A review by catbrigand
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

2.0

I've been fascinated by the TCHS ever since I heard of it. For something that touched so many peoples' lives, there are precious few books on the subject. So maybe I had a lot riding on this book. I wanted to love it, but it fell so flat for me. It's not because it's predictable or neatly tied in a bow. I think part of it is because the dual storyline is not something that tends to work for me--it reminded me of Sarah's Key, and not in a good way. Avery, in this case, is not really a character. She's a vessel for the story, and I get that. She's someone defined by what other people expect of her, and yet, she makes up half the book. The time would have been spent better if it had been used to follow Rill instead.