her writing is so deliciously sharp, voicey, and inventive, and her characters are a joy to read. Her obvious talent aside, it’s the incredible tenderness infused in TWICE SHY that has absolutely stolen my heart.
Maybell and Wesley are your classic sunshine and grump, thrown together by unusual circumstances (*angels sing* we have forced proximity, folks!!) and while Maybell and Wesley’s journey could not be more different from Nicholas and Noami’s in her debut, Sarah’s pitch-perfect humor, her nuanced portrayals of human vulnerability, and her deft work of unfurling layers of characterization are brilliant as ever.
Maybell and Wesley haven't had the easiest time of finding their place in the wider world, but Sarah's gift—both to her characters and to her readers—is the world she makes possible: a world that Maybell and Wesley discover as they discover each other, through imagination, vulnerability, and ultimately, trust.
CW: acute social anxiety, mentions of parental abandonment and neglect.